I'm neurotic about having greasy fingers. What are you neurotic about?

[bertha katzenengel]

Okay, yeah, you're right: I'm just plain neurotic all the way around.

But I have this thing about having greasy fingers. I can't stand it. Even when I know they're clean -- which is all the time -- I get the sense that they're greasy. I use a trackball and half the time I don't want to touch it because I don't want to get it all gross.

Maybe it comes from growing up w/ Grandma. Her doorknobs were perpetually greasy. I can't touch a doorknob w/out a fleeting thought about Grandma and fried chicken.

What are you neurotic about?

[Aiptasia]

1. touching people's hands with greasy fingers

Just imagine eating hot funnel cakes at the public faire with corn dogs and deep fried chicken, then having to press palms for a few hours.

That's what it's like running for political office in the south.

[skypilot]

2. Leaving an unstruck match...

...in an ashtray. I have a bad habit of breaking off a match to scratch the inside of my ears when they feel itchy. I then toss the match in an ashtray and later end up with the weird idea that somehow the match will ignite when I'm not around. I then have to use that match right away so that it is no longer flammable. I have to make sure I do this BEFORE I empty the ashtray in the trash because then there is no way I'd ever find the unstruck match and I'd be convinced that it would be sitting in the trashcan just waiting to go off.

[kick-ass-bob]

3. making sure there is grease on people's trackballs.

I can freak some of them out with that!
:evilgrin:

[On the Road]

4. I Have to Examine Each Bite of Food

before putting in my mouth. Must have been a bad experience somewhere back along the line. My girlfriend mocks me for this.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. And wouldn't you freaking know it: I just spilled my cup of salad dressing

all over my desk. :eyes:

(BTW when I eat at my desk I keep alcohol wipes handy for my fingertips. Told you I was neurotic.)

[Heidi]

6. My husband being neurotic about having greasy fingers.

It drives me nuts. But I try to be empathetic, and protect him from the dangers of butter, olive oil and industrial lubricants.