What weirdos do we have around here?

[AndyN]

The missus was driving us home earlier, waiting to turn right on a busy junction next to a dual carriageway, when a guy who looked like the most average "normal"  middle aged bloke type you can think of with a beige coat, glasses, and combover hair.... walked calmly into the middle of the two lanes in the path of us and cars doing 40mph+ ,turned and twirled round 3 or 4 times, then sort of moonwalked back to the kerb and merrily waved the traffic on,   no other people around him to show off to and the only thing I could think to say to him was "you ok pal?".

Just seemed very a surreal thing to be doing for no reason, rang the local bobby team for his own safety before someone run him over and couldn't stop laughing as i tried to explain what he was doing!

[lee celtic]

Your standard British excentric don't worry about it :lol: :lol:

any other country and they would have the tazer out..

We had two belters in bangor .

one thought he was the king of wales (including full robes and crown ) and the other we called Marrigold as he wore washing up gloves all the time .. and he also wore a black rubber mini skirt ,tweed jacket and black watch cap , If you bibbed your horn he would salute then whip out a note book and take your reg number :lol: :lol:

mad as a box of frogs the pair of them... ;)

[V8MoneyPit]

Your standard British excentric don't worry about it :lol: :lol:

any other country and they would have the tazer out..

We had two belters in bangor .

one thought he was the king of wales (including full robes and crown ) and the other we called Marrigold as he wore washing up gloves all the time .. and he also wore a black rubber mini skirt ,tweed jacket and black watch cap , If you bibbed your horn he would salute then whip out a note book and take your reg number :lol: :lol:

mad as a box of frogs the pair of them... ;)

You had a Marigold too??  :shock: There used to be a character in Norwich who would stand in the middle of roundabouts directing traffic. Lord Shagg-Pyle will tell you all about him, I'm sure. Don't see him any more. No idea what happened to him.

Then, of course, there's the famous puppet man.........  :D

[lee celtic]

Our marrigold looked like an old soldier.

from the waist up very normal , shirt ,tie ,jacket clean mustash ex arm type from the waist down  :->

he used to stand on the site of the old hospital (now morrisons) taking down reg plates and reporting them to  the police for parking in the hospital carpark :lol:

 

[Disco Matt]

Saw one earlier today. About lunchtime-ish, balding beardy bloke staggering around town centre with half-empty 3l bottle of cheap cider under arm. What astonished me was the reaction - people were just stopping and waiting for him to stop wobbling down the middle of the road. These are the same people who'll lean on the horn if you take longer than about 30 seconds to park...

[merlin617]

You can Call me "Admiral" :shock:

[diggerdog36]

We have an old guy in kings lynn, he has a smashed up old guitar that he has to hold together and pretend to play it, but he also has a good condition guitar that stands behind him unused!!! He mimes to himself too....bless him!!!  Ill try and get a covert picture!!

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Your standard British excentric don't worry about it :lol: :lol:

any other country and they would have the tazer out..

We had two belters in bangor .

one thought he was the king of wales (including full robes and crown ) and the other we called Marrigold as he wore washing up gloves all the time .. and he also wore a black rubber mini skirt ,tweed jacket and black watch cap , If you bibbed your horn he would salute then whip out a note book and take your reg number :lol: :lol:

mad as a box of frogs the pair of them... ;)

You had a Marigold too??  :shock: There used to be a character in Norwich who would stand in the middle of roundabouts directing traffic. Lord Shagg-Pyle will tell you all about him, I'm sure. Don't see him any more. No idea what happened to him.

