Dirty Little Secrets

[Buh4Bee]

What little things do you do that you are embarrassed to admit, but do them anyway?

Here's an example:

I litter out my car window, in parking lots, and even in state parks. I get a sick gratification from littering. It's illegal and very bad for the environment, but I still do it.

I like to stick gum under desks in public places. No way? Yes, I love to do it!

[Jack of Hearts]

So you're the one?! Arghhhhh!

This reader's secret: last Friday, he lied to himself. He said he was just going for a walk. He walked directly to a place that makes hot dogs and bought one. Just a little walk, huh? Then he kept walking until he ate the whole hot dog. What a coincidence! He stopped at a pizzeria that sells pizza by the slice... may as well go in, it must be destiny!

Suffered a tummy ache all night for that excess.





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[JuniperWoolf]

I watch Japanese cartoons. None of this English dubbed crap either, I watch them with subtitles. I also speak a lot of Japanese, which I learned for the purpose of being able to watch cartoons without straining my eyes.

For God's sake, don't tell anyone I know.

[The Comedian]

I watch Japanese cartoons. None of this English dubbed crap either, I watch them with subtitles. I also speak a lot of Japanese, which I learned for the purpose of being able to watch cartoons without straining my eyes.

For God's sake, don't tell anyone I know.

For the love of all that's holy! How shameful! I suppose your next confession will be about your dedication to a Pokemon forum. . . :lol:

[cacian]

What little things do you do that you are embarrassed to admit, but do them anyway?

Here's an example:

I litter out my car window, in parking lots, and even in state parks. I get a sick gratification from littering. It's illegal and very bad for the environment, but I still do it.

I like to stick gum under desks in public places. No way? Yes, I love to do it!

Littering is not just bad for the environment but it is also bad for other people because it spoils their enjoyment in a given space.
One might get gratifications out of things is fine but do you think it is a fair a thing to go about it because it affects other people?
Just a thought.


I watch Japanese cartoons. None of this English dubbed crap either, I watch them with subtitles. I also speak a lot of Japanese, which I learned for the purpose of being able to watch cartoons without straining my eyes.

For God's sake, don't tell anyone I know.

Do Japanese names mean something?

[tonywalt]

I let my dog bark at people I don't want in my neighborhood while walking him and do not correct him. He is little but he has a perfect pitched Baritone bark.

These people are not big dog lovers and furthermore get a tidy fright from him (even those he's a little dog). I have a demonic grin on me after they go past me

[JuniperWoolf]

For the love of all that's holy! How shameful! I suppose your next confession will be about your dedication to a Pokemon forum. . . :lol:

Haha, ever heard of 4chan?


Do Japanese names mean something?

Occasionally. Some people in Japan are of the family name "Okami," which basically means "this person is badass." It literally means "wolf" and has a lot of history. Anyone familiar with the name would recognize it for it's associations. There's a fighter in the UFC who changed his name to Okami to intimidate other Japanese fighters (or just to look cool, whatever).

[Buh4Bee]

It's a terrible thing.

[motherhubbard]

I have a bunion. I've named him Paul and when he hurts I say nice things to make him feel better.

[Buh4Bee]

Come now Mother, you can do better than that. hehehe.

[motherhubbard]

Okay... I have a student that makes a face like she smells something bad all the time. It's a face that shows her stinky attitude. She uses that face when she tattles or complains about how she doesn't want to do whatever it is we're doing. I ask her if she smells something bad and when she says no I say she looks like she smells something bad. I should be ashamed.

[prendrelemick]

Not really a secret, but I blurt out things that I really should keep in my head - must stop doing that. Also I say inappropriate things, Like "oh well, that's life eh?" to a widow at her husband's funeral, who had told me of her pain and grief.

[billl]

In this day and age, a public mens room will often feature urinals, soap dispensers, and faucets that are all activated by motion sensors. It's pretty much unavoidable that a visit to such an automated restroom will go just as the designers had hoped if the visitor has any interest at all in the proposition.

However, it might still happen that a public mens room will feature manually flushed urinals, and/or a sink with faucets that require the physical touching of them, as well as the dubious availability of soap within the hand-operated mechanism of a dispenser--or perhaps even an outright and obvious absence of soap. In such situations, I might very well forgo the manual flushing, and perhaps not test the functioning of the faucets and soap dispensers.

In between these contrasting scenarios, there are, I suppose, shades of gray.

[cacian]

Haha, ever heard of 4chan?



