Strangest thing you've seen in public.

WealthyAndWise

I once saw a man piss into a can and drink it on Henry Street.

What's the strangest thing you've seen in public?

greencap

WealthyAndWise wrote: »

I once saw a man piss into a can and drink it on Henry Street.

What's the strangest thing you've seen in public?

English guy? Athletic build with a survival knife?

WealthyAndWise

greencap wrote: »

English guy? Athletic build with a survival knife?

Sadly, it wasn't Bear Grylls. It was just a tramp.

valoren

Remember that scene from the Father Ted episode 'Hell', where the caravan neighbour slashes the tires after falling off the bonnet? Then walks away with a sort of triumphant walk?

Walking to work early one summer's morning near the North Cathedral in Cork a man, not of disimilar build, is walking in the same triumphant manner, up the middle of the road, bollock naked head to toe with his hairy langer flopping about like nobody's business.

He stares straight ahead and takes a right turn down Gerald Griffin Street. I now get the same view as seen in that Fr Ted episode.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I saw a guy out walking his cat one day on a lead, cat absolutely loving it. Happened about a year ago, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

infogiver

I know it's old now but anytime I see an adult woman out in the street her pyjamas and dressing gown and slippers my brain goes haywire.
I was enjoying a couple of drinks last Sunday evening around 7 in a local pub when 2 women (13 children between them) strolled into the bar and tried to sit on 2 high stools having got themselves all ready for bed.
The barman ordered them out and one of them tried to pull the Traveller card but he was having none of it.
I've since encountered her dressed the same in Dunnes, talking to her married daughter in a very loud voice.
What is it all about? Is it just attention seeking or what?

Sky King

WealthyAndWise wrote: »

I once saw a man piss into a can and drink it on Henry Street.

In fairness if it was Budweiser it was a good way of making it last without affecting the flavour.

begbysback

WealthyAndWise wrote: »

I once saw a man piss into a can and drink it on Henry Street.

What's the strangest thing you've seen in public?

I believe there was a big marketing push on recycling at the time - just a misunderstanding

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

infogiver wrote: »

I know it's old now but anytime I see an adult woman out in the street her pyjamas and dressing gown and slippers my brain goes haywire.
I was enjoying a couple of drinks last Sunday evening around 7 in a local pub when 2 women (13 children between them) strolled into the bar and tried to sit on 2 high stools having got themselves all ready for bed.
The barman ordered them out and one of them tried to pull the Traveller card but he was having none of it.
I've since encountered her dressed the same in Dunnes, talking to her married daughter in a very loud voice.
What is it all about? Is it just attention seeking or what?

It's just their culture.

Maguined

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I saw a guy out walking his cat one day on a lead, cat absolutely loving it. Happened about a year ago, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

There is a woman on my road that walks her cat on a lead. The cat looks terrified, I would guess it has been an indoor cat all its life maybe living in apartments and now that the owner is living in a house she is bringing the cat out and it is a bit freaked out by the big wide world. The only thing that looks more uncomfortable than the cat is the woman when people stare at the cat.

WealthyAndWise

infogiver wrote: »

I know it's old now but anytime I see an adult woman out in the street her pyjamas and dressing gown and slippers my brain goes haywire.
I was enjoying a couple of drinks last Sunday evening around 7 in a local pub when 2 women (13 children between them) strolled into the bar and tried to sit on 2 high stools having got themselves all ready for bed.
The barman ordered them out and one of them tried to pull the Traveller card but he was having none of it.
I've since encountered her dressed the same in Dunnes, talking to her married daughter in a very loud voice.
What is it all about? Is it just attention seeking or what?

Scum.

Veloce

I was driving home from work one Saturday night around 3am (worked in a pub). Driving down a country road and in my headlights I see a guy walking in the middle of the road - I got a fright and slowed down - he was pissed drunk and was staring in at me in the car as I drove past around him. about 2 or 300 metres down the road after him was a car - crawling along. I thought this was very odd. So I got home and called the Gardai... heard nothing of it that night and went to bed. Got a phonecall the next morning from the Garda to say that the guy walking on the road was a brother of the guy driving behind him. and that he was out walking in front of the car to warn his brother of any Garda checkpoints! He got put off the road for a while anyway.

pickarooney

Veloce wrote: »

I was driving home from work one Saturday night around 3am (worked in a pub). Driving down a country road and in my headlights I see a guy walking in the middle of the road - I got a fright and slowed down - he was pissed drunk and was staring in at me in the car as I drove past around him. about 2 or 300 metres down the road after him was a car - crawling along. I thought this was very odd. So I got home and called the Gardai... heard nothing of it that night and went to bed. Got a phonecall the next morning from the Garda to say that the guy walking on the road was a brother of the guy driving behind him. and that he was out walking in front of the car to warn his brother of any Garda checkpoints! He got put off the road for a while anyway.

