Oddball Neighbours

girl in the striped socks · 25-08-2012 11:33PM

I used to have a polish neighbour that would be out washing & hoovering his car at six in the morning every second day. In fairness he kept it spotless, but it was a bit strange how often he cleaned it. His wife used to wash the windows every day & sweep the front of the house. Nice people but freakishly clean, even by my standards & I'm fussy when it comes to a clean house.
Then on the other side we had a raging alcoholic. Used to often call to our door asking us in for a drink...at two in the morning...on a Wednesday night, never a weekend night. He passed out a few times & his girlfriend/ wife would have to call an ambulance because he always managed to split his head open.

Now I live in the country & the nearest neighbour is a field away.

Biggins · 25-08-2012 11:36PM

Umekichi wrote: »

Once I had a neighbour who would hoover his drive
Another neighbour had plastic lining in the hall and landing of her house to protect the carpet, not only that but you had to take off your shoes to enter!
I mean I'm all for keeping your carpet clean but...

I knew someone who did exactly the same thing.
They also had a front room (the "Good Room" as they called it) in which everything was covered in plastic to protect it.
Total waste of a room - no one was allowed into it!

senorwipesalot · 25-08-2012 11:56PM

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

I used to have a polish neighbour that would be out washing & hoovering his car at six in the morning every second day. In fairness he kept it spotless, but it was a bit strange how often he cleaned it. His wife used to wash the windows every day & sweep the front of the house. .

I have neighbours that do the same thing.
Overheard his missus say to her grand-daughter "you know ice cream"s not allowed in the house"wtf?
Never saw anyone allowed in their door in 30 years.
They"re out every day cleaning their car even during Ireland matches.

exador · 26-08-2012 12:11AM

Jake1 wrote: »

You're coming up with that image of your neighbour... and HES the oddball ???

Laughed my ass at this...

icjzfmq7ewon1t · 26-08-2012 12:13AM

castletownman wrote: »

I had an neighbour and although not exactly odd, the only time I ever saw him or talked to him was when he poked his head over the fence separating our backyards. Always wore the same hat. In fairness to the man, he gave me sagely advice on numerous occasions.

Was it this guy

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mad m · 26-08-2012 12:16AM

Used to have 5/6 Chinese students living beside me, every night (4am) would be woken up by them driving their mopeds through the house out to back garden...

Don't know how we stuck it for so long, until I rang landlord and told him, he was shocked and called into them to find the carpet in hall had this tyre mark up the middle of it. They were told not to drive mopeds through house again, they moved out soon after...thank god!

djh2009 · 26-08-2012 12:18AM

castletownman wrote: »

I had an neighbour and although not exactly odd, the only time I ever saw him or talked to him was when he poked his head over the fence separating our backyards. Always wore the same hat. In fairness to the man, he gave me sagely advice on numerous occasions.

That sounds like your man from the tv programme "Home Improvement "with Tim Allen. Did you ever see his face ?.lol

Zebra3 · 26-08-2012 01:19AM

Neighbours have a jack russell. :mad:

The most retarded animal ever.

It has to go. Barks for no reason at all hours. Even if I sit in my own back garden it goes nuts.

I've been given a tip to "sort the problem".

Tempting, I must say.

Kurz · 26-08-2012 01:42AM

The weirdest thing I've noticed in a few apartments over the years is those extraction fans that they have in bathrooms with no windows. The whole system is joined up between apartments and sometimes you hear very faint and acoustically distorted sounds of people talking from other apartments. It's like a creepy dream sequence in a horror movie.

JONJO THE MISER · 26-08-2012 02:01AM

Aww country living you cant beat it, nearest neighbours about 2 min walk away and i have a shotgun in the house for any unwelcome guests be they airtricity salesmen or knackers.

NIALL D · 26-08-2012 02:05AM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Neighbours have a jack russell. :mad:

The most retarded animal ever.

It has to go. Barks for no reason at all hours. Even if I sit in my own back garden it goes nuts.

I've been given a tip to "sort the problem".

