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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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nancy75 · 22/08/2021 01:44

South east London so anything goes:
A man who walks round with a massive (live) snake balanced on his head (seen often)
A man walking a pig on a lead
A man riding a unicycle (often)
A woman pushing a double buggy in the bottom bit 2 dogs, under a net in the top bit a parrot & a pigeon (all alive)
When I was younger a man came in to the Sainsbury’s I worked in every Sunday morning wearing full Elvis costume (white sparky jumpsuit, sun glasses, proper Elvis hair)

nancy75 · 22/08/2021 01:49

Actually it’s not a unicycle, it’s a Penny farthing (he wears suitable old fashioned clothes)

Jbh333 · 22/08/2021 01:49

Waiting at the traffic lights one time and a man walks past and grabs a handful of pink tree blossom and starts eating it.

nancy75 · 22/08/2021 01:51

Here he is!

Strangest thing you've seen someone do in public?
HerRoyalNotness · 22/08/2021 01:51

Not so much strange as cute, a neighbour takes his English sheepdogs for a ride every day around the neighbourhood in a golf cart. He also walks them, I did wonder about that as I’d never seen them walked until quite recently.

ThePluckOfTheCoward · 22/08/2021 01:51

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

I am very intrigued by the man taking his enormous python for a walk around a city centre.

One of my teachers at secondary school used to have a pet python. He had an old suitcase (with air holes in it), into which he used to put the python and transport it when necessary, strapped on to a rack on the back of his motorbike. Once, the straps came loose and he realised that everybody was staring at him open-mouthed, he looked backwards and saw the python rising up out of the open suitcase as if it were being charmed Grin

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ThePluckOfTheCoward · 22/08/2021 01:53

@nancy75

Here he is!
That's actually very impressive.
nancy75 · 22/08/2021 01:54

Not so impressive when you’re stuck behind him on the bus!

TommyShelby · 22/08/2021 01:56

A very very overweight man walk into the main concourse of Paddington station, proceeded to lie on the floor and have a tantrum. Worst thing was he was naked bar a makeshift terry nappy, a babies dummy and an old fashioned babies bonnet.

I was chatting with my best mate at the time who was in the British transport police so had to sort him out too!

Rifalo · 22/08/2021 01:59

In our local Co Op yesterday and saw a man and a woman in their dressing gowns. Not unusual of course, except the one he was wearing was clearly one of hers and came up a tad short.....he was clearly not wearing anything under it.

MissConductUS · 22/08/2021 02:00

@Thorinfling

On the bus to work in the morning. Saw a woman chatting to a guy. Something looked out of place, then I realised she was totally naked apart from her shoes and handbag.

Someone in New York was walking past me and just stopped and did a roly poly then carried on walking. No one batted an eyelid.

I'm a New Yorker and have seen many strange things, including a man who would ride a bicycle wearing a purple wizard's costume. I'm unclear however on what it means to do a roly poly.
JedEye · 22/08/2021 02:12

@JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff

We used to live near a man who had x country skis with wheels on. You'd see him wearing lycra, snow goggles, and speeding along the B roads at a fantastic speed early in the morning.

He always looked like he was having a blast!

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MangoSeason · 22/08/2021 02:43

A woman walking around The Rocks Markets in Sydney with a hard shell backpack. There was a clear bubble window with a cat peeking out. DH and I found it hysterically funny but then made the mistake of googling “cat backpack” and found it there were entire websites dedicated to selling these things.

7thSojourn · 22/08/2021 02:43

A few weeks after moving into my new flat I randomly looked out of the window to see one of my neighbours completely naked in his back garden, Using his garden hose to wash himself.

Two men wanking each other off for a bag of drugs.

A couple having sex against the wall of the local co op during the day.

So glad I moved here!

IndecentCakes · 22/08/2021 03:13

If the two men are wanking each other off, who gets the drugs? #misses point

1forAll74 · 22/08/2021 03:16

Another parrot one, I sometimes used to see a man,with a parrot on his shoulder, going round a local co-op, and everytime they passed someone in the shop. the parrot would say Hello Buddy, or it's raining today. !

cestunestilo · 22/08/2021 03:17

A few years back whilst the visiting friends in Dorchester Dorset . We were in Waitrose in the centre of town when this guy walked past dressed head to toe in black rubber . Complete with long black rubber gloves. My friend didn't take any notice as she'd seen him in there on numerous occasions. He was in his 70's I'd guess. Wonder if he's still about ?

Guineapigbridge · 22/08/2021 03:26

In Vancouver once I saw a junkie shooting heroin into her FACE. Which was nice.

AlCalavicci · 22/08/2021 03:42

I have the sneaky feeling I may be mentioned on here ,
I had a horse and often took him for a walk ( with me walking not riding ) to the pub he would munch the grass at the back of the car park while I had a pint .
years later I walked my ferrets in the local park and woods
and more recently I walk my cat quite often

Onthedunes · 22/08/2021 03:53

In a shopping mall, went to the toilets, whilst waiting in line, an elderly woman came out of a cubical wearing a see through nightie with no underwear on, bare footed, covered in shite hlding a sanitary towel and proceeded to ask the toilet attendant if she had another sanitary towel.

I swear it was the most bizzarre sight I've ever seen, everyone was utterly bewildered.

Onthedunes · 22/08/2021 03:56

God the spelling mistakes...

holding a sanitary towel

and the others.

Losttheequipment · 22/08/2021 04:00

Someone with a pet skunk who used to bring it to the pub and just wander around with it. Never saw her buy a drink.

Goshitstricky · 22/08/2021 04:08

We have a man who walks an array of ferrets in various outfits (them not him) DD was particularly thrilled to see them all in tutus and tiaras once, he also often walks a large lizard (no clothes for the lizard) and a peacock. He looks like he's always living his best life tbh.

Elderflower14 · 22/08/2021 05:13

@MISSCONDUCTUS A rolypoly is a head over heels!

FrenchBulldogsareFab · 22/08/2021 05:35

A chap rides round our village on his bicycle several times a week. Not any old bike but a full sized Penny Farthing. Makes me smile and so many others.

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