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Strangest thing you've seen someone do in public?

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kodaknodats · 21/08/2021 11:30

Weeing doesn't count! Grin Far too common.

I just came out of Asda and walked by a car with a woman chucking back scoops of Cow and Gate powder!

I thought in my head that can't be right, maybe she's suspicious parenting and testing to see if it's okay.

Saw her doing the same again when I drove off. Just taking scoops and eating them!

What's the strangest thing you've seen someone do in public?

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kodaknodats · 21/08/2021 18:38

@WheresTheLambSauce

Adding a photo for proof Grin
A disabled bay as well Grin
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CloseEncountersOfTheTurdKind · 21/08/2021 19:05

I saw a woman wade through a river fully clothed carrying an enormous dog. She was only about 2 metres from the bridge!

Concestor · 21/08/2021 21:20

I once saw another mum on the school run get out of her car with a hula hoop and start doing an elaborate hoop routine on the verge.

I posted about it on here but got told it was totally normal and I was just jealous Hmm

WTFUterus · 21/08/2021 21:35

A man walking around town in just his shorts pulling a car tyre around which was fastened by an old piece of rope

GertrudeKerfuffle · 21/08/2021 22:34

I once saw a middle-aged man strolling through a crowded town centre clipping his fingernails as he walked. Unfortunately it was my dad, and when challenged on his strange behaviour, replied, 'well, your mother complains when I get fingernail clippings on the floor at home'. Yes, Dad, obviously the solution is to do it on the high street during your lunch break instead HmmGrin I miss that crazy fool!

Historyfan · 21/08/2021 22:42

A mate of mine takes the dog to pick up her daughter from school
Not so odd at all-only she sometimes takes the lizard on another lead-I’ve often seen them just walking down the street with both the dog and the lizard quite happily crossing the road together
She does say she’s had a few odd looks!

hertoehurts · 21/08/2021 22:44

A man going in to Primark in a skirt no wider than a belt and wearing high heels. Then I realised his balls were hanging just below the skirt 🤢.

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kodaknodats · 21/08/2021 22:47

@zurala

I once saw another mum on the school run get out of her car with a hula hoop and start doing an elaborate hoop routine on the verge.

I posted about it on here but got told it was totally normal and I was just jealous Hmm

I remember this thread!!!

Quite a while ago wasn't it?

You were told you were jealous and she shouldn't give a fuck what anyone thinks, who are you to question her random hula hooping?! Grin

Loads of others then coming on to say they wish they could be more like her 🤔

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MauveMagnolia · 21/08/2021 23:15

Shit on the pavement - 2 different women ebor 2019!

MagnoliatheMagnificent · 21/08/2021 23:29

@Deathraystare

Talking of the lady who painted herself with white paint - Greek lady?

Where I used to live near Camberwell and I used to see a black girl on the bus sometimes. White flour/powder in her hair, white make up and a white sheet or something over her. She used to get angry looks from her fellow black passengers but luckily I don't think anything ever came of it.

I used to work in Camberwell, I’ve seen this lady several times!
thelegohooverer · 21/08/2021 23:29

A man sneezing on a commuter train - he was standing beside the door and sneezed copious thick green snot all over the window. Then he moved in to make room for people crushing on at the next station and the train was so packed that people were leaning against the glass 🤢

WitchBaby · 21/08/2021 23:49

@zurala

I once saw another mum on the school run get out of her car with a hula hoop and start doing an elaborate hoop routine on the verge.

I posted about it on here but got told it was totally normal and I was just jealous Hmm

I remember that too 🤣😂

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 21/08/2021 23:57

It’s a bit Er.. eccentric where I live. Man regularly took his ferret to the pub on a little harness (lovely ferret btw, very friendly), bloke in a full three piece suit and bow tie on a unicycle, often see people with classic cars in the dress of the appropriate period. The Incredible Hulk, a policeman, and a lad in a grass skirt complete with coconut bra carrying a canoe down the main road was particularly memorable 😂

Weirdest ever has to be the man in a Bath park with a litter picker and a stocking over his head. Late winter evening, DP and I having a snog, he poked us with the litter picker, said something like ‘oh, ok then’ and walked off. Bath was a weird place tbf, we loved it!

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 22/08/2021 00:02

Oh, and 3 small goats in the rear seats of a Nissan Micra. No, I don’t mean the boot, and the back seats were not folded down either. They looked pretty comfortable tbf, but Confused

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 22/08/2021 00:04

@WheresTheLambSauce

I once saw a car parked at Asda that was completely decked out in Halloween decorations, like a coffin on wheels. The man driving it had on a marvelously dramatic top hat and tailcoat combo, and the sheer joy on his face when he started blasting the Ghostbusters theme was enough to make me a little envious.
That sounds wonderful! I’m so stealing this idea Grin
hashbrownsandwich · 22/08/2021 00:06

Father Christmas in the full red suit, on a mobility scooter speeding through Worthing in the height of summer.

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 22/08/2021 00:10

@hashbrownsandwich

Father Christmas in the full red suit, on a mobility scooter speeding through Worthing in the height of summer.
Wonderful 😂
essentialhealing · 22/08/2021 00:10

A woman walking stark bollock naked in the middle of the afternoon down a main road

lyntheyresexpeople · 22/08/2021 00:12

I walk my cat on A lead 😬 she's a ragdoll and has to be indoor, she likes the exercise on our adventures 😂

RainforestLizard · 22/08/2021 00:14

@ichundich

A woman pushing around an empty, old-fashioned pram. I saw her several times, so don't think she was on her way to pick someone / something up.
That's made me feel so sad :-(
OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 22/08/2021 00:15

Just reminded by PP, we also have a fabulous local lady who dresses completely in one colour each day, right down to her tights, jewellery and multiple hair accessories. She’s a total star, and such a lovely person.

I think I need to NC now. Shame, I like this one Blush

notacooldad · 22/08/2021 00:17

A wo.an sar poker straight in a busy pub on a weekend night and the bloke shows with was sucking her boob.
I posted about it on here, it was tears ago. Some said she was maybe a prostitute and tbe guy was acting out a fantasy.
Everyone around was pissed and dancing and didnt notice but I was sober and stood directly across from them.
Awful!

notacooldad · 22/08/2021 00:18

Sorry about my typos!
My keypad keeps sticking!

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 22/08/2021 00:22

Where I used to live, a man in his boxers, an unbuttoned shirt, unlaced DMs, with his jeans under one arm, running down our street towards the main road Hmm

My cat used to follow along when I walked the dog though.... that must’ve looked a little odd. That will be why we walked at 1am

Houseofvelour · 22/08/2021 00:25

Man sitting outside a big church in Uganda, having a wank.