Occasionally. Some people in Japan are of the family name "Okami," which basically means "this person is badass." It literally means "wolf" and has a lot of history. Anyone familiar with the name would recognize it for it's associations. There's a fighter in the UFC who changed his name to Okami to intimidate other Japanese fighters (or just to look cool, whatever).

Okami..Interesting concept indeed.
Thank you for that.

[Paulclem]

Haha, ever heard of 4chan?



Occasionally. Some people in Japan are of the family name "Okami," which basically means "this person is badass." It literally means "wolf" and has a lot of history. Anyone familiar with the name would recognize it for it's associations. There's a fighter in the UFC who changed his name to Okami to intimidate other Japanese fighters (or just to look cool, whatever).

My son is studying Japanese at Uni. My daughter will be taking her GCSE (16 year old's qualification) next summer. They are really into it. When I went to see my son recently for his birthday they both took me to a sushi bar called Yo Sushi. It was ok, though they didn't have chips.

The literature comics and games are good. There was a playstation game called Okami that my son has.


Not really a secret, but I blurt out things that I really should keep in my head - must stop doing that. Also I say inappropriate things, Like "oh well, that's life eh?" to a widow at her husband's funeral, who had told me of her pain and grief.

I'm similar. My wife is often at pains to warn me not to mention stuff around certain people because I too am an undisciplined blurter.

Did you get a swift one into the ribs? I've developed an extra layer of skin at punch height.

[Lokasenna]

I watch Japanese cartoons. None of this English dubbed crap either, I watch them with subtitles. I also speak a lot of Japanese, which I learned for the purpose of being able to watch cartoons without straining my eyes.

For God's sake, don't tell anyone I know.

I'll hold up my hand to that as well - heck, I even used to be part of a fansubbing group. Never learnt the language (though my two best friends are both fluent speakers), but I used to enjoy being the quality-control guy - taking the rough translation and turning it into elegant, idiomatic English...

It's not much of a secret on here, I suppose, but people who know me in the real world are often surprised when they find out I enjoy playing video games - they seem to think I spend all my free time in some sort of Victorian study, reading archaic tomes by candlelight while quaffing port and listening to Haydn string quartets...

[JuniperWoolf]

It's not much of a secret on here, I suppose, but people who know me in the real world are often surprised when they find out I enjoy playing video games - they seem to think I spend all my free time in some sort of Victorian study, reading archaic tomes by candlelight while quaffing port and listening to Haydn string quartets...

Haha, that's actually the way that I used to picture you spending most of your time, but I scrapped that idea once I learned that you like to barn dance.

[PoeticPassions]

I have actually seen a few episodes of The Hills (do not judge me! it is an awful, awful show, and I was really really bored... and well... ah I am ashamed)

Also, sometimes when I am feeling anti-social, and I see someone I know on the street walking toward me, I will take out my cell phone and start fake texting or fiddle with something in my bag so as to pretend that I did not see the person, so that I do not have to say hi or acknowledge his/her existence.

[Helga]

Also, sometimes when I am feeling anti-social, and I see someone I know on the street walking toward me, I will take out my cell phone and start fake texting or fiddle with something in my bag so as to pretend that I did not see the person, so that I do not have to say hi or acknowledge his/her existence.

I do that too, not just when I am feeling anti-social, well I am always anti social I do this all the time and it's no secret.

[JuniperWoolf]

Bah! I hate texting. It's probably because I've never done it, but I just don't understand the attraction. I have one friend named Tom and sometimes I'll be walking down the street with him, having a normal conversation, when out of nowhere his face goes blank, he clams up, pulls out his cellphone and starts texting. It's so boring. All there is is tapping sounds for almost two straight minutes, unless I feel lonely and uncomfortable enough to say "Tom... HEY TOM!!! Who are you texting at? Stop it." One time he still wouldn't stop, so I tripped him.

[cacian]

Bah! I hate texting. It's probably because I've never done it, but I just don't understand the attraction. I have one friend named Tom and sometimes I'll be walking down the street with him, having a normal conversation, when out of nowhere his face goes blank, he clams up, pulls out his cellphone and starts texting. It's so boring. All there is is tapping sounds for almost two straight minutes, unless I feel lonely and uncomfortable enough to say "Tom... HEY TOM!!! Who are you texting at? Stop it." One time he still wouldn't stop, so I tripped him.

Haha....:goof:

[Paulclem]

I'll hold up my hand to that as well - heck, I even used to be part of a fansubbing group. Never learnt the language (though my two best friends are both fluent speakers), but I used to enjoy being the quality-control guy - taking the rough translation and turning it into elegant, idiomatic English...