Like the man with the red flag in front of the early automobiles!

Dr Crayfish

I was walking to work along abbey st a few years ago when a girl jumped out of a taxi on capel st, pulled her skirt up squatted over and pissed all over the footpath, then got back in the taxi. There were a few girls in the cab it was a Monday morning atounf 9am I reckon they were on an all nighter. It was disturbing nevertheless!

WealthyAndWise

Do any of ye remember that old fella who used to W@nk off his dog on the green in Clonskeagh?

my3cents

I watched a guy playing the flute while driving a van in a very slow traffic.

TPD

my3cents wrote: »

I watched a guy playing the flute while driving a van in a very slow traffic.

How long did you watch him?

WealthyAndWise

my3cents wrote: »

I watched a guy playing the flute while driving a van in a very slow traffic.

Was it the skin flute?

my3cents

TPD wrote: »

How long did you watch him?

I was in a slow motorway traffic jam and first time I slowly overtook I didn't believe my eyes but then the lane I was in stopped and his lane moved passed mine and I had the chance to take a long look and he was definitely playing the flute - no innuendo intended.

Ush1

Saw a woman on the road where my parents live vacuuming her driveway.

Widdershins

A lot of people dressed up in various indescribable costumes, but I think that's normal for Galway on a sunny Saturday.
A woman rifling through the shelf of bread in the supermarket while I waited my turn. She noticed me and said she was looking for a bomb.
An old woman who looked through the open window of my car and said to me ''it's all very expensive. oh very very expensive.'' (I was parked outside Tesco I was also followed around by a strange man outside the same Tesco store).
A man chasing a woman in a park in Southampton, striking matches almost in her face.
A man who called ''hello gorgeous'' to me then kept walking backwards in front to me, getting in my way on the path, and talking gibberish at me - something about one of his legs being shorter than the other.
A goth girl and her Marilyn Manson lookalike boyfriend, who was leading her on a collar and leash.

dark crystal

I was doing my shopping in Tesco once and saw a woman in the frozen section with a cappucin monkey on her shoulder.

XsApollo

At creamfields I stepped over a guy, as did everyone else that was going in and out of one of the tents , as your man was lying in the grass at the entrance having a ****.

sbsquarepants

Seen a bloke happily pulling the mickey off himself in his car in a crowded super valu car park

sbsquarepants

Widdershins wrote: »

A man who called ''hello gorgeous'' to me then kept walking backwards in front to me, getting in my way on the path, and talking gibberish at me - something about one of his legs being shorter than the other.
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The one in the middle I pressume:D

major bill

Sitting in a Van at the park on St Catherine's lane eating lunch with a co-worker, looking out at all the Junkies and Wino's that frequent the area at times. One particular wino took our interest as he was floating around the area but was struggling to keep his trousers up like something heavy in them, anyway chewing on a bread roll and he walks past the van and as he walks by his back facing us his trousers dropped and the heaviness in his trousers turned out to be lumps of ****!! bread roll dropped, me and other lad nearly getting sick in the van!!

Probably more disgusting than strange, heart went out to the poor man though.

diomed

Asian couple going down the footpath outside my house at about 5 am pushing a very large supermarket trolley loaded with suitcases.

Estrellita

infogiver wrote: »

What is it all about? Is it just attention seeking or what?

I've only seen this done by the dregs of society. I think it's their aim to have someone question their attire, because they enjoy a good fight. There is an attention seeking element to it alright.

The first time I saw a grown woman donning her evening wear to a supermarket I actually thought the poor woman escaped from somewhere.

infogiver

major bill wrote: »

Sitting in a Van at the park on St Catherine's lane eating lunch with a co-worker, looking out at all the Junkies and Wino's that frequent the area at times. One particular wino took our interest as he was floating around the area but was struggling to keep his trousers up like something heavy in them, anyway chewing on a bread roll and he walks past the van and as he walks by his back facing us his trousers dropped and the heaviness in his trousers turned out to be lumps of ****!! bread roll dropped, me and other lad nearly getting sick in the van!!

Probably more disgusting than strange, heart went out to the poor man though.

When a small time dealer is trying to coax someone to take heroin for the first time " you won't get addicted that's a load of ****e" or when all your friends are getting hammered on cans in a field when you're 15 and you actually feel sick but you don't want to not join in, if you could look forward 10 years and see yourself ****ting in your trousers in a lane way maybe it would make saying " no thanks I'm going home" a bit easier.

sullivlo

Ush1 wrote: »

Saw a woman on the road where my parents live vacuuming her driveway.