Tempting, I must say.

give him a bowl of antifreeze and maybe give him a few yokes jus for good measure lol

NIALL D · 26-08-2012 02:16AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Aww country living you cant beat it, nearest neighbours about 2 min walk away and i have a shotgun in the house for any unwelcome guests be they airtricity salesmen or knackers.

i like your style , yeah , you cant bate livin in the country side ..

i lived in a flat about 2 years ago , 3 floors , i was in the middle.. we used to have to leave our rubbish at the end of the stairs inside the front door in a bin , landlord used take it away every morning , there was an indian family livin on the top floor and every time i used leave down the rubbish they be straight down searchin through it !!! sick :eek:
used always see them comin up the stairs with my empty lynx cans or newspapers or half empty bottle of coke !! anything really , and they would just smile and say hello ha

MHalberstram · 26-08-2012 02:25AM

djh2009 wrote: »

That sounds like your man from the tv programme "Home Improvement "with Tim Allen. Did you ever see his face ?.lol

That is just a tv program. This guy actually existed, shheesh. :rolleyes:

JONJO THE MISER · 26-08-2012 02:28AM

MHalberstram wrote: »

That is just a tv program. This guy actually existed, shheesh. :rolleyes:

Mr wilson:cool:

NIALL D · 26-08-2012 02:34AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Mr wilson:cool:

absolute legend !!

26-08-2012 03:06AM

Lived next to an Elvis lookalike one time who was married to what was either a very devoted wife or a very passive doormat. She was Filipino so a lot of folks suspected a mail order number as she was way too nice for this bum.

But basically you'd see them walking home, absolutely milling down with rain, and she'd be carrying the bags of groceries in one hand while holding the umbrella over your man's head with the other. He meanwhile kept his left hand in his pocket and smoked a fag with his right. And if they were driving she'd open the door for him first and then go back to carry in all the groceries herself.

Same guy got locked out of the house one day, so he knocks on my door to ask if he can come through and climb over the back wall as his kitchen door was open. Sure I said, lead him through the house and into my yard. Told him to wait a minute and came back with the stepladder for him. He looks at it and exclaims "Jaysus how do ya work that thing!?".

More useless than weird I suppose.

senorwipesalot · 26-08-2012 03:23AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Lived next to an Elvis lookalike one time who was married to what was either a very devoted wife or a very passive doormat. She was Filipino so a lot of folks suspected a mail order number as she was way too nice for this bum.

But basically you'd see them walking home, absolutely milling down with rain, and she'd be carrying the bags of groceries in one hand while holding the umbrella over your man's head with the other. He meanwhile kept his left hand in his pocket and smoked a fag with his right. And if they were driving she'd open the door for him first and then go back to carry in all the groceries herself.
.

By jingo ,them Filipino bitches could teach .....

mauzo · 26-08-2012 03:38AM

I must have the loudest water pump on the planet.

It used to make a thunder like noise every every 30 seconds. Now its only every few minutes. I'd say it wrecks my neighbours heads.

I'd say my neighbours hate me...I once left a carton of milk on the counter and went away for the weekend, got back and the smell was vile. Threw it in a bag and carried it down the stairs. Of course the bag leaked all the way down the 3 flights of stairs and the smelled like rotten milk for 2 days before I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed each step and landing. THat was months ago and the stairs still smell like chemicals

the_syco · 26-08-2012 03:52AM

AulBiddy wrote: »

my neighbour likes to go outside every morning and hock and cough for a good 10 minutes every morning. why can't he just do it inside

When doing a good auld hock, flem tends to come out, even before you spit. Also, the fresh air tends to help you hock better.

Bonus point if you annoy a neighbour :P

mauzo · 26-08-2012 04:05AM

the_syco wrote: »

AulBiddy wrote: »

my neighbour likes to go outside every morning and hock and cough for a good 10 minutes every morning. why can't he just do it inside

When doing a good auld hock, flem tends to come out, even before you spit. Also, the fresh air tends to help you hock better.

Bonus point if you annoy a neighbour :P

I've lived next door to two Chinese families. I'm not being racist, or at least its not my intention and I apologise if it comes across that way. But do they do this more than anyone else?

Both families seemed to do it first thing in the morning and last thing at night. It was really strange. In cork, one guy would have his bathroom window open and would be hocking greeners for about ten minutes straight. NOw where I live, there's a Chinese family beside me and when I'm in the garden I can hear them doing it.

Is it a coincidence?

entropi · 26-08-2012 04:33AM

I had an alcoholic, crazy cat lady living next to me for about 8 months. She always had her drinking buddy over, and kept shouting at the cats. I'm well away from there now!

