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Strangest things you've ever seen people do?!

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youcanonlydraftthefuture · 27/11/2019 13:31

I can name a few.

I have my own, I clean my entire bathroom everyday and apparently that's odd, but I didn't realise. Ditto the kitchen, bathroom, etc.

As for other people, I've recently seen someone shouting at me for taking up a parent and child space (DC was in the shops already and I'd be taking him back with me).

Even if I saw someone very clearly getting back in and still no DC, I just wouldn't say anything Confused They could have a hidden disability. They could just be cheeky, but it's not my business.

The biggest shocker was a woman in the changing areas at DC's Puddle Ducks class. She showered naked, which is all fine, I couldn't care less and think we should all be more accepting of it as a society. Then she went on to shave her pits! As if it was all normal and fine in that area and her DC was in their baby car seat on the floor Grin I've never seen anything like it

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FrangipaniBlue · 27/11/2019 22:32

I saw a man put a dog poo bag on his hand and then catch the poo as it came out of the dog before it hit the ground. Yuk.

I've contemplated doing this to prevent the inevitable smear I cause when I try to scoop the poop Confused

I will add that I thought it and then stopped myself Grin

adaline · 27/11/2019 22:43

I once took my dog for a walk and came across a lady sat on a bench with a bird cage next to her containing a parrot.

She was very friendly and she just said "he likes the sea air!" as if it was perfectly normal Grin

Iwantacookie · 27/11/2019 22:44

Darth Vader and a storm trooper walking along a road.

Driver reversing UP a slip road. They must of seen the traffic jam and thought no.

Yoda floating in mid air in middle of Birmingham.

alexafindfilms · 27/11/2019 23:19

my next door neighbour is a lady in her 50s. Lives with her husband, works as a travel agent in town, always dressed really smart, full hair and make up, drives an audi......spends hours every day in summer sitting in her garden with a fishing net trying to catch the squirrels that run along our back fence and into the trees. She leaves biscuits out for them and sits really still. No idea what shes planning to do with one when she catches it but dont think she has yet.

i have had friends book holidays with her in work and they say shes incredibly efficient and really smart with no hint of being the mad squirrel lady. Hmm

SamBeckett · 27/11/2019 23:21

@LEBW
Sankys was a umm special place , I saw a guy pee'ing against the bar while ordering his beer Envy

QuietlyFuming · 27/11/2019 23:27

Years ago I was at a friend’s bbq when a very drunk stranger wandered into her garden, headed straight for the table where all the food was laid out, picked up a bottle of balsamic vinegar and DOWNED it. Casual as you like. He then staggered off through the gate by the side of her house and disappeared. The whole thing lasted a couple of minutes but it was the most surreal moment. It makes me laugh when I think about it, was just bizarre.

Another time I was on the tube quite late one evening and a man sitting opposite me vomited into the McDonalds bag he was holding. He then reached into the bag and started eating sick-covered chips. I nearly threw up myself at that point.

CodLiverOil556 · 27/11/2019 23:29

A few years ago I saw a lady eating an onion like an apple on the bus. I had to get off because the crunching was hideous and also the smell wasn't great either

hoteltango · 27/11/2019 23:35

@onedayallthiswillbeyours - That will have been the harbour pilot. Most big ships need a local pilot to guide them in and out of ports.

glitterysocks · 27/11/2019 23:44

On two separate occasions, living in two completely different areas, I saw someone driving a burnt out car by my house.

When my eldest two were at toddler group there were two other mum's who were very hippyish, mother nature types who used to actively encourage their little darlings to go to the loo in the middle of the park, on the grass verge, basically any where there was a patch of grass.

I feel like I should have loads work related ones but the only ones I can remember feel a bit too identifying.

My family and neighbours are quite used to me wandering about my garden holding and talking my chickens like they're babies.
I do it to the cats too but they only usually let me do it indoors.

Claphands · 27/11/2019 23:54

2 passengers on a bus making sandwiches and spreading the butter with their FINGERS 🤢

Man with a rabbit in a shopping trolley, I actually think that was cruel but he always had it with him

I know I’ve seen worse than that living in London but can’t think of them right now 😁

SamBeckett · 27/11/2019 23:54

I am glad I am not the only ferret walker Grin .

jaded247 · 28/11/2019 00:06

An old lady who lives across the road parked her car across my driveway. As she crossed the road to go back to her house her black trousers somehow fell down to her ankles. Her silky white full briefs were on full view. I felt embarrassed for her.

