Is there such a thing as a house being TOO clean?

**smitch124** · 03-30-09, 10:14 AM

**sickler** · 03-30-09, 10:14 AM

If you can eat off the floor, it's too clean.

**fiveteamer** · 03-30-09, 10:16 AM

**Bread** · 03-30-09, 10:17 AM

Damn you Smitch...you just made me spit my chocolate out of my mouth

Dave, can you step on the line where tiles meet on the sidewalk?

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by Bread

Damn you Smitch...you just made me spit my chocolate out of my mouth

Dave, can you step on the line where tiles meet on the sidewalk?

Yeah that I don't mind (used to when I was a kid)

A change of surface though, like say sidewalk to grass, no way I'm stepping on that line.

**Bread** · 03-30-09, 10:23 AM

I can step on the line, but if I do it with my left foot, I have to make up for it by stepping on a line with my right foot too

Every sentence that I speak, I spell in my mind as I speak it, and it has to be broken down into a perfect denomination. Like, if I say "Where are you going?"...I spell it out in my head WHER-EARE-YOUG-OING?

If it works out to be a prime number, I have to add a letter to make it denominational. This happens to me all day long, without a second thought. Am I worse than you??

**Mudcat** · 03-30-09, 10:24 AM

Well if you ever feel the need for another outlet for your OCPD, come on over. This place could use some of that.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by Bread

I can step on the line, but if I do it with my left foot, I have to make up for it by stepping on a line with my right foot too

Every sentence that I speak, I spell in my mind as I speak it, and it has to be broken down into a perfect denomination. Like, if I say "Where are you going?"...I spell it out in my head WHER-EARE-YOUG-OING?

If it works out to be a prime number, I have to add a letter to make it denominational. This happens to me all day long, without a second thought. Am I worse than you??

Is that true? If so, that is awesome. I don't judge at all

**sickler** · 03-30-09, 11:07 AM

This clean-freakishness is also a sign of homosexuality.

This thread will get RogueScholar's hopes up.

**Iwinyourmoney** · 03-30-09, 11:09 AM

lol smitch! I was reading Daves post thinking Im going to post trailor girls picture, and BAM

**RogueJuror** · 03-30-09, 11:14 AM

JJ is just like you, a bit of germophobic also, spotless floors.

Are you germophobic?

**Matt Rain** · 03-30-09, 11:28 AM

Does clutter freak you out? This is right next to my laptop:

Sure, it looks messy, but if I ever need scotch tape, a non-functioning 1930's pocket watch, a packet of hot sauce, 46 cents, one training glove (the other one has been missing for months) or a bit of pine tree, it's all within hand's reach. Beat that.

**RogueJuror** · 03-30-09, 11:33 AM

matty is that a viewsat controller?

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by sickler

This clean-freakishness is also a sign of homosexuality.

This thread will get RogueScholar's hopes up.

Personally, I don't see any connection between keeping my space clean and being sexually attracted to men. But I might have to throw some empty pizza boxes on the floor just in case.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by Matt Rain

Does clutter freak you out? This is right next to my laptop:

Sure, it looks messy, but if I ever need scotch tape, a non-functioning 1930's pocket watch, a packet of hot sauce, 46 cents, one training glove (the other one has been missing for months) or a bit of pine tree, it's all within hand's reach. Beat that.

Good GOD man!

I respect organized chaos. Are you one of those people that knows exactly where everything is amidst the madness, or like my brother who is a slob AND can never find anything in his heaps of garbage?

**Matt Rain** · 03-30-09, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by RogueJuror

matty is that a viewsat controller?

The remote on top? No. It controls a $50 DVD/DivX player. Can't have a dish in the building.

**Matt Rain** · 03-30-09, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by VegasDave

Good GOD man!

I respect organized chaos. Are you one of those people that knows exactly where everything is amidst the madness, or like my brother who is a slob AND can never find anything in his heaps of garbage?

Yeah, I have a great memory to retrieve anything that *I* have left in very random places. It was hell when I was living with my clean-freak ex... she would sort and store all my crap in very logical places that made no sense to me. Lots of wasted time going through labeled, cleanly-stacked boxes filled with my stuff.

**flyingillini** · 03-30-09, 11:42 AM

I am the same way. My place is spotless and I keep it that way. I have to have it this way. The weird thing is, I do not keep my car the same way. I don't know what that means but that is the deal.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by Matt Rain

Yeah, I have a great memory to retrieve anything that *I* have left in very random places. It was hell when I was living with my clean-freak ex... she would sort and store all my crap in very logical places that made no sense to me. Lots of wasted time going through labeled, cleanly-stacked boxes filled with my stuff.

