Unusual characters you've met along the way

dilallio · 10-08-2011 01:04PM

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 · 10-08-2011 01:12PM

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 · 10-08-2011 01:32PM

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 · 10-08-2011 01:40PM

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 · 10-08-2011 01:57PM

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!

Unusual characters you've met along the way

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