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terryg wrote:

VoiceofReason wrote:Wow 1287 replies.

I think you mean 1288 replies ...

sjfcontrol wrote:Mary had a little lamb
her father shot it dead.
Now she takes the lamb to school
between two slices of bread!

(1290)

LikesShinyThings wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:Mary had a little lamb
her father shot it dead.
Now she takes the lamb to school
between two slices of bread!

(1290)

Not quite the response I was thinking... (1291)

sjfcontrol wrote:

LikesShinyThings wrote:
Not quite the response I was thinking... (1291)

Ummm, Count Von Count?

(1292)

JSThane wrote:Pointless reply to post on first page. Obvious lack of understanding of the original issue. Total and willful ignorance of discussion that followed.

[Quote provided, off topic to original issue and to reply]

Ad-hominem generalization about group of people not even mentioned in post.

Summation of reply, longer than actual reply.

Declaration that I must be right, as my logic is in-arguable.

sjfcontrol wrote:Mary had a little lamb
her father shot it dead.
Now she takes the lamb to school
between two slices of bread!

Wikipedia wrote:Arithmomania is a mental disorder that may be seen as an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sufferers from this disorder have a strong need to count their actions or objects in their surroundings.
Sufferers may for instance feel compelled to count the steps while ascending or descending a flight of stairs or to count the number of letters in words. They often feel it is necessary to perform an action a certain number of times to prevent alleged calamities. Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or simply the number of times one breathes or blinks.
Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the sufferer assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.
Counting may be done aloud or in thought.

Folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of rice. More lightheartedly, the muppet Count von Count from Sesame Street appears to be a fellow "sufferer".

sjfcontrol wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:Arithmomania is a mental disorder that may be seen as an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sufferers from this disorder have a strong need to count their actions or objects in their surroundings.
Sufferers may for instance feel compelled to count the steps while ascending or descending a flight of stairs or to count the number of letters in words. They often feel it is necessary to perform an action a certain number of times to prevent alleged calamities. Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or simply the number of times one breathes or blinks.
Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the sufferer assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.
Counting may be done aloud or in thought.

Folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of rice. More lightheartedly, the muppet Count von Count from Sesame Street appears to be a fellow "sufferer".

LikesShinyThings wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:Arithmomania is a mental disorder that may be seen as an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sufferers from this disorder have a strong need to count their actions or objects in their surroundings.
Sufferers may for instance feel compelled to count the steps while ascending or descending a flight of stairs or to count the number of letters in words. They often feel it is necessary to perform an action a certain number of times to prevent alleged calamities. Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or simply the number of times one breathes or blinks.
Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the sufferer assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.
Counting may be done aloud or in thought.

Folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of rice. More lightheartedly, the muppet Count von Count from Sesame Street appears to be a fellow "sufferer".

Is there anything for which they don't have a "mania" or "syndrome"?

sjfcontrol wrote:

LikesShinyThings wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:Arithmomania is a mental disorder that may be seen as an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sufferers from this disorder have a strong need to count their actions or objects in their surroundings.
Sufferers may for instance feel compelled to count the steps while ascending or descending a flight of stairs or to count the number of letters in words. They often feel it is necessary to perform an action a certain number of times to prevent alleged calamities. Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or simply the number of times one breathes or blinks.
Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the sufferer assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.
Counting may be done aloud or in thought.

Folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of rice. More lightheartedly, the muppet Count von Count from Sesame Street appears to be a fellow "sufferer".

Is there anything for which they don't have a "mania" or "syndrome"?

Normalcy??

LikesShinyThings wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

LikesShinyThings wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:Arithmomania is a mental disorder that may be seen as an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sufferers from this disorder have a strong need to count their actions or objects in their surroundings.
Sufferers may for instance feel compelled to count the steps while ascending or descending a flight of stairs or to count the number of letters in words. They often feel it is necessary to perform an action a certain number of times to prevent alleged calamities. Other examples include counting tiles on the floor or ceiling, the number of lines on the highway, or simply the number of times one breathes or blinks.
Arithmomania sometimes develops into a complex system in which the sufferer assigns values or numbers to people, objects and events in order to deduce their coherence.
Counting may be done aloud or in thought.

Folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of rice. More lightheartedly, the muppet Count von Count from Sesame Street appears to be a fellow "sufferer".

Is there anything for which they don't have a "mania" or "syndrome"?

Normalcy??

Oh, I'm pretty sure normalcy has to be some sort of a condition that has a label. It's too rare not to.

sjfcontrol wrote: "Normalphobia" -- The fear of being normal. Of course since it would be abnormal to fear being normal, only those who fear being normal could possibly be sure that they don't have it... I think... :head scratch

It's a Zen thing...