QueenOfOversharing · 28/11/2019 00:07

I once saw a woman eating a packet of crisps on the bus.. when she had finished she took out her false teeth and licked them all over before putting them back in again

I'm crying laughing!

There's a guy who has 2 huge parrots (beautiful colours) & he takes them & their perches to Primrose Hill. I had to give them a wide berth as I think both my dogs would have tried to eat them.

NewAndImprovedNorks · 28/11/2019 00:26

A man use to go up onto the hills to practice his trombone....apparently the neighbours didn’t like it.
I LOVED it

Cattenberg · 28/11/2019 00:28

My then boyfriend and I used to visit a particular town regularly. On several occasions we saw the same young man walking around the town centre wearing an East German police uniform and carrying a clock. He was always wearing that uniform and I never saw him put the clock down.

In the same town, we once went to a cafe for lunch and one of the other customers (a shirtless man) was kneeling on the floor with his head and arms on his table, fast asleep. One of his hands clutched a naked Barbie doll. No one else in the cafe batted an eyelid.

KnitFastDieWarm · 28/11/2019 00:32

Oh gosh, where to start?

A man on a bicycle with a crossbow slung in his back and a Staffie perched on the handlebars.

A man on the bus looking intently at photos on his phone, all of which were of himself, pants off, with an (admittedly impressively sized EnvyBlush) erection.

A woman on the bus with five dolls strapped into a buggy.

LaBeansOnLaToast · 28/11/2019 00:38

A guy cut his toenails, used a pumice stone and moisturised his feet on the train to Leeds.

I have also seen a woman pluck her eyebrows and squeeze spots using tweezers on a bus.

At the back of my aunts house there are garages, and there are at least 8 disgusting men a day who go there to piss.

On a night out there was a young girl who wore matching bra and knickers with just a pair of see through tights and heels on over it.

A man in a BMW wearing a suit and tie on speakerphone to someone talking about work related stuff. He was quite clearly having a wank while doing this.

GlamGiraffe · 28/11/2019 00:41

@FrangipaniBlue does he wash the car EVERY day too?

BlankTimes · 28/11/2019 01:27

@youcanonlydraftthefuture
Could your Captain Birdseye have been a Maritime Pilot or Harbour Pilot contracted to get the ferry out of the harbour, then leave the vessel to the captain and crew?

ConfusedAndStressed95 · 28/11/2019 01:48

Depends what you mean by strange. My friends and I are pretty normal day to day but one of my friends has taken to licking and biting my hand if it's anywhere near his face which is more than a little strange.

Bahhhhhumbug · 28/11/2019 02:06

On holiday in Rhodes by the pool and we became fascinated by a fellow holidaymaker we named 'drying man' He was middle aged, he and his wife seemed quite posh and well to do if that's relevant. They seemed always be by the pool,she sunbathed mainly but he went for an occasional swim doing a very theatrical walk up and dive in. Then after swimming six lengths or so would get out and then stand at the end of his sunbed like a statue arms outstretched looking up to the sun occasionally shaking out his arms and hands for about five minutes. Then he turned round to face his back to the sun and repeat. He was obviously drying himself but never once used his towel. Other weird thing was they never uttered a word to each other, well for all the hours we sat there at least. She would lie there completely ignoring this strange ritual, just reading her book.
We became quite obsessed fascinated trying to work out why he didn't just use a towel or just not bother in that heat you dry out in five minutes anyway.

OctoberLovers · 28/11/2019 02:10

Partner, bleaches and scrubs the toilet after his had a poo...

And he always puts the toilet seat down.

Bless him

OctoberLovers · 28/11/2019 02:13

A man walking his sheep in Croydon, London

Hollyhobbi · 28/11/2019 02:53

A young fella practicing (playing) the bagpipes very badly on a patch of grass near a Luas stop in Dublin. And it was raining of course! Only ever saw and heard him the one time.

sashh · 28/11/2019 04:10

Pull down their pants and take a huge shit on the middle of the train platform (northern line)

Well you wouldn't get that on the Jubilee line would you?

On the other hand, my DP thinks the frying pan should be kept inside the oven. THAT is beyond all comprehension to me.

Is he Dutch?

About 30 years ago I was upstairs, I heard the front door open so went to see who it was (not unusual for my parents to knock and let them selves in).

I stood at the top of my stairs and saw a man I had never seen before and a young woman who asked for 'Dave', I said no one called that lives here, please leave.

He started arguing with me that his mate Dave had told him to come round to the house with the white front door, I was getting more and more scared, and my front door wasn't white.

The woman dragged him out with him still insisting this was his mates house.

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