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Old 09-06-2007, 09:12 PM
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Come on, we all have them
mine is eating dinner straight out of the pan (saves on washing up) and eating in bed....seems fine, until you find all the crunchy crumbs in the morning
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Old 09-06-2007, 09:16 PM
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Worst thing I think I've done is eat chocolates in bed, fall asleep, tip box of choccies over and lay on top of them. In the morning when I woke up I wondered what on earth had happened. (Chocolate looks a bit like dried blood when you first wake up)
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Old 09-06-2007, 09:28 PM
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Licking the plate.

Don't do it in company though.
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Old 09-06-2007, 10:17 PM
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Get a bit blase about cats walking around on the kitchen table tops, forget not everyone is a cat lover when I see raised eyebrows and shivers from visitors. Well, Georgie likes to watch what I'm doing and it's very uncomfortable trying to cook with her slung round my neck.
Also have a passion for saving on washing up water so only do washing up once a day, hard to explain about the kitchen full of used pans of an evening
Think I'll just stop at two dirty habits.
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Used to share a can of shandy and an ice cream with my pony - does that count?

Sorry, only dirty habit that was shareable
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Old 09-06-2007, 10:25 PM
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Hate to see waste, so normally pick at the plates in the kitchen, what the rest of the family haven't eaten!:........... Parky buggers!
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Old 10-06-2007, 11:05 PM
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Used to share a can of shandy and an ice cream with my pony - does that count?

Sorry, only dirty habit that was shareable
Who sells shandy to your pony?
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Drinking milk straight from the bottle, me Ma always used to go barmy about it when I was little, but I still do it....
And I eat in bed too, gotta be done - little snackerel and a good read!
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Hazel, rear-view-mirror at Malvern Luv! Guilty as charged......!
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Old 11-06-2007, 01:30 AM
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Oh my some of those I don't even know about...like whats a shandy....I'm having lots of fun getting acquainted with you all and learning new words and new expressions...My best friend in OKlahoma was from the UK so it's not like I never met someone.......I recognize many of those so I'm laughing big time..like my cat, I feed him on the counter...if I didn't ..the dog would eat his food...and I call myself MzPiggy cause I am forever eating things left over...even things like the crusts from his pizza.....but the one I really am bad about is filling my mouth too full...I'm watching TV and eating and it feels so good and tastes so good...especially with salad...to put this huge portion of food in my mouth and have all those flavors crashing into each other and exploding in my mouth....I love to eat and I love the way the flavors linger in my mouth....It's no wonder I'm so "pleasingly plump"....
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Dirtdobber, go to confession right now... dear father...
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Old 11-06-2007, 02:26 AM
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...unless it's a hand...no, stop right there
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Worst thing I think I've done is eat chocolates in bed, fall asleep, tip box of choccies over and lay on top of them. In the morning when I woke up I wondered what on earth had happened. (Chocolate looks a bit like dried blood when you first wake up)
RL - what a shameful waste of chocolate but what a shock. Straight to the shower that morning I guess.

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Licking the plate.

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Also have a passion for saving on washing up water so only do washing up once a day, hard to explain about the kitchen full of used pans of an evening
Think I'll just stop at two dirty habits.
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It's better than reusing a sink of cold dirty water which is what my mother does. Yeuch!

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Drinking milk straight from the bottle, me Ma always used to go barmy about it when I was little, but I still do it....
Lovely isn't it SarzWix especially if it is proper milk and you are the first one there and it's deliciously cold.......mmmmmm.

I'll stop there I think.
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Dropping a "silent but deadly" by the deli counter at Tesco and walking quickly away before observing the aftermath.

I know I know, I'm 38 and should know better but its just so funny.
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PW, that's gross. I don't get why men/boys find gas so funny...! My nephew (2) calls it barting cos he can't say his effs yet. He likes to bart on your leg when you're dandling him on your knee.
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I'm guilting of eating in bed (I do get up to clean my teeth before sleep though!) finishing up left overs (I grew up in the 'there are people starving in China' era) and my dirtiest habit is not cleaning in the house till it's really gross and you stick to the floor because I'm too busy faffing in me garden!
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:25 AM
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Where I work, the teaching staff all have their own cups. There is a lot of cup pinching and borrowing that goes on, but, no-one uses my cup! Why not? I use to work as a tyrefitter and got used to dirty cups, so my cup is only washed once a week. Trust me, one look at all that 'lip-crust' around the rim, and the manure brown inner puts every body off. Can't think why! It must be healthy though, no self respecting germ would go anywhere near it.
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Old 11-06-2007, 11:39 AM
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Kissing my cats, they smell soft and warm, just cant resist them, sure I will gack up a fur ball in time!
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snogging a barn owl, same reasons as above, pure warm bliss!
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I'm with Flummery - why stay inside and clean the house when you can go outside and get dirty with the soil! Mind you it means a major spring clean when the in-laws come to visit!
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I suppose my dirty habit is sharing my food/drinks with my pets lol.
I always let em drink water/tea out of my cup, share my ice cream, let em eat of my fork at dinner etc lol. When I ride I often share my drinks or lunch with the horse especially if it's a salad sandwhich They are fairly clean so it's alright lol. (even though most people think I'm a dirty cow for doing it! lol!)

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I suppose my dirty habit is sharing my food/drinks with my pets lol.
I always let em drink water/tea out of my cup, share my ice cream, let em eat of my fork at dinner etc lol. When I ride I often share my drinks or lunch with the horse especially if it's a salad sandwhich They are fairly clean so it's alright lol. (even though most people think I'm a dirty cow for doing it! lol!)
Happy to share a coke with my neddie (they are veggie after all), but cats or dogs, noooooooo - heard too many scary stories about tapeworm, yeuukk.

Dirty habit, leaving the office for the weekend without washing up or removing half used bottle of milk. Return on Monday to foul smelling yoghurt
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Letting my dog give me a kiss... (I can hear most of you going "Yeuch!")

Drinking straight from the bottle/carton (at home only)

Not washing up/putting dishwasher on until there are no clean pots left...
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not cleaning the house, and only flushing after number 2's.
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