Poll for anyone who's read "Around The World in 80 Days"?

Question: Poll for anyone who's read "Around The World in 80 Days"!?

Does anyone else think that Phileas Fogg's actions at the beggining of the book can be diagnosed as OCD!? He was just so exact, when i read it i thought "OCD"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Not really!. He's just kind of wierd, I think!. A bit nutty!. Okay, REALLY nutty!. Maybe he DID have a thermometer for that water!. :D

You should read "Not As Crazy As I Seem" by George Harrar!. It's about a kid with OCD, and it was pretty good!. And funny, too!. :PWww@QuestionHome@Com

Well, it certainly looks as if he is a bit that way, his obsession with being on time, and firing his valet for not making his water exactly the right temperature etc!. However, he is able to shake it off in the course of the book, when he interrupts his schedule several times for personal reasons, like rescuing the princess from being forced to committ suttee for instance, or when he goes to save Passpartout from the Indians!. Perhaps he has got OCD a bit, but not so severely that he can't overcome it in an emergency!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There have been diseases and problems which were not called by any particular name or even considered a mental defect just a few years back!. OCD is just one of them!. Besides, I don't think Fogg actually had OCD!. He was a man of habit, very like those accountants or insignificant people in novels that one reads about, who mostly get killed in the first chapter who, in addition to being time freaks would "never hurt a fly!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's funny!.!.!. I was just reading the beginning of that book a few days ago, and yes, OCD was the first thing that I thought of too!. I agree!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Um!.!.!. a little!. But not anxiety driven!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

ive seen the movieWww@QuestionHome@Com