Then, of course, there's the famous puppet man.........  :D

From my recollection, Marigold was a chap who had 'mental health issues'. Completely harmless and used to stand at the top of Grapes Hill in the City, directing traffic. He would regularly supplied with flourescent jackets from numerous sources, including the local Police, to make sure he was visible. He always wore a pair of bright yellow rubber gloves, hence the name. He disappeared a few years ago, and it was thought he had died.
Such was the feeling towards the chap, that there was talk of putting up a statue in memory of him.
It turned out he was in fact alive and well, and had been seeking treatment


MARIGOLD
Special Ability: Traffic Direction Although no longer around, MARIGOLD was one of the true Norwich Super Heroes, equipped with a fluorescent jacket or vest and bright yellow marigold gloves, you would find him, in times of National Emergency, defending the City by standing on a traffic roundabout directing the traffic. Unfortunately, quite a few people actually took notice of what he was telling them to do, resulting in the building of Norwich Union Insurance Department.


THE PUPPET MAN
Special Ability: Hypno-puppets that stun and mesmerise passers by with their inane jumping up and down to Des O Connor Cd’s. He is actually a multi-millionaire, having left his successful career as a merchant banker to “give something back to the people”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIbYUBbTqMg


For other Naarridge notables check here

http://www.isthisit.net/?cat=1

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Its fair to say that I meet a fair few people who are 'different' during my working day. I was on patrol the other night when a chapleapt out in front of my vehicle and asked that I escort him home as he was afraid of the lions that were in the woods.
I told him that there weren't any lions in Hampshire, only in Sussex, near Worthing.
He seemed happy with that.

[littlepow]

Near to where my perants reside, is a Lord who has some harmless but rather excentric traits.  He keeps smuggling food out of the home he resides in and hides it in the hedgerow at the end of the lane.  Refuses to wear any new clothes regardless of who gave them to him, will even remove his clothes from the washing machine while it's mid cycle to stop people from exchanging them for new items.  Went missing one day for about 3 days, had tried to take a short cut back from the pub and got caught in a barbed wire fence. Survived fortunately and is still up to his old tricks.

[V8MoneyPit]

Its fair to say that I meet a fair few people who are 'different' during my working day. I was on patrol the other night when a chapleapt out in front of my vehicle and asked that I escort him home as he was afraid of the lions that were in the woods.
I told him that there weren't any lions in Hampshire, only in Sussex, near Worthing.
He seemed happy with that.

Brilliant!!  :lol:

[denviks]

when i was living in cambridge we used to head out on a friday night. we alsways seemed to bump into a older bloke who always had something different strapped to his head....you know , the big bit of cord over teh object on his head and right down under his chin comedy style.........he was very well dressed aswell which made it even odder

the 1st time we saw him it was a loaf of bread.

2nd  4 pints of semi skimmed milk

3rd bag of flour

4th a whole fresh salmon


nothing as strange as people...

[carracarra13]

we had one near us used to have a rubber chicken straped to his head, and used to wear his socks on his hands funny realy it could be any of us it only takes somthing very small to tip pepole from what us folks call normal but what is normal?  but I allways say Im not weared just unique. as are they, which is why its so refreshing to see how others react to pepole who are unique.

[Thrasher]

sob sob sob ... you lot are so lucky - I'm related to an eccentric!

I just looked it up... interesting reading!

Characteristics
Psychologist Dr. David Weeks mentions people with a mental illness "suffer" from their behavior while healthy eccentrics are quite happy.[clarify] He even states eccentrics are less prone to mental illness than everyone else. According to studies, there are fifteen distinctive characteristics that differentiate a healthy eccentric person from a regular person or someone who has a mental illness (although some may not always apply). The first five are in most people regarded as eccentric:[citation needed]

Nonconforming attitude
Creative
Intense curiosity
Idealistic
Happy obsession with a hobby or hobbies
Known very early in his or her childhood they were different from others
Highly intelligent
Opinionated and outspoken
Noncompetitive
Unusual living or eating habits
Not interested in the opinions or company of others
Mischievous sense of humor
Single
Eldest or only child
Bad speller[2] (usually uncommon)

[Disco Matt]

Excellent, I am officially eccentric then!

Mind you I think "Happy obsession with a hobby" covers most of us here.  :lol: