AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
Submitted by Merlin on July 13, 2006 - 5:20am.
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From a fun AskMe thread:
In my quest to become more distinctive, I’m looking for suggestions of harmless eccentricities to adopt. Who better than the MeFi hive mind to provide them? Anecdotes of eccentric folk you’ve known in the past welcome.
This reminds me of that stage where teenage girls randomly start to affect a terrible british accent, or when college freshmen suddenly stop wearing shoes and take up raw foods and the shakuhachi. Of course, this is not to say that I haven’t had ideas of my own.
’Fess up: what was your goofiest affectation and what made you stop it?
Clarification (2006-07-15 10:20:20): The “In my quest…” portion above is a quotation from the link that is referenced; it’s not actually me asking for help to (God forbid) become more eccentric. This confused some people, and, well, I regret your confusion if you have any and hope this clarification helps. – The Management
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A pair of stolen bowling...
A pair of stolen bowling shoes were my eclusive footwear providers for a couple months in college. Oh, and I had a pocket watch in high school, too, but no fobb sadly.
I knew a guy in college who did too much acid and decided it was a good idea to grow a beard and mustache on the right side of his face and keep the left side unshaven. on special occasions he would apply make up to the left side of face