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The weirdest thing you've seen.

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IHaveBrilloHair · 02/04/2021 23:33

I was at Dd's house recently, she opened her freezer and a I could see was lots of little pink mouse tails.
She has a pet snake so they are for him.
I also once sat eating my lunch in Indonesia whilst watching some guys shoving a cow into the back of a bemo (minibus type thing but with no back doors)

Anyone else?

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BalloonSlayer · 03/04/2021 20:47

I am hoping:

  • Haunch of Venison
  • Copy of Horse and Hound
  • Several bottles of red wine
  • Anusol
  • Rotisserie chicken (snack)
  • Porn magazine
  • 100 masses for buying the one above. What do you mean you don't sell those? I am your KING, sirrah!
groundcontroltomontydon · 03/04/2021 20:47

Today I saw the Easter Bunny cycling along a busy road, ears waving in the wind. He raised a paw in appreciation when a motorist let him out of a junction. He was in a hurry - I guess it's a busy weekend for him.

Butternutsqoosh · 03/04/2021 20:47

@Selkiebride I've seen him too - he travels the US, I saw him in NYC

Local pub, man sat in beer garden with a raven on his shoulder

BalloonSlayer · 03/04/2021 20:48

Whoops sorry that was supposed to be in response to the post who asked "what would Henry VIII be buying?"

cookiecreampie · 03/04/2021 21:00

A big family having a barbecue, frying sausages in the cemetery, all sat out among the graves.

sqirrelfriends · 03/04/2021 21:07

A group of three furries in Waterloo station

A woman walking a ferret

A woman walking a cat (apparently very common)

A polar bear on the moors (was two white horses humping)

Honest to god- a ufo. A few people saw it in the local area but I'm assuming it was a drone or something.

Gingernaut · 03/04/2021 21:07

Over 15 years ago, I was entering a shop on my local West London high street, I turned and saw two women, riding modern Penny-Farthing bicycles, dressed in helmets, hi-vis gear and backpacks.

Ohpulltheotherone · 03/04/2021 21:14

A dwarf riding a unicycle along the pavement in Stamford.

Madamswearsalot · 03/04/2021 21:20

Many many years ago, a man with a large fish tied on to his head with a neck tie. Same guy also seen saluting the traffic while pouring a box of crunchy nut cornflakes over his head.

DarlingBudsofMarch · 03/04/2021 21:24

Many years ago I went to the Rio carnival. It was amazing, but what really made me laugh were all the people still in their costumes on the train on the way home, but now tired so just sitting on the train looking bored but dressed in incredible carnival costumes! Just surreal

HollowTalk · 03/04/2021 21:27

I was on a train in Greece with my boyfriend and a family came into the carriage. The train was still stationary. All of the rest of the family went off up the train for something or other leaving the grandmother behind. She checked no one was around (from her family) and pulled a roasted chicken out from under her skirt. She ate it really really fast and threw the bones out of the window. When they came back in, she had finished and was wiping her greasy hands on her long black skirt. She looked at us and we smiled and she smiled back, safe in the knowledge that we couldn't tell her secret.

Scotmum83 · 03/04/2021 21:29

Not myself but my mum and sister saw Charlie sheen standing on a roundabout in Inverness Scotland beside the Loch Ness monster sign. I remember thinking wtf 😂😂

IheartJKR · 03/04/2021 21:31

The naked rollerblader in Amsterdam / in ALL weathers.
My neighbour - adult male who dressed as a baby. Nappy, short dress , bonnet etc
The bar we were in that was raided by anti corruption task force 😱
Obama visiting and special forces taking over our roof terrace.
Seen a lot of stuff living there....

Current weird thing is a neighbour on our modern housing estate who walks a pig on a lead.

ChristmasCovid · 03/04/2021 21:32

The Hogswarts express being driven down the M6 on a flatbed lorry.

Sat outside a cafe in San Francisco when a large group of naked people ran past and dove into the bay - apparently it’s a thing.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 03/04/2021 21:35

@Scotmum83

Not myself but my mum and sister saw Charlie sheen standing on a roundabout in Inverness Scotland beside the Loch Ness monster sign. I remember thinking wtf 😂😂
I read this and the one above and thought Charlie Sheena granny had a roast chicken up her skirt!
OverByYer · 03/04/2021 21:35

Dolphins performing in my local swimming pool ( Terry NutkiN show)
A man walking his pet kestrel

LoveFall · 03/04/2021 21:35

Another one. DH and I were on holiday on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. We had driven up Waimea Canyon, right to the very top, where you have an incredible view of the very rugged and beautiful Na Pali Coast. A man showed up with a backpack containing a big parasail. He laid it out, put the seat/sling thing around his butt, and then ran and jumped off the cliff. A very high scary cliff.

We were all really frightened for him. One person asked him about next of kin!

The wind caught the sail and we watched him glide up and down along the cliffs.

He said he had some water and a subway sandwich, and would hike the 10 miles out when he landed.

It was incredible and frankly frightening. I kept looking at the news to see if anything bad happened to him but never saw anything.

This is where he jumped off.


LoveFall · 03/04/2021 21:36

Oops picture not working. Google Kalalua Lookout Kauai. Incredible.

mistywillow17 · 03/04/2021 21:39

I spent much of the Brighton marathon running alongside "Mr Testicles" - a costumed runner raising money for testicular cancer, and dressed appropriately (or should that be inappropriately?!) in a giant foam ballsack. I think that may well have been one of the weirdest things the spectators have seen. My favourite moment was when a child yelled out excitedly "look! it's Mr POTATO!" Apparently he also had to call into a corner shop to replace the batteries in the fan inside the costume. I imagine that was a bit weird for the shopkeeper too.

Thejoyfulstar · 03/04/2021 21:48

A few years ago I went to a Russian restaurant in Manchester. We had a groupon voucher for a 3 course meal and wine, or something like that. It also said in the voucher terms that we would have to pay £5 for the 'entertainment'.

After our meal, someone came out dressed as a pig, with full pig costume, except this was a sexy pig with a sexy lady-pig body, including a curvaceous bottom, bare except for a thong. This giant sexy pig then did a Russian dance to Russian music.

The atmosphere was really weird and we felt compelled to really show jovial appreciation, and so we clapped and hollered like we were having the best time ever, but really neither of us knew what was going on.

The food was really good though!

lovelychops · 03/04/2021 21:53

@ShipshapeShore

Two people dressed as beefeaters strutting down Llandudno pier to a Queen song they had playing. They were also pushing a toy monkey in a pushchair.

Omg I saw these last year !!! Reading this just reminded me

Amiable · 03/04/2021 22:02

Anyone else aspire to be remembered like this?! I love the idea of random strangers having a chat about "that old lady with a peacock", or "the mad old biddy who sang Boney M songs down the high street" would be fabulous!!

CallMeCleo · 03/04/2021 22:08

[quote IHaveBrilloHair]@CallMeCleo
I'm intrigued, what was Henry VIII buying?[/quote]
Sadly not venison or goose eggs. Just normal groceries.

HemlockStarglimmer · 03/04/2021 22:21

A peacock atop a lamppost outside my flat in Crystal Palace.

BarryTheKestrel · 03/04/2021 22:36

A zebra poking its head over my school friends grandma's garden hedge. Turns out her garden backed onto the back end of the zebra enclosure at the local zoo. Not what you expect whilst having an ice cream on the patio when you're 10.