Speaking of non-std things and overly prescriptive SOP, our SOP is to point to the altitude when cleared to a new altitude.
It doesn't say what we should use to point to the altitude though. We just spent the past 2 days using elbows, pens, pencils, knuckles, napkins and whatever else I could find to point to the altitude.
On another occasion, it was noted that the "line" on our before start checklist was actually a row of dots. On that trip, the callout was "before start checklist, down to the dots"
Nice when you can fly with someone who's got the big picture, instead of worrying about when to turn on the anti-ice during engine start.