Unusual characters you've met along the way

ShadowGal

I met a man once walking along the street. He had a magpie on his shoulder and a red thong over one eye like a patch.He looked homeless. I wondered why the bird didn't fly off until i noticed his wing was completely injured. So he had bird poop all over his shoulders and a big smile on his face, himself and his bird strolling all over the city. Happy out in life

Totally unusual i would think.

Any unusual characters where you're from ?

smurgen

ShadowGal wrote: »

I met a man once walking along the street. He had a magpie on his shoulder and a red thong over one eye like a patch.He looked homeless. I wondered why the bird didn't fly off until i noticed his wing was completely injured. So he had bird poop all over his shoulders and a big smile on his face, himself and his bird strolling all over the city. Happy out in life

Totally unusual i would think.

Any unusual characters where you're from ?

there's loads of famous characters in cork but I ran into one yesterday in the bank (ulster bank )who's knicknamed "nice-day" because he says nice day to everyone and he looks like a really hyper mentalist . anyway i was waiting in the bank and he said nice day to me as he usually does.then he went up to the cashier and started asking him if he knew if rbs stress test results would be on aertel and did he know what aertel page it would be on.the cashier didn't know what to say ha ha

Nolanger

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Guill

Local old man here is called "The two boys", he walks around all day talking to himself, very nice man. When he gets drunk he can get very agitated with his 'friend'.

I have witnessed him walking into a pub alone, sitting on the bar alone, he would then order a pint and a brandy. The pint would be for him, the brandy for his 'friend'. He'd then drink the pint and turn to thin air:

"You not drinking that???"

I said are you not drinking that??????"

"Fine! if you want to be like that i'll drink it!"

He'll swallow the brandy and order the same again.

Nights like this usually end with him walking home having a blazing arguement with himself.


The next day they are best of buds again. Friends like that are hard to find i suppose...

red menace

I was getting the bus home for lunch the other day. Minding my own business listening to my mp3. An old lady sits down beside me. She starts talking to me but I don't hear because of my headphones so she pokes me til I turn around.
Her: I've been to do my taxes there was no queue
Me, Oh
Her I'm 91 I cant be queuing to do my taxes.
Me, True for you.
Her, I'm tired of living, I just want to die
Me ......
Her Won't you please pray that I die soon
Me... OK
Her, well this is my stop, Don't forget to pray for me to die
Me, I wont

ShadowGal

red menace wrote: »

I was getting the bus home for lunch the other day. Minding my own business listening to my mp3. An old lady sits down beside me. She starts talking to me but I don't hear because of my headphones so she pokes me til I turn around.
Her: I've been to do my taxes there was no queue
Me, Oh
Her I'm 91 I cant be queuing to do my taxes.
Me, True for you.
Her, I'm tired of living, I just want to die
Me ......
Her Won't you please pray that I die soon
Me... OK
Her, well this is my stop, Don't forget to pray for me to die
Me, I wont

Man thats heavy. Were you depressed getting off the bus ?

red menace

Nope but I was quite put off my omelette by the whole thing

And number 2 later that week

I was in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago.
I didn't have much so I was queuing in the self scan things (they have the same "unexpected item in bagging area" as Tesco btw it should be unexpected I fecking scanned it 2 seconds ago) I was busy scanning my few groceries through when a homeless guy swigging out out of a bottle of floor cleaner (pine scented) storms up to me.
He says "You are taking jobs away from Canadians by using this"
I says "It's better than queuing for 20 minutes to buy some chicken and a drink"
(It was a thursday night and the place was jammers)
He says "People need jobs more than this machine does"
Then he stops and stares at the machine for a good thirty seconds and goes
"It must be great to be a little button, maybe in the future that's how we will be in the future LITTLE BUTTONS" With that he wandered off down one of the aisles.

ShadowGal

red menace wrote: »

Nope but I was quite put off my omelette by the whole thing

And number 2 later that week

I was in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago.
I didn't have much so I was queuing in the self scan things (they have the same "unexpected item in bagging area" as Tesco btw it should be unexpected I fecking scanned it 2 seconds ago) I was busy scanning my few groceries through when a homeless guy swigging out out of a bottle of floor cleaner (pine scented) storms up to me.
He says "You are taking jobs away from Canadians by using this"
I says "It's better than queuing for 20 minutes to buy some chicken and a drink"
(It was a thursday night and the place was jammers)
He says "People need jobs more than this machine does"
Then he stops and stares at the machine for a good thirty seconds and goes
"It must be great to be a little button, maybe in the future that's how we will be in the future LITTLE BUTTONS" With that he wandered off down one of the aisles.

What was the name of the floor cleaner ? im having what he was having !

