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20 June 2006

Obscure Vices →[More:]

I have most of the standard bad bad vices, but I just started up with an obscure one again. Sunflower seeds. In the shell. Chomp em and suck the sodium off em and then get sooo thirsty. And I've got heavy lifting to do again tonight. I need to stop, but I can't. Plus, it's gross, almost like chewing tobacco. Hope me? Plus, what are your obscure, minor vices?

post by: rainbaby at: 12:04 | 20 comments

Nail biting, spitting, gum chewing.

posted by SassHat 20 June | 12:15

Heavy lifting? Again?

Not sure if it's obscure, but I've eaten 1/2 pound of M&M's "Capn's Gold" peanut snack candies in last two days.

(Oo, yeah nail-bitin' too.)

posted by danostuporstar 20 June | 12:17

I'm generally fearful of eating seeds of any kind. My digestive system is as fertile as the tenesse valley and I don't want anything growing in there.

posted by jonmc 20 June | 12:21

Drinking from the pickle jar! OMG Delicious!

posted by pieisexactlythree 20 June | 12:22

Thanks metcha. I admitted I had a problem and am now sucking water.

Heavy lifting as in moving furniture.

I don't actually eat the seeds jonmc, I just munch on them in the shells then spit the sodium wads into a baggie. I hadn't done it in a long time, but I bought a bag, man, I picked up a bag at the Wawa last week, and I'm right back into it, man.

Whew. Confession feels good.

posted by rainbaby 20 June | 12:24

pie!!!!!

That is a great one!!! Ewwww!

posted by rainbaby 20 June | 12:26

My vices are my peeves. I can't let other people's vices go. Particularly nailbiting. Can I get a girlfriend who doesn't nailbite?

posted by Eideteker 20 June | 12:32

Tiki Mugs.

I am not kidding.

It's a problem.

posted by Capn 20 June | 12:33

Eideteker, a true gentleman would bite her nails for her.

posted by jonmc 20 June | 12:49

I smoke during the run of shows I'm in and at meetups.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 20 June | 12:58

LT - Smoking is not obscure enough.

Capn - Tiki Mugs? Perhaps too obscure?

posted by SassHat 20 June | 13:07

I agree that smoking is a Major Vice.

Umm. . .it depends what he does with the Tiki Mugs?

posted by rainbaby 20 June | 13:09

Buy ever more of them on eBay, even though I never use them and am running out of space for them?

posted by Capn 20 June | 13:11

Ok, Capn, that'll work! You're in with the Tiki Mug Collecting, for sure.

posted by rainbaby 20 June | 13:14

Saffron.

posted by porpoise 20 June | 13:20

This is from late last year, when I still had a camera phone
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Capn 20 June | 13:25

Tacos.

posted by I Love Tacos 20 June | 13:33

porpoise's obscure vice is an obscure spice - nice!

posted by rainbaby 20 June | 13:44

Licking the bowl after eating ice cream. Doesn't feel done unless I do it. Oh, and I chew my cuticles, not my nails. *sigh*

posted by redvixen 20 June | 17:27

I tear the corner from any piece of paper left near me and roll it into a little tube, then put it in my mouth like a mini cigarette. I should try dipping in pickle juice first.

posted by StickyCarpet 20 June | 17:48

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