Could have been me. I have used the hoover on the driveway before.

valoren

Five weirdos dressed in togas, stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people.

I shot the bastards. That's my policy.

daheff

saw somebody take a goat onto the red line luas about 10 years ago. Very strange.

keano_afc

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I saw a guy out walking his cat one day on a lead, cat absolutely loving it. Happened about a year ago, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

That may have been me. I've brought my cat for a walk before. She hated it though.

GerryDerpy

diomed wrote: »

Asian couple going down the footpath outside my house at about 5 am pushing a very large supermarket trolley loaded with suitcases.

Did you think it was wong?

xzanti

Not so much strange as sad and tragic.

A man leaning against the wall at the back of Penneys on Mary Street last week, just at the junction where the Woolshed is. He had a can of butane or some other solvent, white top gone, just the tube left on it and sucking away on it for all he was worth.

Guy hadn't a clue where he was, didn't care who was looking at him, looked like he'd been living in a skip for the last 10 years. He literally had a thick layer of dirt and dust all over him.

Very very sad just waiting patiently for death by the looks of it.

REBELSAFC

WealthyAndWise wrote: »

Do any of ye remember that old fella who used to W@nk off his dog on the green in Clonskeagh?

I knew him. He was from Cork

Parchment

I dont know if it qualifies but it was strange to me and obviously stuck with me.

I was out for a walk early one Saturday morning and saw a woman wading into the large river in my city (she was walking down a large slipway for boats). She was small and frail looking and i guessed she was elderly.

I took me a few seconds to realise what was happening as it was so strange. It was early so there was nobody really around. I ran after her down the slipway and started talking to her. I convinced her to come back out. She was wearing lots of clothes - i assume to ensure she would get dragged down once they became wet.

She seemed like she was in a trance or something.She wet up to her waist. She was a really small lady so she would have been washed away so easily. She was in her late 70's i would guess.

I asked her could i call an ambulance or someone from her family and she started shouting at me not to. I asked where she lived and she told me. I said i would walk there with her (it was about a 20 min walk) - so we did walk there, with her drenched. I didnt want to spook her again so we just chatted and i tried to get info from her about her name/who she lived with etc. She said she was a carer for her husband who had a debilitating disease and she couldnt go on anymore.

I just listened and walked with her. We got to her house (spotless cute little house - totally perfect looking) and she thanked me (but all still like she was in a daze) and i left but then hid around the corner and checked to see if she came back out again. She didnt - so i sprinted to the nearest Garda station (5 mins run) as i didnt know what else to do. They were really good when i told them what happened and i started crying - i think i had been holding it together in front of the woman. I gave them what details i had got from the woman and then they asked me to show them the house, one of the walked with me there so she wouldnt see the squad car.

The Gardai verified her car reg and her name matched so she had told the correct details. The Garda took my details and told me he would call me. That he wanted to go with another Garda to her house - but they would walk over so as not to cause a fuss.

He rang me later that day - they called in. She said what had happened, they asked about family and contacted a sister who was going to come to stay with them for a while and help out. I burst out crying again. He commended me on what i did.

Anyway i often pass her house and think about her. Last week i saw her driving her car (i remember the reg/her car and she lives not too far from me) and it brought it all back. She looked healthier than when i saw her. I doubt she would remember me at all.

That was the strangest thing i have ever seen in public.

Widdershins

You've restored my faith in humanity, Parchment

Samsgirl

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I saw a guy out walking his cat one day on a lead, cat absolutely loving it. Happened about a year ago, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

Was that in Waterford by any chance?

gmisk

xzanti wrote: »

Not so much strange as sad and tragic.

A man leaning against the wall at the back of Penneys on Mary Street last week, just at the junction where the Woolshed is. He had a can of butane or some other solvent, white top gone, just the tube left on it and sucking away on it for all he was worth.

Guy hadn't a clue where he was, didn't care who was looking at him, looked like he'd been living in a skip for the last 10 years. He literally had a thick layer of dirt and dust all over him.

Very very sad just waiting patiently for death by the looks of it.

Is he the fella with the blue sleeping bag? I think he has been around like that for years if its him

368100

A few weeks ago I was meeting my boss at citynorth hotel carpark to go to an early morning meeting.......This is about 7am in the morning.

Whilst standing at the side of the road, about 20/30 Asian elderly (what must have been) tourists, started skipping around the grounds of the carpark, some holding hand with each other, others on their own singing/chanting some sort of song.

They seemed in great form, and weren't harming anyone but it was just a bit surreal to happen out in the middle of nowhere.

xzanti

gmisk wrote: »

Is he the fella with the blue sleeping bag? I think he has been around like that for years if its him

He sort of resembled Marve from Home Alone.

Cutie 3.14

xzanti wrote: »

Not so much strange as sad and tragic.