MagicMarker

I lived next to a crazy person once, literally crazy. The walls were paper thin and I'd hear him screaming obscenities to himself. He was old and looked like a serial killer. Sometimes I'd leave to go to work and I'd glance behind me down the hall and see his head peaking out of his door watching me leave.

Fun times!

Kidchameleon

I was in Belfast a few weeks ago. There was a guy walking around wearing nothing but a doc martin over his crotch. I shouted to him, "what the hell are you doing?" He turns to me and says in his big nordie accent, "Ah, I'm just f*ckin aboot!"

ShadowGal

A guy completely painted blue walked up to me in a shopping center a few years ago and said "im blue in the face from smoking fags"

mattjack

ShadowGal wrote: »

A guy completely painted blue walked up to me in a shopping center a few years ago and said "im blue in the face from smoking fags"

I was at a fancy dress party a few years ago ,one of the guests lifted her top and flashed one of her breasts at the crowd.One breast was painted blue....she said she was a small bird..."a blue tit "

Lapin

An elderly gentlman who lived down our street when we were kids used to dress up in his best suit and tie every Friday night.

To watch the Late Late Show on the telly.

He'd sit in front of his TV arguing or agreeing with Gay Byrne depending on what the topic was.

At the end of the night he'd say "goodnight now Gay, see ya next week" before turning off the TV and hitting the bed.


He's dead now.

ShadowGal

Lapin wrote: »

An elderly gentlman who lived down our street when we were kids used to dress up in his best suit and tie every Friday night.

To watch the Late Late Show on the telly.

He'd sit in front of his TV arguing or agreeing with Gay Byrne depending on what the topic was.

At the end of the night he'd say "goodnight now Gay, see ya next week" before turning off the TV and hitting the bed.


He's dead now.

Thats actually very sweet.

mattjack

Lapin wrote: »

An elderly gentlman who lived down our street when we were kids used to dress up in his best suit and tie every Friday night.

To watch the Late Late Show on the telly.

He'd sit in front of his TV arguing or agreeing with Gay Byrne depending on what the topic was.

At the end of the night he'd say "goodnight now Gay, see ya next week" before turning off the TV and hitting the bed.


He's dead now.

Gay Byrnes not dead...is he ?

stevejr

mattjack wrote: »

Gay Byrnes not dead...is he ?

No, but Pat Kenny's been dead for years, no one had the heart to tell him though...

Teyla Emmagan

Lapin wrote: »

An elderly gentlman who lived down our street when we were kids used to dress up in his best suit and tie every Friday night.

To watch the Late Late Show on the telly.

He'd sit in front of his TV arguing or agreeing with Gay Byrne depending on what the topic was.

At the end of the night he'd say "goodnight now Gay, see ya next week" before turning off the TV and hitting the bed.

He's dead now.

This reminds me of a story my Dad tells about Donegal when the TV first came in. Anyway, one of their neighbours used to wash and get dressed up every night when he sat down and watched the telly because he was sure the people on the box could see him back.

Aww..

Temptamperu

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

This reminds me of a story my Dad tells about Donegal when the TV first came in. Anyway, one of their neighbours used to wash and get dressed up every night when he sat down and watched the telly because he was sure the people on the box could see him back.

Aww..

Thats not aww thats scizophrinia

ShadowGal

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

This reminds me of a story my Dad tells about Donegal when the TV first came in. Anyway, one of their neighbours used to wash and get dressed up every night when he sat down and watched the telly because he was sure the people on the box could see him back.

Aww..

Aww lol, thats really funny. I used to go out with a guy and he told me that when microwaves first came out his mother used to make them all leave the room incase they got zapped with radioactive waves or something.

syklops

There was a guy in my local years ago who used to sit at the bar with his earphones from his ipod in his ears, and he would sing away to himself. One day I was talking to someone and they said "Do you know the story of yer man?", to which I said no. They said "Someone told him, if he was into music, he should get an iPod. That they werre great, so he went and bought an ipod. Thing is though he doesnt have a computer, and he doesnt have any music on it. He just has the earphones in, and he thinks it makes his own singing better".

darkdubh

I used to live in this building years back and there was this complete nutter living on the groundfloor.Anytime you'd come in the front door he'd come out of his flat and give the thumbs up and engage you in drunken gibbirish conversation.It got to the stage where i'd try to make as little noise as possible coming in the door to not draw his attention.One time i heard him on the phone and he was shouting "i told you not to disturb me when i'm on the beer!"

RedXIV

We used to have a guy called "warm ain't it?" where I grew up because like "nice day" guy, thats all he'd say to you, even in rain, snow or the dead of night, thats how he greeted people.

Pique

I met a guy in Limerick years ago who swore black and blue that he dealt drugs to the Stone Roses.