My late grandfather was that way... he had an "office" that was the largest pile of un-identifiable tools and gadgets I'd ever seen in my life. I mean there was no rhyme or reason to that room at all. It was as if everything on the shelves of a Wal-mart fell into one big pile at random and was never touched again.

That said? If he needed a sheet of sandpaper, he'd walk right into that room, throw a few things to the side, and emerge with it 5 seconds later. Had that whole gargantuan pile of nonsense memorized perfectly.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by flyingillini

I am the same way. My place is spotless and I keep it that way. I have to have it this way. The weird thing is, I do not keep my car the same way. I don't know what that means but that is the deal.

SO funny you mention that, my car is a damn mess right now.

I like to keep it clean too, but it does not irk me nearly as much, and I get around to cleaning it "when I have time" instead of going out of my way to make time like I do with my house.

**Matt Rain** · 03-30-09, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by VegasDave

My late grandfather was that way... he had an "office" that was the largest pile of un-identifiable tools and gadgets I'd ever seen in my life. I mean there was no rhyme or reason to that room at all. It was as if everything on the shelves of a Wal-mart fell into one big pile at random and was never touched again.

That said? If he needed a sheet of sandpaper, he'd walk right into that room, throw a few things to the side, and emerge with it 5 seconds later. Had that whole gargantuan pile of nonsense memorized perfectly.

I can relate. It's pretty easy to retrieve something since everything has been piled up in "chronological order". The sight of one thing leads to the memory of another and so on until the brains locates the desired object, usually in a matter of seconds.

Your Grandpa was probably left-handed and/or right-brained.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:59 AM

I believe he was a lefty. Brilliant man, but very stubborn. Things had to be his way.

On the topic of clutter, when he got his first computer, I went on it one day and it had over 100 icons on the desktop, again in no discernible order, some not even fitting on the screen. Figuring I was doing him a favor, I right clicked and organized by name. He FLIPPED THE HELL OUT. That would be the last time I tried to organize anything for him.

The next week, I went back on the computer (Grandma gave me permission, Grandpa wasn't home, he wouldn't allow me on it anymore) and he had physically moved every single shortcut back to the way it had been

**RogueScholar** · 03-30-09, 12:42 PM

Wanna go out to dinner sometime, Dave? I keep my house spotless too, and I think I'm the only smoker I know that refuses to light up in his own house. I'll organize your car for you!

**tacomax** · 03-30-09, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by RogueScholar

Wanna go out to dinner sometime, Dave? I keep my house spotless too, and I think I'm the only smoker I know that refuses to light up in his own house. I'll organize your car for you!

This is moving faster than I ever thought possible. An invite for dinner - you certainly know he can't resist that.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by tacomax

This is moving faster than I ever thought possible. An invite for dinner - you certainly know he can't resist that.

On the contrary, new dieting-Dave is a food-turning-down machine!

**jjgold** · 03-30-09, 03:15 PM

My place is spotless, I am educated so know how to mange my life and place.

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 09:42 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

My place is spotless, I am educated so know how to mange my life and place.

I don't think education has much to do with being clean either. I know plenty of very intelligent college graduates that are very messy.

**Shortstop** · 03-30-09, 10:12 PM

Get Cats!

**VegasDave** · 03-30-09, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by Shortstop

Get Cats!

Exactly what I want, loose hair and scratches all over the place

**Chi_archie** · 03-30-09, 11:17 PM

hate cat small

**Shortstop** · 03-31-09, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by VegasDave

Exactly what I want, loose hair and scratches all over the place

The love and companionship thet cats provide out weighs the loose hair and scratches.

**head_strong** · 03-31-09, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

My place is spotless, I am educated so know how to mange my life and place.

I 2nd that.....

**VegasDave** · 03-31-09, 09:26 AM

Well I feel better now that I know that being tidy means that I am well-educated.

**Mudcat** · 03-31-09, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by VegasDave

Exactly what I want, loose hair and scratches all over the place

It's not a bad thing in your situation. Seriously. I mean, apart from the fact that I love cats and think they're cool to have around.

My sister lived on her own and was a bit of a neat freak like you describe. Long story short, she is now married with 4 cats. Because she came to love the cats for who they are, there is really no choice but to accept a bit of chaos and let go of the compulsion.

So apart from having these critters which she loves in her life, my sister says she is much less controlled by compulsion - which is a good thing. Mind you, her neat-freakishness was never at a point where she called it OCD. Maybe none of this applies if you've got honest-to-gawd OCD. I don't know.

But that is her story. Her house is still clean enough. It's a normal house.