Is he a weirdo?

Rubyfoo

I know a man in his early forties who still lives at home with his mother and father. He has recently built a big shed at the back of their house for his hobby which is pigeon racing. So it looks like he's not thinking of moving soon. Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here. Am I weird to think he is weird?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Rubyfoo wrote: »

I know a man in his early forties who still lives at home with his mother and father. He has recently built a big shed at the back of their house for his hobby which is pigeon racing. So it looks like he's not thinking of moving soon. Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here. Am I weird to think he is weird?

You're talking about yourself, aren't you?

tomwaterford

Sure what harm if he's happy and hurting no one??

Greenmachine

Rubyfoo wrote: »

I know a man in his early forties who still lives at home with his mother and father. He has recently built a big shed at the back of their house for his hobby which is pigeon racing. So it looks like he's not thinking of moving soon. Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here. Am I weird to think he is weird?

Do you wish the brought you to Thailand too?

heldel00

Rubyfoo wrote: »

Am I weird to think he is weird?

No no you're not weird at all. Just very bloody nosey. Mind your own!

kfallon

If it takes the weird radar off me then yes, yes he is.....

phasers

Going on a sex tour with other lads seems a bit quare alright

pmasterson95

If hes doing what he enjoys whats the problem? Leave him alone.

Oryx

Yes he is weird. But you are the one stalking him.

LDN_Irish

Total weirdo. He's rearing pigeons so he can see their genitals when they're in the air. That's what people do when there are pigeons around.

Allyall

He should've bought a house during the Celtic Tiger (even if he couldn't afford one) and fallen into negative equity like everyone else.
He's stupid and weird.

silverfeather

Why are you spying on him?

Magico Gonzalez

OP is a curtain twitcher! Let him at it, with his pigeons and Thai ladyboys

Custardpi

Don't want to jump to conclusions or anything but I'd say he's definitely a paedophile & murderer whose "pigeon shed" is probably full of dismembered corpses. You should go to the Gardaí immediately with the evidence you've collected.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

OP is a curtain twitcher! Let him at it, with his pigeons and Thai ladyboys

Isn't curtain twitcher a euphamism for a lesbian?

Vandango

Rubyfoo wrote: »

Is he a weirdo?

Is it any of your business what he does?

Ruu

You know an awful lot about your neighbour...

harry Bailey esq

phasers wrote: »

Going on a sex tour with other lads seems a bit quare alright

Committed sex tourists usually fly solo I'm told.

Armchair Andy

This is why prostitution should be legalised. All those taxable euros gone to Thailand.

kfallon

Rubyfoo wrote: »

Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here.

They'll be the ones laughing when they get trials with Leicester City :cool:

Rubyfoo

Hit a nerve, did I?

catallus

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Isn't curtain twitcher a euphamism for a lesbian?

:pac:

What? NO!!!

Where the hell did you pick up that nugget!!!!! :rolleyes:

kfallon

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Isn't curtain twitcher a euphamism for a lesbian?

I lol'd, nice darts, well played!

anncoates

Great to see such a high turnover of new accounts providing AH with touchstone topics guaranteed to generate healthy debate.

Rubyfoo

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

heldel00

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

Jesus you really do need to mind your own!

Allyall

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

I heard she's fairly easy, maybe he's just bringing her to the wrong field.

sonofenoch

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

I've seen your sister....nothing weird in that all atall

Eutow

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

Do you want him to, seeing as you think he is a weirdo? If not, why do you seem disappointed?

Anyway, how long do you plan to stay?

harry Bailey esq

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

According to who your sister?A few dates?A peck on the cheek?Sorry man I'm not buyin' it.Even if your not pulling my leg your not painting yourself in a great light. The 'weirdo' of the story however is becoming likeable, a three date one kiss gentleman.Likes holidays with his pals.

Custardpi

What's the usual form with your sister's "dates" OP? Lob it into her within 5 minutes of meeting?

retro:electro

I think you are the weirdo that you know so much about his life/hobbies/holidays

anncoates

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

Which lips though?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Anyone else click into this thread to see if the OP was on about them?