He wishes!

eirn

An old farmer guy that lives locally uses an ancient tractor as his main form of transport,his car broke down once, so he abandoned it, 'me tractor never let me down'.
He was sent to prison for a night because he refused to pay for a tv licence or something. Said he had a grand old time, they gave him a nice meal and a shower (his first in a few years!) thought it was like a mini holiday.

coconut5

Remember that guy on 96fm on the windups that refused to get a dog license and swore blind he didn't have a dog even though you could hear them in the background? Brilliant! I must look that up actually.

Found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIfWTQAy5vY

adocholiday

I've met a few characters in my time but one takes the biscuit. On the train to Dublin one Monday morning this guy got on at mullingar and sat across from me. He proceeded to tell me about how he killed his wife on holiday by throwing her off a balcony, that his mother was best friends with a 95 year old woman who owns bacardi, that he had a Russian bodyguard called sergi who fell in love with him and was now stalking him and that he was a professor of psychology in trinity and consultant psychologist in st. James

Most insane person I ever met. I was convinced I was on a hidden camera show or some experiment!

darkdubh

This guy is a legend in Cork http://youtu.be/mZ9eSa6joLE

danniemcq

It was probably the two lads i met in Letterkenny one night, both in their late 30's early 40's who claim that they kidnapped bosco years ago and the show had to be delayed because it couldn't be found.

They eventually sent him/her back though unharmed. They said it was just for sh*ts and giggles

mikemac

You can't move around Galway for characters.

Warty Nora entering the pub as you sit having a pint
Flash Gordon around Mervue waving and saying "howya boys"
Knacker Dwarf who can be pretty aggressive and let a roar at me when he reckoned I was blocking the footpath outside Logues.

Captain Darling

mikemac wrote: »

You can't move around Galway for characters.

Warty Nora entering the pub as you sit having a pint

I was walking down shop street the other day spaced out and i saw her making a bee line for me through all the people strolling along. She grabbed me by the arm and mumbled something at me with a fag hanging out of her mouth. I havent a clue what she said, but i fairly focking scarpered it away from her.

CorkMan

When I was in hospital getting my ingrown toe-nail fixed, and old man used to turn both taps on in the unit full force when no one else was looking. Another time he was behind the curtain and the nurse who was there with him left for 2 minutes, the old man comes out balls naked and walks around the place for over 10 seconds.

I visited my uncle in hospital on an occasion and there was an old man there with alzheimers, he used to go around the place trying to lift up very heavy stuff, thankfully most of the time stuff deeply embedded into the ground.

dilallio

CorkMan wrote: »

I visited my uncle in hospital on an occasion and there was an old man there with alzheimers, he used to go around the place trying to lift up very heavy stuff, thankfully most of the time stuff deeply embedded into the ground.

Was he known as Chief?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCVdVocHe18

positron

A year ago, near Jervis Luas stop, I had stepped out from work and was on my way to one of those restaurants there and this young half-asian looking girl walks up against me and starts at the top of her voice - "THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE MODERN SOCIETY .. BLAH BLAH.. LACK OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ...". I wasn't playing along - I tried to pretend as if I didn't see/hear her and I walked towards KOH and she followed me - and put her head thru the door to the restaurant and went on for another 10-15 seconds.

Not a clue what that was all about - never seen her since. Touchwood.

sausages79

On my J1 to San Francisco - we went on beer run to Safeways and then pacific coast beach at 6am - met a 5 foot tall guy who befriended us (may have been the beer we had) - he told us he was just back from Texas where he spends each night playing basketball...

He then comes back to San Fran during the day - he travelled by foot as he could grow into a giant and made it back in 1hr (1,600 miles!!)

The reason he need to travell back to San Fran was to protect his family from witch hunters who were after him...why were they after him?? His name was Jack...and he was the devil...then he challanged us to a game of basketball!!!

General General

Stevie Wonder singing guy in Dundalk ftw, stops on his scooter, all 40+ years of him, and says something like: you shouldn't smoke... or: smile, you'll live longer.

He wears a bandana.

Voodoomelon

I'm sure many people in Dundalk know this guy, Jesus Jones.

He walks about the town every day, wearing some kind of cowboy hat, cowboy waistcoat, jeans and boots. Some of the time he wears a t-shirt under the waistcoat, but usually its just the waistcoat with nothing else. He'd be in his late forties, skin like brown leather and he's in decent shape for his age.

The funny thing about him though is he ROARS out loud singing whilst walking down the street, non-stop. You can hear him coming 50 metres away, which on busy streets with traffic is impressive. And he's actually pretty good. He walks really fast and sings really loud, if you make eye contact with him he momentarily sings right in your face.

Harmless chap, an absolute character. Sometimes you see him wearing a big long brown trenchcoat with the cowboy hat, looks the part!