Any unusual hobbies?

beejee

I'm sure there's all types of weirdos on here, and I bet their pastimes are even weirder.

Nothing outlandish for me really, but I do like to measure the width of pigeons chests when the opportunity presents itself. I carry a little ruler on me at all times, and it's especially lovely to measure their chests when sleeping. I keep a daily record for nostalgia sake, scratched into a corner of carpet in the shed.

Anyone else into this?

Any other unusual hobbies?

bogwalrus

Boris johnson has the most ridiculous hobby.....ever

LollipopJimmy

Cycling for leisure.

antimatterx

Politics - Gives me a thrill.

TuringBot47

Reading shite internet forum threads

Sober Crappy Chemis

Sticking wax crayons up my nose whilst playing Bohemian Rhapsody backwards on the spoons.

sentient_6

Not reposting threads from r/askreddit anyway.

Arghus

bogwalrus wrote: »

Boris johnson has the most ridiculous hobby.....ever

Completely sure he made that up on the spot and had to carry the lie out to its bitter end.

bogwalrus

Arghus wrote: »

Completely sure he made that up on the spot and had to carry the lie out to its bitter end.

I agree. It's some amount of bs though. I don't know anyone that can lie like that.

Wibbs

Don't get me started...

Leg End Reject

Arghus wrote: »

Completely sure he made that up on the spot and had to carry the lie out to its bitter end.

What did he say?

everlast75

bogwalrus wrote: »

Boris johnson has the most ridiculous hobby.....ever

David Cameron's hobby was far worse

#DickRoast

RWCNT

My hobby is secretly videotaping couples in cars.

Arghus

Leg End Reject wrote: »

What did he say?

Prepare to cringe:

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

RWCNT

Arghus wrote: »

Prepare to cringe:

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

That's the best thing I've seen all day.

Also: https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/corbyn-yes-i-collect-manhole-covers-10339360

UK politicians are weird.

LollipopJimmy

Apparently that was carefully planned, so when you Google 'boris bus' this is what comes up and not the bus he had spouting lies about NHS funding during the Brexit referendum

Gatling

I'll stick with playing toy soldier while shooting plastic bullets at friends

Melania Frump

I scrape peoples gum from footpaths to make Star Wars figures.
Made Chewbacka yesterday.

JustAThought

I love the description of creeping in while pigeons sleep and measuring them with a ruler!!It will stay with me forever : )

I like to take pictures of good graffiti.

There is a (very ANGRY) woman on the beach who walks her BAG OF CATS , with one out front on a lead tippie toeing around the wet patches, and another often draped around her neck like a scarf. She carries the rest in a duffel-type bag. I think she is angry spanish. She has an extremely long blind cane complete with ball at its tip and uses it to slash at anyone who comes within 10 ft of her. She walks often.I assume it is her hobby!

Zaph

Arghus wrote: »

Prepare to cringe:

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

I prefer this version of the interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWDmnoM1To

gozunda

Non competitive bog snorkeling - oh and interesting water bottles

I have a neighbour who likes to collect sticks ...

RobbingBandit

Cold calling people and saying I KNOW YOU then hanging up it's all that Keeps me sane

Arghus

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Apparently that was carefully planned, so when you Google 'boris bus' this is what comes up and not the bus he had spouting lies about NHS funding during the Brexit referendum

That's not the craziest idea I have ever heard. If it is the case it's nearly genius. Though, It doesn't make the video itself any less mortifying!

SuperS54

Arghus wrote: »

That's not the craziest idea I have ever heard. If it is the case it's nearly genius. Though, It doesn't make the video itself any less mortifying!

Hasn't worked though!

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enTW845TW845&sxsrf=ACYBGNTM9gvFhS9o0b-N1TUmiXMEwRUHng%3A1578977097063&ei=SUcdXtCuA4z_0gTN3bWgBQ&q=Boris+johnson+bus&oq=Boris+johnson+bus&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l10.142714.143336..143641...0.0..0.125.344.3j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......35i39j0i273j0i203.KB_dsHyO0P4&ved=0ahUKEwiQ9-mHpILnAhWMv5QKHc1uDVQQ4dUDCAs&uact=5

UI_Paddy

Love Netflix as much as the next person but still love to collect my favourite movies and series on Blu-Ray. Maybe not unusual but definitely more niche nowadays.

s7ryf3925pivug

Arghus wrote: »

Prepare to cringe:

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

You can see him mentally listing his real hobbies. "too depraved, too depraved, too racist... um make something up.... models - that sounds safe and nerdy... need something English sounding...hm I'm doing some weird boxy thing with my hands...boxy like... buses!"

corner of hells

Melania Frump wrote: »

I scrape peoples gum from footpaths to make Star Wars figures.
Made Chewbacka yesterday.

I run a rest home for elderly goldfish.

