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Strangers you always run into

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  • #32
    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    I'm monogamous and only have one woman I do this with. She has dyed red hair and I think she's Polish.

    There are periods when it gets very intense and we see each other a few times a day. We both have trouble with committment so tend to have a cooling off period after that, pretending to ourselves that it's "just casual".

    Deep in our hearts we know the truth.


  • #33
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    There's a guy who works with the local fire station I see regularly enough. We always tend to nod and exchange a brief "Howye!"

    I'm not sure who started it. But I'd be damned if I was gonna finish it.


  • #34
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,251 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    I've bumped into girls on night's out in Dublin that I've recognised from my hometown. They usually lead with the line "I know you from <bar name here>". So either I'm instantly recognisable as some sort of good looking chap from back home that all the ladies remember or I'm best remembered as "that guy from the pub. You know the guy. He's always there!!"

    I like to think it's the former.


  • #35
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    Told one of my mates about it and they found it seriously odd. We went for dinner. On the way back I said I'd point him out if we past him again, thinking I wouldn't see him again.

    Nope. Walked into one of the buildings, there he is sitting down, the first person you'd be able to see once you walked in, because of the pillar blocking the rest.

    ****ed up or what.

    Clearly I'm supposed to be with this lad instead


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I think there are certain people we are meant to meet if that does not sound too new age or airy fairy.


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  • #37
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,167 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Yeah!
    Kept bumping into this freak all the time!
    I was opening my front door one night and I could feel I was being watched so I looked over my shoulder and to my horror there they were, just staring at me!
    I ran inside and called the guards!!!
    Some F*ckin' Freaks around the place!!


  • #38
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    I work near Baggott Street and would bump into Willie O'Dea, the TD, on a regular basis. His glare, comical moustache and lack of stature would always cheer me up.


  • #39
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    There's a girl that always walks past me in the morning in the opposite direction at the same point on the road, even when I leave the house 5 minutes earlier or later.

    There are also a couple of people who are almost always on the same LUAS and in the same cabin as me on the morning commute.

    Never happens on the way home, but presumably that's because people start work at a fixed time and finish at slightly more flexible times.

    That's the difference, you both have set schedules that over lap. I've been meeting this guy when I've just been coming and going at random, unpredictable times, yet I will always meet him along the way.

    Strangest bit by far was reading that wiki thing only to meet right when I turned the corner coming out of the stairwell.

    It's still all completely random, but Jesus.

    Might have to throw the old boyfriend out, I'm getting all the signs :pac:


  • #40
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    I'm hoping I see him on the way home now. Just cos I'll do nothing but laugh.... which will either make the situation better, or much more awkward.

    I'll be a bit disappointed if I don't now :p


  • #41
    Reedsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭Reedsie


    Used to meet the same people on the train every morning. Same carriage, same seats every time. Was only 6 or 7 of us ever in the carriage so we all had our own space, never chatted. But if any one of us ever fell asleep the rest would always know which stop to wake them up for.


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  • #42
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    I remember on my first J1 summer in New Jersey a good decade ago (GOD I feel old :eek:), I'd go for a jog around the local neighbourhood block every morning before work.

    Every single morning without fail, regardless of what time I'd leave the house, I'd run into the same middle-aged guy, very fit, tanned, clearly in training for something, striding away in the opposition direction in his sports kit, we'd make eye contact, give a friendly smile, jog on.

    One morning I was out for the usual early dose of exercise and there he was running towards me in the distance, I swear it must've been about the twelfth or thirteenth time seeing him. We made eye contact and this time he jogged passed, circled around and started running up alongside me, said "alright then, I'll give you a head start, let's go!" and while I sort of hesitated trying to figure out how to get this weird guy away from me, he started yelling "GO GO GO! GO ON, GO!"

    So I thought "fcuk this" and started sprinting at top speed ahead of me, with this guy chasing behind me, til we were both neck-and-neck, not a word exchanged between us, just puffing and panting and running our stupid legs off.

    We ran like that for a good three miles, getting faster and faster and circling around the block and back up the street towards my house. At this point the exhaustion and adrenaline hit me and I started laughing uncontrollably at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation; laughing and panting to breathe, and suddenly he was roaring uncontrollably too, and we continued that way til I got to my house - at which point I just sort of pointed, spurted out "this is me" and veered off path into my driveway and out to the backdoor. He just waved and laughed and continued sprinting ahead.

    One of the weirdest and most surreal and deliriously wonderful experiences of my summer, that was. My legs ached for about a week after that. Never saw the old dude again either.


  • #43
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    There is a guy from my town with a long pony tail and has been wearing the same jeans, jumper and shoes since i was a child and is also born again christian.

    I have bumped into the guy everywhere and anywhere from my own town any time i go for a walk or run i see him i also have bumped into him in cork, waterford and even Dublin


  • #44
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    _Redzer_ wrote: »
    I can't be the only one here who runs into the same person enough for me to recognise them after only passing each other by.

