Eccentric

[hellkat]

Anita reckons one of her work colleagues (who has never met me) but who has been hearing her say "My mum [rides a motorbike / just got a huge dog / plaits her pubes* / whatever]" has said that he thinks I sound eccentric.

She tempered it by saying that the guy said he also thought I sounded cool (which obviously I am) but I wondered, am I? I always thought I was kind of normal, but with some slightly funky ideas that I wasn't afraid to speak out about.

I know pretty much where my hard limits on eccentricity are, and the type of behaviour that I would find too much to cope with from other people ... and if I found I was going beyond those limits myself, I'd think "Whoah there, girl, calm down, try and revert to normality."

Just how eccentric do you think you are?
And what level of eccentricity can you cope with in others?



*obviously not really, I just put that in there to make sure you were paying attention
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[c_dug]

I like it when you start making threads again, you seem to go through a lul and then do like 15 at once, they always make me smile

Eccentric maybe - Entertaining, Yes!

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[Ichy]

Eccentric is used to describe many things. Mainly used for someone that is different than the norm in which case it doesn't take much in some peoples eyes to be seen as eccentric. It can also be used instead of odd, weird, freakish, mad, senile, scary & others.


Just about sums you up I think?


Eccentric for me is someone who does something unusual, like wearing odd shoes, but doesn't do it deliberately.

[Tarmacsurfer]

I hold to a fairly simple tenet which you in all probability already know, "An it harm none do as thou wilt". As long as someone's eccentricities are within that boundary then anything goes.

Anyone defining themselves as eccentric is usually the kind of muppet I want as little as possible to do with. They may well use Apple products and call themselves "wacky" or "zany" as well, or even post on BCF under the rather pretentious name "The warped one".
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[yen_powell]

I thought you could only be eccentric when in the millionaire class. Under that threshold you are a 'mental'. (No offence intended, some of my bestest friends is mentals!)
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[MarJay]

Hellkat,

Yes luv, you're eccentric. In comparison to my mother, you are very much eccentric.

Mark.
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[chris-red]

I thought you had to be rich to be Eccentric? Poor people are just crazies.
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[Clanger]

I think Eccentricity comes with age, I don't know what age, but for years and years you just get called a Freak or Weird, and then suddenly at some point, future forward you become Eccentric.

I get called a Freak, regularly, so I presume at some point this will change and I will be promoted to Eccentric...I will be sure to let you know when this occurs.
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[Clanger]

[Lone-Wolf]

[G]

First off, compared to a lot of general society; yes you are .
But for me at least an 'interesting' sort of different is much better than not being eccentric; too many clones with 2.4 children going around living what for me would be a very unrewarding life.

[Rowey]

I've been called eccentric. As well as weird and OCD.

In fairness, I just have interests, hobbies and rituals that are different to the rest of my family, friends and colleagues.
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[the grim reaper]

As others have said, Eccentricity seems to be money related. As the saying goes:

'At the moment I'm just odd, but I'm saving up to be eccentric'.

Cheers

Grim
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[hellkat]

Yeah I've now asked Anita, and it turns out that the guy who said it is mega-posh, rich parents, etc., etc. So he probably thinks in those terms about everybody.



I always figured eccentric as a "rich person" word, too
(the wonderful Lord Bath springs immediately to mind)

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Lord "Mad as a box of frogs" more like




... although having spent several days now thinking about it, I would also put "well-educated and/or people of high intelligence" into that category.

I know lots of people who are quite eccentric but also extremely intelligent. Maybe that's where mine comes from, high IQ (156), ergo higher than likely element of nuttiness.

So although I'm (usually) financially better off than most of my friends, I'm hardly loaded. Which makes me just a common or garden variety nutter by virtue of my so-called level of intelligence (although I'm feeling rather braindead today, it has to be said).

But my sister and my aunt were the official loonies in my family (bi-polar disease) - so I tend to use them as a yardstick... "Oh no, I'm being a bit dotty, but I'm not as mad as them (yet)"

I agree that those people who say things like "I'm mad I am!" are the sort of people who try too hard, who otherwise wouldn't have much of a personality. You can see the desperation to be liked or admired leaking out of them.

My ex always says things like "I'm a psycho..."

... no you're not, luv, you're just a bit of an angry lad who's a bit fucked up



Ah, loonies: gotta love em.
Or keep them at arms length
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[Dazbo666]

I've been told (even to my face) that I'm a bit strange, or not normal... but I just live my life as I see fit, and try not to bother anybody. So it's not really a problem for me.

As for eccentricity in others, as long as it doesn't involve illegal, abusive, or purposely offensive behaviour, I don't see a problem.

(...and yes, Lord Bath immediately sprang to mind - I think he comes across as a really nice bloke, even though I don't usually like the "upper classes")
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[Paddy Blake]

Yes....yes you are.

Off topic but I woke up and turned the tv this morning.
They said some one is missing then they said "a women was killed by
her mastiff".I just thought oh no not hellkat.

Good to know you're still alive.

[hellkat]

Yeah I got an anxious text from Mad Liz (aka "Sadie" on here) ... who arranged for me to foster him, she couldnt get hold of me and was worrying.

I was on the phone at the time, I read it and I was like "what news?" ... when she text me back, I could see why she was a bit worried, LOL

Bruno is happily snoring on the floor beside me and shows no signs of being cross with me, other than for lack of cuddles which he seems to want all the time, soppy old baggage that he is.
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[Tonka]

Hmmm, my immediate reaction was "why are you asking the BCF Massif if you're eccentric?" Let's be honest amongst us lot you're perfectly lovely and normal - like G said he didn't even bat an eyelid at something that would have hit the profanity filter on any other site and sent it into meltdown!

I think that's what is so great about t'internet forums like this - in what is a boring and very dull society the proper individuals can have a voice and outlet for their so called eccentricities!

Hellkat - you're a proper all heart, lovely eccentric and I for one think you're great just the way you are!
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[hellkat]

Well, do other people consider *themselves* so, or recognise eccentricity in themselves.
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[Flip]

Eccentric? No.

But I like it when Mums are not stock, out of the box Mums. Makes it easier to relate to them. This has nothing to do with my fetish for older women. Maybe a little bit.

[Tonka]