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Boogie
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There are some situations I observe and I would love to hear the story behind them.
Yesterday I saw an old man in a black cowboy hat carrying a large glass table on his back.
What is the strangest thing you saw last week?
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I always seem to miss the strange sights, but Daughter-Unit lives in the next town over and always sees stuff she really doesn't want to see. Naked (nekkid, as locals say) people dancing around is one of them. This week's version was probably number five over the past six or seven years.
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Jengie jon
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In a side alley beside a former night club were two items. An overturned picnic table and a purple bin with a gold lid stuffed to the gunnels.
No idea why the bin was purple or the night club had a picnic table in the good delivery alley.
Or perhaps the two people meditating on a bench in the park. They looked like runners having a break, he even in shorts though she was more sensibly dressed and had sunglasses on. It was below 10°C
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Enoch
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Do snippets heard count, or does it have to be something seen?
I overheard a conversation yesterday. The speaker was on weekend release from some sort of penal institution, and I think had some sort of psychological history.
"These days no prison will take me".
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The last week we have had rain off and on most every day. The temperature has averaged about 50F and windy. I went out wearing three layers of clothing, scarf, gloves and a hat. I saw my neighbor in shorts, barefoot and a tank top working in his driveway. I am not sure which one of us was strangely dressed but I do believe it was him.
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Banner Lady
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The new "vertical axis air dryer" in my garden. A 20 metre long tree branch fell and clipped the rotary clothes line, bending it 90 degrees. It now looks like a huge pinwheel. I could probably still pin clothes to it and watch them windmill around, because it still rotates - it's just that they would drag the ground on every spin!
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Sipech
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My trip to Covent Garden excepted, I think it was the man who was vomiting up a yellow liquid next to a bus stop for about 2-3 minutes. I was on the top deck observing. I couldn't work out if it was just bile or limoncello; it was a garish colour and he seemed not to be puking up any food. He then stood upright and walked on as though nothing had happened.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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On that yummy note . . . I ordered a chicken sandwich at a Subway and the clerk asked me if I wanted the meat toasted separately from the bread.
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starbelly
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I saw a man in Henley carrying a large metal sign under his arm that just said the word "Midget" on it in large white letters.
Neil
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LeRoc
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starbelly: I saw a man in Henley carrying a large metal sign under his arm that just said the word "Midget" on it in large white letters.
Was it a big man?
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starbelly
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Originally posted by LeRoc:
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starbelly: I saw a man in Henley carrying a large metal sign under his arm that just said the word "Midget" on it in large white letters.
Was it a big man?
Regular sized.
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HCH
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I don't know if it is recent enough to count, but last spring I saw a parade of undressed folk in (as I recall) Cardiff.
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Hedgehog
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A new local distillery has announced that they are coming out with a "wheat vodka." Which strikes me as odd. What's next? A "potato wine"? A "grape whiskey"?
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LeRoc
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I have had potato wine. Orange peel wine is quite good too.
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Angel Wrestler
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I saw a woman crossing a busy inner city road with her pet pig in a perfect "heel" position.
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I was at a museum the other week and happened across a woman walking around with a live skunk on her shoulder.
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Firenze
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I occasionally see someone in the locality walking her ferret in a little harness (on the ferret that is, not her).
This week has, however, been bereft of strange sights - unless you count a perfectly incredible number of road works in the couple of miles between here and a local hospital: I've been to parts of the city I barely knew existed.
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Yesterday I was part of what must have been one of the strangest sights some people had seen. I was with my Nordic Walking group and there were ten of us encircling two large trees, various ages, shapes and sizes with a heel on the ground with that foot up against a tree, while the back leg was stretched behind and our noses were close to the bark of the tree. We were doing an archilles (sp?) stretch, but looking over at the other half of the group I thought we looked like a bunch of tree worshippers.
Later we stood in a circle doing our cooling down exercises to the irritation of several Paradise ducks whose territory we had unwittingly invaded. They bustled around honking at us. Add to this a fluffy dog and a small boy enjoying each others company.
I really enjoy my Nordic Walking class, but it has been a challenge for me as an introvert who is often very awkward physically and overly conscious of that.
