People have been sharing their ‘unusual daily rituals’ and they are a total delight
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When we get breakfast, we sing ‘Let’s get cereal! Cereal!’ to the tune of let’s get physical.
— Martin Cowles (@martincowles) February 1, 2019
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Every night when I cover our parakeet I say “snug as a bug”.
If I don’t say it now he squawks until I do— Pam Harper (@PamHarper20) February 1, 2019
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At the end of the main news when they say “And now the news where you are” I say “What, in the living room?”
Every time.— christhebarker (@christhebarker) February 1, 2019
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Our washing machine is from South Korea and chimes a little melody when a drying cycle is finished. My girlfriend and I decided that it is in fact playing the North Korean national anthem, so whenever it goes off we solemnly stand with our hand over our heart staring into space.
— Michel Levien G. (@Michel_Levien) February 1, 2019
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Every night at 10pm the cat comes into the the living room and screams/yowls until we go up to bed with him. If we want to stay up later we have to cradle him like a baby with a special blanket
— That Midwife (@ThatMidwife) February 1, 2019
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When my dog comes in from the garden i hold the door open with one hand and salute with the other.
— William Andrews (@Williamandrews) February 1, 2019
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When we leave the house we always shout ‘bye, see ya later!’ to fox any potential passing opportunistic burglars into thinking there’s still someone at home.
— Vitamin M (@Emmelodica) February 1, 2019
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On leaving for a night out, my housemate and I used to struggle to pull the front door shut, telling our imaginary dog, Razor, to calm down.
— DarkStardust (@redgoldrush) February 1, 2019
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When I make tea for me and my wife I like to use the two mugs that have stars on. I cannot put the kettle on without singing* “Staaaaar mugs, fill them full of tea, it’s love-ly beverage, just for you and me…” to the tune of Star Man by Bowie.
*For a given value of ‘singing’
— (@KevBLloyd) February 1, 2019
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With my daughter, crossing the second half of a road with a central traffic island I always say ‘And again.’ to indicate it’s safe to start walking.
She’s 17.
— Luke Burstow (@LukeBurstow) February 1, 2019
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Every morning I, or my girlfriend (depending on who gets up first) sings a “good morning song” to our pet rabbit, to let him know his breakfast of parsley is on its way.
— Pete Strange (@petestrange) February 1, 2019
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Every time I cook a full English (not every day obviously) I sing Kaiser Chiefs’ “I predict a fry-up”
— Simon (@TheSiDawson) February 1, 2019
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One of my cats, Cosey, shakes her tail at food time and I say ‘shaky tail hungry?’ She will then eat her food.
I live alone. pic.twitter.com/d9EOLkEHGi
— Mostly Grumpy (@mostly_grumpy) February 1, 2019
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Every time our cat or dog makes a noise we say ‘they didn’t!?’ If they ‘reply’ we follow up with ‘they never!?’ and ‘what, today!?’ and so on, like they’re telling us an amazing story. This has now escalated to any animal we come across. Pets, cows, zoo animals…
— Andi T (@Andreatlr) February 1, 2019
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I have to text my Mum when I get in from work so she knows I’m safe. I’m 51.
— Cisco Ventura (@cisco664uk) February 1, 2019
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When my babies were tiny and before they could roll everytime I put them down I said “Right, stay there. Don’t wander off”. I would laugh everytime as they stared at me blankly. In hindsight it wasn’t that funny but I wasn’t sleeping much and that probably affected my judgement.
— Tinnie (@t1nn1e) February 1, 2019
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I ask the cat what he wants for dinner, then tell him we don’t have any “meow” and he will have to make do with cat food.
— Pink (@pink_ghost_guy) February 1, 2019
And here’s what people made of it.
This is THE best thread. Full of weirdos. Ahem. I mean, actually, people I can seriously relate to. I feel much less weird now… https://t.co/sLOw2v99Xs
— Peter Botting (@peterbotting) February 5, 2019
This is an adorable thread. Who knew we all had such funny and ludicrous habits. (Especially involving our pets and kids!) https://t.co/eN5dCZSJFG
— ElizabethWifeOfAnImmigrant (@elizabethreadsa) February 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/maverick99sback/status/1091404948993179655
Replies to this are tremendous and prove that I may not be as weird as I thought 😁 https://t.co/YQJ3HVqjEO
— Ross (@rosshawkes) February 1, 2019
This treat of a thread starts with a sleepwalking kid and is then mostly taken over by animals. But it's a joy. https://t.co/i4crXaSDky
— Francesca Williams (@cannyfrank) February 1, 2019
This thread has melted my heart https://t.co/YkqR1gRI3D
— Ann Mehigan (@anniemehigan) February 1, 2019
This thread is a joy.
These are my people. https://t.co/lAQgwcAML4
— Julia Scott (@MedsManPharm) February 1, 2019
For more of this sort of thing – not all the time, obviously – follow Nick here.