It's not much of a secret on here, I suppose, but people who know me in the real world are often surprised when they find out I enjoy playing video games - they seem to think I spend all my free time in some sort of Victorian study, reading archaic tomes by candlelight while quaffing port and listening to Haydn string quartets...

Yes. I pictured you in a study, smoking a pipe and wearing the kind of stuff Rod Taylor wears in the original The Time Machine Film. The housekeeper would be Scottish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDS1btXo_E

I too play video games. I play quake online with what I presume are young kids - unless they are all closet Dads like myself. Last night at one o'clock, I stopped playing Gears of War on the X Box. (Great game). My colleague, who is a similar age plays House of the Dead.

[Buh4Bee]

My husbands a blurter too, but he gets away with it. I am not disciplined enough to anticipate what he'll say.

[OrphanPip]

Yes. I pictured you in a study, smoking a pipe and wearing the kind of stuff Rod Taylor wears in the original The Time Machine Film. The housekeeper would be Scottish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDS1btXo_E

I too play video games. I play quake online with what I presume are young kids - unless they are all closet Dads like myself. Last night at one o'clock, I stopped playing Gears of War on the X Box. (Great game). My colleague, who is a similar age plays House of the Dead.

My mother is in her 60s and plays computer games, so it's not that uncommon.

I don't have any dirty secrets that are all-ages appropriate for this forum.

[qimissung]

I throw non sequiters into conversation fairly frequently, which I find interesting and amusing, but which I've noticed that others don't .

I also have a slightly juvenile sense of humor, which I also find amusing-hey, I work with kids-but, again, I've noticed I'm often alone in my amusement. Go figure.

[Buh4Bee]

Qimi- It's even worse when you hang out with a toddler and socialize with seven year olds for half your day. When I am around adults, it takes me awhile to update my humor and social skills.

[tonywalt]

Sometimes when I take Sam (my dog) for a wee in the woody bit behind my house, I also do the same. It's not really public, then again it's definately not the middle of a woodland preserve.

[tonywalt]

This was such a good thread, I should revive it.

Sometimes if a drunk is really annoying, I ''hide'' his or her cell phone when they are not paying attention.

[Alexander III]

I got drunk once.

[Darcy88]

Haha, ever heard of 4chan?



Occasionally. Some people in Japan are of the family name "Okami," which basically means "this person is badass." It literally means "wolf" and has a lot of history. Anyone familiar with the name would recognize it for it's associations. There's a fighter in the UFC who changed his name to Okami to intimidate other Japanese fighters (or just to look cool, whatever).

Did Yushin Okami really change his name like that? That's funny.

Which brings me to my admission....I am an avid fight-fan and follower of mma and the UFC. I didn't get it for a long time, really I thought it was boring and barbaric. Then a couple years ago or so I started training muay thai kickboxing and since then its become my favourite sport and the only one I follow regularly.

[Bluehound]

I play games too, I have what almost amounts to a second life in the Lord of the Rings Online MMO.
Its great fun, but since I have been writing I do see it as a bit of a wast of time...I could have written a couple of novels in the time I have spent on there. :blush2:
But it's much preferable to hours of trash TV (see I'm feeling guilty, having to justify hehe).

I also have a soft spot for M&M.

[tonywalt]

I got drunk once.

And then what happened?

[papayahed]

Sometimes when I take Sam (my dog) for a wee in the woody bit behind my house, I also do the same. It's not really public, then again it's definately not the middle of a woodland preserve.

I used to work with a guy that, if nobody was around, would pee off the shipping dock.:blush2:

[tonywalt]

HHmm, and you learned this by, um, not looking away?

[JuniperWoolf]

I used to work with a guy that, if nobody was around, would pee off the shipping dock.:blush2:

Haha, when my brother was growing up he spent more time in the woods than out of them, camping or hunting with my dad. When you're living in the woods no one tells you where to pee, so when he turned five and started kindergarten he caused a riot during recess by whipping it out and urinating on a tree. The poor kid had no idea what everyone's problem was.

My dad was pretty humilated when the teachers brought him into the office to question Rylen's home bathroom procedure.

[tonywalt]

Oooooh, new dirty little secret.

Someone parked right behind me in the middle of town, therefore permanently blocking me in. Although this is common on the island, being blocked in for 2 hours is not fun. As a punishment, and strictly for his own good, I reached in and grabbed his keys (he left keys in ignition - again common) and chucked them into the bushes.

They were a massive set of keys, he must be in the building trade. Anyway, good luck to him:leaving:

[papayahed]

Oooooh, new dirty little secret.