LaVail · 26-08-2012 04:39AM

A woman moved in next to my house about two years ago and even though she's really nice she is not 100% there if you know what I mean. Every time she hears a car driving into my house even if its pissing rain she runs out and pretends to put something in the bin but really she just wants to see who's visiting me. Sometimes I start the car and drive around my house just to watch her run out and then I wave to her and yell out "its only me" .. I just do it for the laugh and all in all she's really nice but I just can't help myself.

fasttalkerchat · 26-08-2012 04:48AM

Kurz wrote: »

The weirdest thing I've noticed in a few apartments over the years is those extraction fans that they have in bathrooms with no windows. The whole system is joined up between apartments and sometimes you hear very faint and acoustically distorted sounds of people talking from other apartments. It's like a creepy dream sequence in a horror movie.

I had really bad sunburn in Spain and hadn't slept in 3 days with the heat. Eventually dozed off in the middle of the day and woke up at 10pm. I knew someone was talking to me from the other room but couldn't wake up properly to listen. I muttered "what?" a few times before being able to wake up properly. I walked around the appartment to find there was no one there. It was dark and I was so confused!!
Turned out to be coming through the air-vents from the family next door.

aujopimur · 26-08-2012 10:02AM

Kurz wrote: »

The weirdest thing I've noticed in a few apartments over the years is those extraction fans that they have in bathrooms with no windows. The whole system is joined up between apartments and sometimes you hear very faint and acoustically distorted sounds of people talking from other apartments. It's like a creepy dream sequence in a horror movie.

Perv.

Bipolar Joe · 26-08-2012 11:14AM

A guy who used to live downstairs got stabbed. Not too weird, I live in Limerick, but the guy who did the stabbing was making zombie sounds.

mauzo · 26-08-2012 11:29AM

LaVail wrote: »

sometimes I start the car and drive around my house just to watch her run out and then I wave to her and yell out "its only me" .. I just do it for the laugh and all in all she's really nice but I just can't help myself.

Oh my god, I know its bad but I fcuking lost it when I read that. It's only me....absolutely hilarious!

Ted! · 26-08-2012 11:44AM

Used to live across from this real oddball alright. She was a right cranky old mare but she had this smokin' hot granddaughter that had the most beautiful long blonde hair. Used to love watching her walking her Golden Labrador along our street, as I fapped out the window.

Demonical · 26-08-2012 11:52AM

NIALL D wrote: »

give him a bowl of antifreeze and maybe give him a few yokes jus for good measure lol

Are you serious? You want him to kill the dog :mad:

Zebra3 wrote: »

Neighbours have a jack russell. :mad:

The most retarded animal ever.

It has to go. Barks for no reason at all hours. Even if I sit in my own back garden it goes nuts.

I've been given a tip to "sort the problem".

Tempting, I must say.

Why dont you try talking to the neighbours? It obvious the dog is bored or not trained properly and its the owners that need to do this.
You poisoning it or kicking it or hurting it is not going to do anything for its behaviour, its the owners that need to be retrained.

Back on topic..I used to live in an apartment along side a south african girl who though she was the next rhianna or lady gaga or something..only thing is she hadnt a note in her head. The cranberries zombie or the 4 non blondes being sang at midnight that sounded like a cat being raped was not the most pleasant experience...

Pumpkinseeds · 26-08-2012 12:43PM

We have a real pair of twats next door to us. She has the most extraordinarily freaky eyebrows that I've ever seen. I mean these eyebrows are like a car crash, you don't want to look at them but can't help it. She describes it as 'extreme makeup', rubbish it is ugly, ugly, ugly.

I cannot believe anyone would pay to have that done to themselves. They are a long, thick, weird brown and they angle sharply off the side of her head, WTF? They really don't work with the tacky, peroxide, slapper blond hair colour. They kept us awake again last night with another of their all night gatherings, if they're reading this then I'd like them both to know that I sincereley hope that you both choke to death on your own vomit some time soon, very soon.

splendid101 · 26-08-2012 04:09PM

mauzo wrote: »

I've lived next door to two Chinese families. I'm not being racist, or at least its not my intention and I apologise if it comes across that way. But do they do this more than anyone else?

Both families seemed to do it first thing in the morning and last thing at night. It was really strange. In cork, one guy would have his bathroom window open and would be hocking greeners for about ten minutes straight. NOw where I live, there's a Chinese family beside me and when I'm in the garden I can hear them doing it.

Is it a coincidence?

I lived in China for six months and they hocked up an awful lot of phlegm and spat their wee hearts out over there.

It's related to the diet.

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