Huia - off to join the circus ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Yesterday there was a lone young man walking down our deserted mountain road, playing a guitar and singing. Looked like the cover a romance novel or the beginning of a commercial for air freshener...
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Chorister
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I remember starting a thread with this theme several years ago. But not many people posted on it as they hadn't seen anything strange that week. Now the boot is on the other foot and I can't think of anything strange I've seen either. But I will keep a lookout, because you never know....
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BessLane
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I saw two very small dogs and a pot-belly pig all chasing a garbage truck down a rural road. The fact that I knew the driver of the truck made it so much funnier (although he did not seem to appreciate the video of it I posted on FB ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) )
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Firenze:
I occasionally see someone in the locality walking her ferret in a little harness (on the ferret that is, not her).
Awwwh! When I was a girl I used to walk my rabbit in a little harness ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Lyda*Rose
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Several mornings each week I go walking with some neighbors for about half an hour. Sometimes my big old siamese cat will come out to beg some petting from everyone. This cat does not roam farther than about four house lots. But one morning late last week he took it into his head to follow our walk. He made it most of the way down our long block. I finally got worried that he would get spooked by a dog or something and run off, so I cajoled him into following me back home. My friends waited for me to rejoin them and we all had a good laugh.
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Adeodatus
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I live in a part of the city where strange is normal. It's not unusual to have to dodge someone riding a unicycle while crossing the road. There's a regular in one of the local bars who seems to be universally known as Ukelele Guy. We have a vegan supermarket where if you ask for honey you'll get a stern lecture about exploiting bees.
I love it here.
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starbelly
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I saw a young couple in a rowing boat on the canal, the guy was reading from a book of poetry to his partner.
Should introduce him to the mountain singing guy...
Neil
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nickel
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how about hearing something strange? We now live a half-mile from train tracks, and have gotten used to train whistles several times per morning. It's always "long, long, short, long." But Monday morning one went "long, long, long, long, long." Followed a bit later by a regular "long, long, short, long" but in a more melodious, multi-tone whistle. What are those trains up to!
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by nickel:
how about hearing something strange? We now live a half-mile from train tracks, and have gotten used to train whistles several times per morning. It's always "long, long, short, long." But Monday morning one went "long, long, long, long, long." Followed a bit later by a regular "long, long, short, long" but in a more melodious, multi-tone whistle. What are those trains up to!
It's Spring! Must be their mating call.
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Sipech
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
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Originally posted by nickel:
how about hearing something strange? We now live a half-mile from train tracks, and have gotten used to train whistles several times per morning. It's always "long, long, short, long." But Monday morning one went "long, long, long, long, long." Followed a bit later by a regular "long, long, short, long" but in a more melodious, multi-tone whistle. What are those trains up to!
It's Spring! Must be their mating call.
I expect Baptist Trainfan to come running along any minute now...
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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As is often the case, Wikipedia is our friend.
Apparently the signals vary from country to country, in some cases from railroad to railroad, but generally speaking, in the United States, five long blasts means "flagman may return from east or north."
Long, long, short long is the standard signal blown when approaching a grade crossing. I am always reminded of the song "I've got my love to keep me warm" ("The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing"). But then again, I'm a strange one. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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St. Gwladys
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Lyda*Rose, our Siamese once followed us to my father's house, a good half a mile or more.
The strangest thing I've seen is a man walking along a shopping street in Monmouth with an owl on his shoulder.
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It wasn't last week but a pigeon was waiting on the platform at Victoria Tube station with the rest of us, much to commuters' amusement. When the Tube train came in we skirted round the pigeon and boarded the train. The pigeon then hopped on board with us and stood there near the door. It didn't bother anybody, fly around or anything, just waited quietly like anybody else, then got off four stops later at Earl's Court and walked away.
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Leorning Cniht
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Originally posted by Ariel:
It didn't bother anybody, fly around or anything, just waited quietly like anybody else, then got off four stops later at Earl's Court and walked away.
Just remember...
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Last Saturday I saw one of those buskers who paint themselves to look like a statue and act like a statue in their act. But this was after he had finished busking and was just walking normally down the street. I had to do a double take to work out what I was seeing.
