Monday, December 06, 2010

are you a freak


Found the most fantastic TV show. Are You A Freak Like Me? is exactly as it sounds. It documents some of the most fucked up individuals across Britain.

It makes thee best winter-my-ovaries-are-snapping-off entertainment, I tell you what.

And if you have a British IP address, you can watch it. Right now.
If you don't have a British IP, then, well, I'm sure there's something awesome to download on iTunes or...maybe you should be sitting on a beach outside and not watching TV. Er...go and play outside.

For us mere northern hemisphere-bound mortals, there's a show dedicated to freaks, or rather certain people, with rather interesting foibles.

Some may call them 'quirks;' others may call them psychological disorders. However you choose to view it, one cannot deny the sheer trip this programme takes you on.

The host is this scrawny little self-professed comedian who is obsessive compulsive. Which led him to create a reality show to highlight that everyone has their 'way of doing certain things.'

It's normal to be a freak in this country. And he thinks we should all celebrate our weird 'habits.'

The episodes I've seen are such. And fuck me if these people are living, breathing and completely off their 'eads:

1) A man who eats in the bath. In that he cooks a meal and has to eat it while he is bathing.
In all fairness, it's not a bad idea. I love bathing, and I love eating. He's merely suggesting that no one has really thought of merging the two. I've got to say: I'm probably going to bloody try it.

2) A 21-year old Essex woman who still sucks on a dummy.
She treats it like I would say, cigarettes. She nips behind the garden shed to 'have a little suck.' She customises her dummy with stick on gems and says she'll suck on a dummy for the rest of her life.

3) A girl who has to dress up every single day. She has dress up outfits hung all about her flat. For example, one day she'll wear a hamburger outfit to wash the dishes in; the next she'll dress up like the Easter bunny. She doesn't feel normal or happy unless she's in dress up.

4) A girl who introduces herself as such: "Like every girl, I have a beauty regime. I wash my face, put on moisturiser, my make-up and then....I chew my toenails."
She is video'd frigging noshing on her toes, from the big toe to the pinky toe.
The Brit and I were mock charging.

5) A guy who eats out of bins. Because he likes the 'challenge of finding food.'
He's a well-to-do dude, and rummages in bins. He says he can't help it.

6) A dude who is collecting his farts to use to launch a homemade rocket.
..............

You get the idea.

It gets one thinking though. Do I have any weird habits? Or is what I think is normal not-normal?

All I can think of is two.

I can't touch egg boxes.
It's a texture thing. It does to me what someone scraping their nails down a chalk board does to you.
Egg boxes and those MacDonald takeaway cup holder thingies in that awful cardboard gives me instant heebie jeebies even just thinking about it.

I've dropped egg boxes while trying to perform womanly domestic duties of past.
Now I have to select a box with a plastic bag around it, or an extra large sticker, or get someone to put it into my basket.

I sleep face down into the mattress, no pillows
What is a normal way to sleep? I'm most comfortable with my feet outside the duvet, spread open, face down into the mattress, no pillows. After years of mastering this [fabulous] technique, I even know how to breathe with my face down.

I have a friend who is phobic about fruit. As in, she cannot be in room where there is fruit or she will freak out. The Brit can't touch cotton wool.

Anyone else out there got some fundamental weirdness they [might like] to share?

If not, back to my course homework.

9 comments:

tyrone said...

HELLO PEAS! :)

Now about that 21-year old Essex lass... Sounds like someone I could spend some time with. Belter?

Roxy said...

I hate cotton wools too. it makes my teeth feel weird. I hate my belly button touched. And I mean I really HATE it. And I don't like when people touch their own belly buttons.yikes.

It is the question said...

Now tell me, this face down thing...

...resulting from a favourite sexual position?

Charmskool said...

Grief! I am soooo normal!! I'm germ phobic and can't shake hands with people - if I have to shake hands I must wash my hands immediately afterwards. I won't touch elevator buttons or escalator handrails etc with my hands. If I have to I clean my hands with disinfectant wet wipes immediately. I disinfect my car steering wheel and then wash my hands after driving anyway. See? Normal!!!

Chantelle said...

I am so normal!

I just can't touch wet hair when it falls out. I mean, I wash my hair, some falls out in the bath and I can only pick it up and throw it away once it is dry.

Thats not that bad is it?

Peas on Toast said...

Ah thanks guys for your contributions!
You've definitely made me feel more normal and less loopy, which is always appreciated :)

Between Tyrone wanting to date a girl who sucks a dummy, Roxy and her belly button, Charm's germ killing, Flirty's hatred for wet hair, I think it's safe to say being a little freaky is what makes us all normal :)

IITQ - nope, it's just the most comfy posish ever!

See Chelle's Shores said...

Hey Peas
I have a thing with even numbers - volume has to be on an even number all the time, I really battle watching programs that aren't on even channel numbers - you get the picture. Problem is, I'm born on an odd number day. Where to from here, is anyone's guess!
Love your posts & hope you're not missing SA TOO much :)

ColourClashes... said...

Hey Peas!

My weird habit is that i cant touch anything thats velvet or velour...IT ACTUALLY FREAKS ME OUT! I just cant do it! Similar to your thing with egg boxes...I always feel the need to wash my hands afterwards, which can be really awkward since i work in a clothes shop.....

thevampirediariesfan1 said...

hi peas,
im absolutely obssesed with blood and vampires i love the taste and smell of blood and often believe that vampires exist and that they are watching me this is not just a common case of twilight fever i am completly OBSSESED with two certain actors who portray the parts of stefan and damon from the vampire diaries XXX