continuing the Unbroken Chain of Weirdness...

I've been tagged by my brother-in-law to list 6 weird things about myself. So I asked Katy "what's weird about me?" Witty as ever, my darling wife replied "everything honey." Thanks a lot!! So with no help I wracked my brains and came up with the following:

1. I love gravy. Meals literally have to swim in it! As a kid I used to drink it out of a mug, until my mum felt enough was enough and started buying me bovril. The best thing about gravy, and something I am no longer allowed to do (because Katy thinks it's disgusting!) is taking a bit of bread and mopping up what's left on the plate at the end of a meal.

2. It often feels that I am the only person in the world who doesn't like Tomato Ketchup. Or any cold sauce for that matter. No mayo, salad cream, mustard, horseradish, salsa. I have been told that this is weird on numerous occasions!

3. I have a wonky little finger on my right hand. I fractured it playing in goal. I'd just made a great save (he says), but as I did my hand went to ground under me and there was a loud crack. As I got up I just asked my friend Si to pull my glove off and as he did he winced at the sight of the top half of my little finger pointing at right angles to the rest of my hand! Never did heal properly.

4. I also have dodgy thumbs, apparently! Most thumbs that I've examined (a greater number than one could imagine) tend to curve backwards at varying degrees. Mine are poker straight. I have passed this genetic oddity on to my second son, so I will at least have him by my side next time Katy points out my strange digits to somebody!

5. I can't stand bodily hair! That counts for my own. Leg and arm hair I've always lived with cos I play football and you do not want to be in a communal changing room when somebody points out your lack thereof. But in my early twenties I tried all methods of removal of chest and back hair. Sad to say now I just try to ignore it all. If money was no object laser hair removal would be surprisingly high on my wish list!! I won't tell you how I react if the missus' legs get spiky....

6. Finally, and a moment of shock realisation for me, I have never stayed in a house overnight by myself. Well okay, I have once - but it was after a night out celebrating my brother's birthday. Katy had gone to visit James and co, and my brother and cousin were due to crash at ours. I soon ran out of steam on the night out, and told my brother I'd leave him a key and see him at home later. So to all intents and purposes I never thought I'd be staying alone, until I woke next morning to find he didn't come back to mine after all!! After our first son was born, and Katy stayed in over night, I stayed at my parents, as it was closer to the hospital; whenever I've crashed in London it's been with friends, even when my parents went on holiday when I was 18-24, I'd get someone round to stay! Clearly I have a bit of an issue here, and I never really thought about it until I got tagged for my 6 weirdest things!!

Sadly, the unbroken chain of weirdness will stutter here, as I don't know any other bloggers, other than those already tagged. So short of asking them to list a further 6 things, I may have to hold off tagging for a while.