UL – Absolutely! And no boob-showing allowed on this blog.

UP: Show me your boobs! I never noticed!

my kids will tell you that i repeat things but i think just a mom thing.

i would spit wherever i was, repeat words over and over and over, and i was a grunter.

i can wiggle my ears, i am an obsessive counter & i always have to count to 28. i was born with a hernia, two toes stuck together, and a broken collar bone. i was a 10 pd baby, so i think the delivery was responsible for the collar bone.

there is more believe it or not, but i’m going to stop here

lol

I’ll keep that in mind if I ever remember to make it to social events… ;P

@Deb: Not a illness, but it does have a name. Synesthesia. There’s a great TED talk about what’s behind it by Vilayanur Ramachandran.

@onthecurb: I can’t touch my nose with my tongue, but like you, can touch my chin…

Raino – I really don’t do it to mock people, it just happens. I could never understand how people who come from England can still have an English accent 25 years later? I’d be in London 3 days and I’d sound almost like a real cockney.

Bob – Come on – you’re the guy who plays pretend tennis in your living room and you’re telling me you have no quirks?? I promise not to mimic you. I can behave myself most of the time.

UP – Oh ya, it’s very difficult to talk to someone with an accent and not talk back at them with the same accent. I’m totally opposite of you about the tactile thing, though. I only touch people if I really, really like them.

Zoom – I’ve noticed your “s” thing. It’s kind of cute. Are all those extra bones useful in any way? And the arm thing, combined with the autoimmune thing could be the result of some childhood rheumatoid arthritis flare which affected the elbow joints? My daughter had that as peripheral to the Crohns and had to do a lot of physio to get her limbs limber again.

David – Dahlink – you have Zsa Zsa syndrome?? David Caruso makes cringe in every pore. It’s not so much his voice as it is his mannerisms, the sunglasses schtick and the inane things he says while trying to look super-macho. It’s extra funny because if he wasn’t someone who somehow managed to get himself on TV, he’d be at a beach getting sand kicked in his face.

Hyrcan – I’m assuming the “when I’m not stinking” is a typo, but I can’t figure out what you actually meant to say?? Gee, if it wasn’t for your miserable moods and your inability to keep a social appointment, I would have thought that extra long tongue would have made you quite popular.

Lesley – Yes. A hoot. That’s me.

Geewits – Hey, I used to do James Mason, too! That was always one of my mum’s favorites. I’ll pencil you and hubby in for an evening of obnoxious behaviour in a local pub. But really, it’s not something I do consciously. I don’t think “Oh, doesn’t he have a funny voice, I wonder if I could immitate it?” It’s more like a spontaneous tic-like thing. I mean, I was doing this while I was still in diapers. (I would have been REALLY fun at the pub then)

Kim – Yikes! for the boob thing. That ought to make UP feel a bit better about her one floppy one. Can you raise both eyebrows independently or just one side?

OTC – Have you met Hyrcan (above). Maybe the two of you ought to get together for a gagging-good make-out session (and stuff)? You’re like the female Lon Chaney of wherever you’re from. And I’m sure Gav will thank you for his inheritance many times in years to come.

Meanie – Yes, that is very, very strange. Fur Elise is a two-handed piece, for one thing. Very strange.

Cedarflame – Oh, come on! You have that whole bladder capacity thing you mentioned a while back. Nothing? At all?

Bandobras – Oh my god! I’m surprised your parents chose to let you live as an infant. Nowadays they could have spotted that infirmity in utero and opted for a termination early on in the pregnancy. Oh well, I hope you’ve managed to live a reasonably normal life regardlesss?

Brad – Yes, that’s just what I want to do. Won’t you people ever leave me alone? It’s a curse, I tells ya — A CURSE.

Deb – Ah ha! Interesting because I just read something about this sort of thing. It’s called synesthesia — where your senses get mixed up for any number or reasons (the migraine for sure) and you can feel or smell colors or see music or hear shapes. It can manifest in a variety of ways. Some people have it all the time because of a head injury at some point in their life or some other trauma – some only experience it once in a while, usually because of stress or migraines or something similar. You should look into it. There are support groups and everything to help you harness and/or understand it. A most excellent quirk!