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Bob Two-Owls
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I saw a man, blue from head to foot, washing hand prints off a golden retriever. I'm guessing dog related chemical toilet accident...
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St. Gwladys
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I saw a road sign today warning of road narrowing. It looked to be a standard road sign, but underneath the diagram was the caption "give and take", which I've never seen on a sign before!
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Curiosity killed ...
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Some guy busking by drumming using a pile of junk. He was creating the most amazing sounds.
(I really wanted to get a photo of him, but I had my hands full of a pile of post, and he'd been moved on by the time I returned after queuing for half an hour plus in the Post Office.)
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I saw a road sign today warning of road narrowing. It looked to be a standard road sign, but underneath the diagram was the caption "give and take", which I've never seen on a sign before!
Well, this wasn't recent, but a funny sign I saw a while back was on a road going into Yosemite. There had been a substantial rock slide that had taken out the road months before, and they had jury-rigged a one lane road to get past it. While I was waiting for my turn to use the road in my direction, I looked up to see a sign that said "Geological feature 100 feet ahead" noting where the old road was abruptly ended by a big pile o' rocks.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I saw a road sign today warning of road narrowing. It looked to be a standard road sign, but underneath the diagram was the caption "give and take", which I've never seen on a sign before!
In Guernsey one is regularly exhorted to "Filter in Turn" on the approach to road junctions -much the same thing, I guess.
See: here.
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Jengie jon
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Does a man selling fresh flowers from a bicycle in a housing association estate count? I do not think he had nicked the bicycle which was designed for selling flowers.
Then there was the morris dancer in dark clothes, looking like Mary Poppins with a dark carpet bag and jangling like an infant school orchestra.
Jengie
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M.
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Ah, road signs! Years ago, we saw one in France, which warned, in English, 'Dangerous Declivity'.
It's been our go-to warning ever since.
M.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
The strangest thing I've seen is a man walking along a shopping street in Monmouth with an owl on his shoulder.
Is that really so strange in Monmouth? It's a funny little town but not a patch on those in Somerset, a few of which are deeply weird. Yes Frome, I'm talking about you.
I'll be in Somerset this week so I'll report back on unicycling commuters, cars painted as cows and pigs and people dressed a la Sherlock Holmes.
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
The strangest thing I've seen is a man walking along a shopping street in Monmouth with an owl on his shoulder.
What do he have on the other shoulder?
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Pigwidgeon
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There is nothing strange about owls! Everyone should have one.
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
..., cars painted as cows and pigs ...
We have a leopard print smart car that drives around the local area. Also one with Dasterdly spray-painted on one side and Muttley on the other.
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starbelly
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
..., cars painted as cows and pigs ...
We have a leopard print smart car that drives around the local area. Also one with Dasterdly spray-painted on one side and Muttley on the other.
There is one in Henley covered in Astroturf!
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L'organist
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I no longer think this strange but you might:
A friend has a pet pig - Gloucester Old Spot - which is exercised on a lead around the village. Highly intelligent, the pig knows to stop at a light-controlled crossing and wait for the signal to cross.
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L'organist: Highly intelligent, the pig
At least this part doesn't surprise me.
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St. Gwladys
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
The strangest thing I've seen is a man walking along a shopping street in Monmouth with an owl on his shoulder.
What do he have on the other shoulder?
Owl droppings. Though those were actually down his back.
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Hedgehog
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I went to the home opener of my local Major League Soccer team (the Philadelphia Union) yesterday. And they won easily, which is a strange sight to begin with. But what really puzzled me is that, outside the stadium, there was a bagpipe-and-drum duo.
Now there is no obvious connection between the Union and Scotland. We have no Scottish players. The Union connection is to the Philadelphia blue-collar workers who are a bit of a melting pot, really. And Philadelphia isn't exactly known as a Scottish colony (more Welsh than anything--Bala Cynwyd is just to the west). Heck, as far as I know, none of the team's corporate sponsors even sells Scotch.
Now the game, played on March 20, did I have several nods to...St. Patrick's Day. But bagpipes? For St. Patrick? I just don't get it.
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