No? Just me then...

ThinkProgress

Rubyfoo wrote: »

I know a man in his early forties who still lives at home with his mother and father. He has recently built a big shed at the back of their house for his hobby which is pigeon racing. So it looks like he's not thinking of moving soon. Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here. Am I weird to think he is weird?

Move out so your ma and da can use your room for their bondage sex tape sessions!

And pigeons, really? People still do that?

Nothing is weird in this life. But some things are stupid... very very stupid.

El Weirdo

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

Anyone else click into this thread to see if the OP was on about them?

No? Just me then...

You weren't the only one, don't worry.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

El Weirdo wrote: »

You weren't the only one, don't worry.

Right, so. El Weirdo name origin explained. We can draw a line under that one, Lou.

Ted_YNWA

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

You want to know if you neighbour is weird, but you are keeping tabs on your sister's sexual activity.

aaronjumper

Rubyfoo wrote: »

This guy has been on a few dates with my sister. Apart from a chaste peck on the lips, he has made no attempt at further physical contact.

See that with the binoculars did you?

silverfeather

There used to be a guy behind us and every neighbour round here had seen him expose his knob to them. Count yourself lucky! I used to call him Mr Masturbator.

cml387

Never mind the trips to Thailand. What's all this about pigeon racing?
How is it that the jockey doesn't fall off?

Anesthetize

Rubyfoo wrote: »

I know a man in his early forties who still lives at home with his mother and father. He has recently built a big shed at the back of their house for his hobby which is pigeon racing. So it looks like he's not thinking of moving soon. Every August him and 2 or 3 other lads go to Thailand for six weeks. None of them have girlfriends here. Am I weird to think he is weird?

He's not weird, it's everyone else that is

NotASheeple

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Isn't curtain twitcher a euphamism for a lesbian?

You learn something new everyday.

rawn

My dad's girlfriend of 2 years, who is 50, still lives with her parents and has never moved out. I think it was that it was handy/cheap for so long when she was single, and now at this point her parents are elderly so she feels she might as well stay til they pass. It's unusual but not really weird (to me).

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

rawn wrote: »

My dad's girlfriend of 2 years, who is 50, still lives with her parents and has never moved out. I think it was that it was handy/cheap for so long when she was single, and now at this point her parents are elderly so she feels she might as well stay til they pass. It's unusual but not really weird (to me).

In fairness, every child of 2 I know still lives with their parents. Mind you, they're all still single as well.

sbsquarepants

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Isn't curtain twitcher a euphamism for a lesbian?

If it's not, it certainly should be!

walkingshadow

OP, you are the weirdo for judging someone to be 'weird' because they do not conform to your norms. If a person is happy and they are hurting no one, then they are blessed.

hardCopy

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Total weirdo. He's rearing pigeons so he can see their genitals when they're in the air. That's what people do when there are pigeons around.

I hear he "fancies" the pigeons.

sbsquarepants

rawn wrote: »

My dad's girlfriend of 2 years, who is 50, still lives with her parents and has never moved out. I think it was that it was handy/cheap for so long when she was single, and now at this point her parents are elderly so she feels she might as well stay til they pass. It's unusual but not really weird (to me).

I actually know of someone around that age, still lives with mammy (who's older than god) - she got married a couple of years ago, didn't tell mammy and still lives there, her husband has his own house a few miles away!

anto9

Maybe like me ,he finds Irish girls generally unattractive ,and totally unsexy.

Knex*

AH has really come full circle with the PC comments nowadays.

Yes, its weird. I know nobody in their early 20's who hope to be still living with their parents at 40, breeding pigeons in a shed out the back.

Fair enough, no harm in him. He's happy. Leave him alone and all that, but it is undoubtedly a strange situation and one that would instantly make you wonder what might be wrong with the person in question, or what happened to have them in that situation.

I wouldn't be fretting about it much, but I certainly wouldn't be looking to replicate or advocate his situation.