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AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
Merlin Mann | Jul 13 2006
Suggest eccentricities for me to adopt | Ask MetaFilter From a fun AskMe thread:
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 98 Comments
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 As a teenager I had...Submitted by Richard Eggleston (not verified) on July 13, 2006 - 9:18am.
As a teenager I had more eccentricities than you could shake a stick at though I didn't think of them that way, they just seemed like a good idea at the time (universal excuse, better than the 'Nurnburg Defence'). One was signing my name accomanied by a little Mel Calman-esqe 'thinker' character with some witicism in a think bubble. Another, wearing Scandinavian clogs, knee length stripy socks and rolling my dungarees up to my knees. The sound of breaking glass (as bottles were whistling past my ears, thrown by the school thugs - I think you call them 'Jocks' - persuaded me of the error of my ways! For the definitive guide to eccentricity from the doyen himself, you can't beat Viv Stanshall (remember The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band?) www.gingergeezer.net » POSTED IN:
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