JohnnyFlash

I collect Cold War era propaganda posters from the Soviet Union.

EmmetSpiceland

Serena Prehistoric Oarlock wrote: »

You can see him mentally listing his real hobbies. "too depraved, too depraved, too racist... um make something up.... models - that sounds safe and nerdy... need something English sounding...hm I'm doing some weird boxy thing with my hands...boxy like... buses!"

The “conspiracy” theory behind it was that he was trying to affect the google results page when searching for his “Brexit” bus lie.

s7ryf3925pivug

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The “conspiracy” theory behind it was that he was trying to affect the google results page when searching for his “Brexit” bus lie.

Oh yeah I remember reading that.
Not really a conspiracy, and strikes me as true.

JohnnyFlash

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The “conspiracy” theory behind it was that he was trying to affect the google results page when searching for his “Brexit” bus lie.

His hobbies are going to exclusive member only clubs in London where he meets other old Etonians and drinks like a fish. He’s also partial to riding women. He’s not the sort of dude who comes in from work and plays computer games for 6 hours.

Rows Grower

I cross breed roses.

OldGoat

Rows Grower wrote: »

I cross breed roses.

You have to be angry to breed roses?

Boardnashea

I look after other peoples children for a couple of hours every week. Sometimes even a week or 10 days during the summer. Up to 30 of them at a time. It's great. I get to go walking in the mountains, camping, canoeing.

Widdershins

Fencing (still a beginnier due to mangling my leg previously)
Archery
Crochet knitting textile art
Gardening (it was unusual to start at 11)
Beginner harpist
Hula hooping

D3V!L

I like to go onto internet forums and troll people. It makes me feel big

Mister Vain

I like using escorts. It's great fun.

Plopsu

Boardnashea wrote: »

I look after other peoples children for a couple of hours every week. Sometimes even a week or 10 days during the summer. Up to 30 of them at a time. It's great. I get to go walking in the mountains, camping, canoeing.

Just for clarity, their parents are aware you're doing this, right?

corner of hells

OldGoat wrote: »

You have to be angry to breed roses?

No , I think he means the chocolates, he cross breeds them with Celebrations and Quality Street.

TuringBot47

Rows Grower wrote: »

I cross breed roses.

With what ?
If you cross bred a rose with a venus fly trap that would qualify as unusual.

Woke Hogan

I like to go to the cinema with my wife, or at least I did before it was swamped with a deluge of cut and paste superhero films for babies. And I run at least 60 miles a week.

An unusual hobby I have is that I am a practitioner of basic survivalist skills. I go to the woods at least once a year (usually twice) and stay overnight, making my own fire and shelter.

I am also able to skin animals and I having some knowledge of shoeing horses and metal work so I can function as a farrier or blacksmith if needs be.

I always have a backpack ready to go packed with rations, tarp, pots and pans etc literally within arms reach in the event that I need to flee to the woods or mountains at any moment. I bring it with me everywhere I go.

I remember watching Threads back in the late 90s and decided then and there to prepare for the eventual nuclear holocaust. My wife is a kindlier soul than I am and she said that she would volunteer to stay behind and tend to the sick if she happened to survive the nuclear onslaught and my daughter preferred to stay at home eating and watching ****ing Dallas rather than prepare for armageddon. So it was my son and I who would go out and train on our own until he went to university.

As the years pass and the human species continues to careen to the precipice of extinction with the threat of nuclear war, and the oncoming land wars and refugee crises prompted by climate change, my decision to prepare for a life off the land only seems more and more correct. I also enjoy bouldering.

Widdershins

TuringBot47 wrote: »

With what ?
If you cross bred a rose with a venus fly trap that would qualify as unusual.

It would make you very rich.

Feisar

Still collecting knives

Edgware

Sending e mails to T.D.s with imaginary concerns
Great to see some of the stupid responses

Gatling

Mister Vain wrote: »

I like using escorts. It's great fun.

Expensive ?

bmc58

bogwalrus wrote: »

Boris johnson has the most ridiculous hobby.....ever

He has in his arse.Don't believe everything you see staged on TV.

JupiterKid

Ceramics (pottery) - but it's been a few years since I've been active making pottery. I hopefully plan to start this up again later this year.

Astronomy - the stargazing kind - but I suppose that this isn't so unusual.

StupidLikeAFox

Gatling wrote: »

Expensive ?

You can get a nice looking 20 year old escort for €1,500

bmc58

Sober Crappy Chemis wrote: »

Sticking wax crayons up my nose whilst playing Bohemian Rhapsody backwards on the spoons.

Unusual certainly.Are you a member of a club?

bmc58

RWCNT wrote: »

My hobby is secretly videotaping couples in cars.

Wow.Creeeeepy.

Mister Vain

Gatling wrote: »

Expensive ?

Depends on what you want to do with them. It's expensive to take them out to Mondello park. About 100 euro a day.