Someone parked right behind me in the middle of town, therefore permanently blocking me in. Although this is common on the island, being blocked in for 2 hours is not fun. As a punishment, and strictly for his own good, I reached in and grabbed his keys (he left keys in ignition - again common) and chucked them into the bushes.

They were a massive set of keys, he must be in the building trade. Anyway, good luck to him:leaving:

erm, how come you just didn't move his car if the keys were in it?

[JuniperWoolf]

I thought that was were he was going with it as well. Also, how is he supposed to let you out if his keys are in the bushes?

[MystyrMystyry]

Perhaps he did but omitted to relate the fact, tacitly asking us what we would have done in the situation - the point hidden in his confidentiality

[tonywalt]

I moved it out the way first. Sorry, it is really mean in retrospect, but at the time it seemed like a good idea:blush2:

He found hid keys, with a bit of effort, I did check...so we do have a happy ending.

[papayahed]

I moved it out the way first.

You should have added that part to the original story.

[Buh4Bee]

I told a friend a lie.

[Buh4Bee]

I hate taking food home from restaurants. There was a lot of left over food and I refused the doggie bag three times until I pissed of the waitress.

[Darcy88]

I was just grabbing a bite to eat with a buddy of mine and the young server, a girl who couldn't have been older than 16 or 17, had a most unimaginably fine behind that did have me lusting, God forgive me it did.

Also today I told a panhandler that I had no spare change when I in fact had about fifteen dollars in loonies and quarters jingling in my pocket. "Some of us do laundry!" I wanted to yell.

[Pensive]

I don't usually like to surprise people, but when I do it's usually very shocking surprises!

[Buh4Bee]

I went shopping and spent a LOT of money.


I was just grabbing a bite to eat with a buddy of mine and the young server, a girl who couldn't have been older than 16 or 17, had a most unimaginably fine behind that did have me lusting, God forgive me it did.

Also today I told a panhandler that I had no spare change when I in fact had about fifteen dollars in loonies and quarters jingling in my pocket. "Some of us do laundry!" I wanted to yell.

God bless you A** men. I knew there were still a few out there!

[BookBeauty]

I post too much. I admit it! I'm a posting fiend. :( For shame.

[Buh4Bee]

I say post away woman! We need more moderately balanced voices on here. Plus you always seem consistently cheerful, unlike some of the moodies that crank around.

[Pensive]

I went shopping and I brought back nothing!
I went shopping once more and still brought back nothing.
Every time I went shopping I brought back nothing.
I could easily afford but I wanted to save.
I am such a miser. So-Scrooge. *waiting for a visit from Marley's Ghost*

[Buh4Bee]

I was glad when one of the teachers was being targeted by the principal. It wasn't me.

[Francie]

I let my two dogs bark freely and then deny to the neighbors that they bark. They look like they enjoy barking so much! (the same can be said about my partner sometimes!)

[Buh4Bee]

My son said," Momma, open window, I throw out." I couldn't believe it, so I opened the window and he chucked a piece of granola bar out the window.

[cacian]

does a secret have to be dirty?

[Buh4Bee]

No! We just use that word in my house to describe anything that is mildly negative. I will ask my son, "Are you being dirty?" It means; are you doing something wrong? The origin of this word being used in an incorrect way derives from my mother. When her children, my siblings, smeared their food on the high chair she'd yell, "Stop greasing! You are being dirty." This eventually became a term we used anytime we policed each other for inappropriate behavior.

[cacian]

No! We just use that word in my house to describe anything that is mildly negative. I will ask my son, "Are you being dirty?" It means; are you doing something wrong? The origin of this word being used in an incorrect way derives from my mother. When her children, my siblings, smeared their food on the high chair she'd yell, "Stop greasing! You are being dirty." This eventually became a term we used anytime we policed each other for inappropriate behavior.

Oh I see, I use a different tactic, I call him by his name and say:
(We use full names when we know he is up to something and others nicknames for normal day to day )

''what are you doing'' with a different tone of voice. My son's understands that I am checking up on him because he can hear it in my voice . He does not like being called naughty so we use it very sparingly and very lightely.

[Alexander III]

I have a better relationship with my tailor, than most of my friends. Sad but true story.

[Delta40]

When we were kids we used to say nignog when saying goodnight and my brother and I have both used the word with our kids. We got told its actually a racist term. Does anyone else believe it to be so? I ask because I know the story behind why we say nignog.

[cacian]

I have a better relationship with my tailor, than most of my friends. Sad but true story.

Really? is it because the tailor gets money out of it...just a joke I do no mean to be rude.