A man leaning against the wall at the back of Penneys on Mary Street last week, just at the junction where the Woolshed is. He had a can of butane or some other solvent, white top gone, just the tube left on it and sucking away on it for all he was worth.

Guy hadn't a clue where he was, didn't care who was looking at him, looked like he'd been living in a skip for the last 10 years. He literally had a thick layer of dirt and dust all over him.

Very very sad just waiting patiently for death by the looks of it.

I've seen a guy doing this too, 2 or 3 years ago though and it was around the Hapenny Bridge/Grand Social pub area, I wonder is it the same lad.

gmisk

xzanti wrote: »

He sort of resembled Marve from Home Alone.

Sounds like the same guy, he has been around for years, he isn't that old to be honest I think
I have seen him begging on that street and with can for years

xzanti

Poor guy

Doctor Nick

xzanti wrote: »

Not so much strange as sad and tragic.

A man leaning against the wall at the back of Penneys on Mary Street last week, just at the junction where the Woolshed is. He had a can of butane or some other solvent, white top gone, just the tube left on it and sucking away on it for all he was worth.

Guy hadn't a clue where he was, didn't care who was looking at him, looked like he'd been living in a skip for the last 10 years. He literally had a thick layer of dirt and dust all over him.

Very very sad just waiting patiently for death by the looks of it.

That's Gas Joe (I've heard people refer to him as that) . Sad existence alright.

Last week fella was stopped in traffic clashing symbols together (is that what they're called?
??) and singing at the top of his voice. I thought it strange.

368100

xzanti wrote: »

Not so much strange as sad and tragic.

A man leaning against the wall at the back of Penneys on Mary Street last week, just at the junction where the Woolshed is. He had a can of butane or some other solvent, white top gone, just the tube left on it and sucking away on it for all he was worth.

Guy hadn't a clue where he was, didn't care who was looking at him, looked like he'd been living in a skip for the last 10 years. He literally had a thick layer of dirt and dust all over him.

Very very sad just waiting patiently for death by the looks of it.

Used to see something similar to this under the pillars of BOI College Green at Westmorland St Entrance. Few times coming into work I saw a woman rolling around on the street with 3 - 4 cans of aerosol after inhaling the lot..........not a baldy where she was or what she was doing......Scarily sad.

Armchair Andy

Going to work early one morning 20 years ago I walked past an irish reg artic parked up with the cabin curtains drawn. Had passed it out by 15 to 20 yards when I heard a loud banging on the window. Looked back around to see a fella banging on the drivers window, the curtains opened as did the window. A few words were exchanged before the driver unzipped his trousers and started **** his lad. The fella on the ground stood and seemed to be bracing himself for a facial but I didn't wait to find out.

In an industrial park in the middle of Rotterdam port in the 90s.

TerrorFirmer

Two things always stand out.

1 - I was at the train station one morning when an asian man dressed as a carrot with no holes for his arms ran haphazardly past me, I turned to look at him in bewilderment and almost got knocked down by a second gentleman, who appeared to be roaring drunk, shirt wide open and billowing behind him, revealing his hairy chest and gold necklaces...roaring and stumbling after the first guy dressed as a carrot.

2 - Was on Shop St and we noticed an older looking man leaning against the wall of a shop, he looked a bit strained and was slightly leaning forward, we were wondering if he was possibly suffering a cardiac arrest or something when he suddenly straightens up, relaxes his face and shakes out his pant leg....and out trundles bits of poo.

I've seen some odd things but those definitely stick in the mind.

Gunslinger92

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Two things always stand out.

1 - I was at the train station one morning when an asian man dressed as a carrot with no holes for his arms ran haphazardly past me, I turned to look at him in bewilderment and almost got knocked down by a second gentleman, who appeared to be roaring drunk, shirt wide open and billowing behind him, revealing his hairy chest and gold necklaces...roaring and stumbling after the first guy dressed as a carrot.

This made me laugh out loud

Widdershins

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Two things always stand out.

1 - I was at the train station one morning when an asian man dressed as a carrot with no holes for his arms ran haphazardly past me, I turned to look at him in bewilderment and almost got knocked down by a second gentleman, who appeared to be roaring drunk, shirt wide open and billowing behind him, revealing his hairy chest and gold necklaces...roaring and stumbling after the first guy dressed as a carrot.

2 - Was on Shop St and we noticed an older looking man leaning against the wall of a shop, he looked a bit strained and was slightly leaning forward, we were wondering if he was possibly suffering a cardiac arrest or something when he suddenly straightens up, relaxes his face and shakes out his pant leg....and out trundles bits of poo.

I've seen some odd things but those definitely stick in the mind.

Was number 1 in Galway too?