    Before Christmas there was a guy I would always pass in college, but the only one I'd pass consistently.
    If I was going to a lecture, he'd be going the opposite direction, always -if I was going to the bar, he was coming from there. He was always coming the opposite direction as me the whole time.
    I'd meet him on the street in random places every single day. He was recognising me back, so there was this strange awkwardness and acknowledgment, and I always felt like a stalker the amount of times I'd cross paths with him.

    The worst encounter of all when I was walking home at night, pitch black and I meet yer man right as he's putting his key in the door, he turned around and saw me, I was so stunned and afraid he'd think I was actually stalking him I tried to wave, but it basically came out looking like this :o

    Never seen a lad shut the door as quick. Wouldn't blame him if he bolted it either! :p

    It's happened again with another guy with even more consistency recently. It's feckin strange. If I was into all that shíte I'd say the universe wanted me to meet these people.

    Has this ever happened to a really high degree for anyone else when you're doing your daily commute or on your lunch break, did you eventually introduce yourself or talk to them?

    Might do it with the guy I see 3+ daily. Sure what could go wrong? :pac:

    It mightn't be so bad if you kept your zip closed


  • #45
    cazzer22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭cazzer22


    When I was living in Rathmines I used to ALWAYS pass this man and I could tell he recognised me too. He used to be quite a big man and I didn't see him for ages and then when I saw him again, he had lost a huge amount of weight. I congratulated him on the weight loss and when I was still living there we said hello walking past one another. It's so strange.


  • #46
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Louis CK knows what you're talking about. (1min 40secs in)



  • #47
    takamichinoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭takamichinoku


    beks101 wrote: »
    I remember on my first J1 summer in New Jersey a good decade ago (GOD I feel old :eek:), I'd go for a jog around the local neighbourhood block every morning before work.

    Every single morning without fail, regardless of what time I'd leave the house, I'd run into the same middle-aged guy, very fit, tanned, clearly in training for something, striding away in the opposition direction in his sports kit, we'd make eye contact, give a friendly smile, jog on.

    One morning I was out for the usual early dose of exercise and there he was running towards me in the distance, I swear it must've been about the twelfth or thirteenth time seeing him. We made eye contact and this time he jogged passed, circled around and started running up alongside me, said "alright then, I'll give you a head start, let's go!" and while I sort of hesitated trying to figure out how to get this weird guy away from me, he started yelling "GO GO GO! GO ON, GO!"

    So I thought "fcuk this" and started sprinting at top speed ahead of me, with this guy chasing behind me, til we were both neck-and-neck, not a word exchanged between us, just puffing and panting and running our stupid legs off.

    We ran like that for a good three miles, getting faster and faster and circling around the block and back up the street towards my house. At this point the exhaustion and adrenaline hit me and I started laughing uncontrollably at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation; laughing and panting to breathe, and suddenly he was roaring uncontrollably too, and we continued that way til I got to my house - at which point I just sort of pointed, spurted out "this is me" and veered off path into my driveway and out to the backdoor. He just waved and laughed and continued sprinting ahead.

    One of the weirdest and most surreal and deliriously wonderful experiences of my summer, that was. My legs ached for about a week after that. Never saw the old dude again either.
    Think this is my favourite thing I've read on boards so far. :)



    When you live in the country, you basically have to say hello to whoever you meet when you're out walking. Back home there's a lot of roads where you can see and recognise a person from like half a mile in advance, so you get to spend 10 minutes or whatever just dreading the possibility of a conversation with whatever c*nt it is.
    I was home one summer and I kept seeing this one particularly annoying auld one on my walks, I'd just abruptly turn around so I wouldn't have to deal with her. My uncle was able to tell me a few months later that she knew I was avoiding her. :o


  • #48
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    I keep bumping into a user called dianesaccount on literally 90% of people's pages I visit. Seriously, what is up with it? She has 2115 page visits, 0 posts, and got banned the day after she registered, and I see her everywhere on this. :pac: Is there somewhere I can actually find out why it's everywhere and why it has so many views? :confused: It's really annoying me :p :pac:


  • #49
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    When I started my current job a few years ago; me and another guy seemed to be on the same toilet schedule. We would constantly meet at the urinals. I'd be in there and he'd come in. But more often he'd be in there and I'd come in which made me worry he might think I was doing it intentionally. It got really awkward especially because we didn't really know each other.

    Eventually I started checking to make sure he was already at his desk before going to the toilet.

    We're good friends now but we've never talked about it.


  • #50
    ElvisChrist6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭ElvisChrist6


    There's people I see all the time that I give names and personalities to in my head - just to pass the time. There's Greasy Ron Weasley, Helmet Head, Little and Large. There was one person I used to pass at her bus stop every morning 7/8/9 years ago and think "She looks nice"; never gave her a name, just noticed her every day. We've now been going out for just over 4 years, so that's pretty mental! :pac: In the end turned out she used to see me pass every day and think the same things too


  • #51
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,673 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Here you go folks: http://youtu.be/M-0nbcHPaWw


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