Some people are weird

[TheyCallMeBruce]

I work downtown, so occasionally I encounter crazy people. Well, today takes the cake.

While walking to my client's office around 6 ave. Some crazy guy ran up to me and asked me if I knew where his wife went. When I said "no," he'd run up to the next guy and ask the same question. Then, he ran across the road while on coming traffic tried their best to avoid him.

Good old downtown.

[Bobblehead]

I'm weird, but I won't take your cake. If you are sharing, Eric Francis likes cake.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I'm weird, but I won't take your cake. If you are sharing, Eric Francis likes cake.

So did you manage to find your wife?

[ken0042]

The newest one I've had the last couple of morning walking to work- I've had two different guys come up to me and start off with "Excuse me, I'm new to town" (and I think they need directions or something), then of course now that they have me stopped they ask for money.

The guy this morning asked me for money so he could buy a coffee, but held out his hand which had at least $4 in quarters in it. First off, I stopped drinking coffee in the morning to save a bit of money. Secondly, since when is coffee a fating necessity?

Never mind the fact that I'm running late, and I have the timing of the lights figured out and a 30 second stop cost me 3 missed lights.
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[Khel]

There is a guy that wanders around at Southland Dr and Horton RD in the SW, wearing a big red shirt, blue shorts, leather gloves, and a weight belt.

Today, he was screaming at the sun to stop shining on him (it's overcast...) and called all of us waiting at the light "flithy scum, and traitors"

....

[lifer]

I saw a guy in Kelowna dressed in full Jedi gear, riding a 10 speed. I saw him on 2 or 3 different days...so it wasn't for some nerd convention.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

I once encountered a really big lady on a wheelchair driving it around like she was driving a damn car. And yes, she held up traffic by going 5km/h

[J pold]

Nothing beats the time I was having lunch in the garden in front of the Nexen building and some man came up to me and the girl I was with and told us that even though we where married (which made the situation rather awkward) he needed to send proof to his mother in China that he had found a wife here in Canada so he suggested that he and the girl I was with get a picture together kissing…she is kind of paranoid and said no, but the strangest thing is that on the surface the guy seemed totally normal, had a nice shirt and tie dress shoes the hole works

[jammies]

Originally Posted by Khel

There is a guy that wanders around at Southland Dr and Horton RD in the SW, wearing a big red shirt, blue shorts, leather gloves, and a weight belt.

Today, he was screaming at the sun to stop shining on him (it's overcast...) and called all of us waiting at the light "flithy scum, and traitors" ....

I'll have you know my shorts are "azure", not plain blue. And I need the weight belt to push the moon out of my face when it gets dark, that sucker's damn heavy.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by J pold

Nothing beats the time I was having lunch in the garden in front of the Nexen building and some man came up to me and the girl I was with and told us that even though we where married (which made the situation rather awkward) he needed to send proof to his mother in China that he had found a wife here in Canada so he suggested that he and the girl I was with get a picture together kissing…she is kind of paranoid and said no, but the strangest thing is that on the surface the guy seemed totally normal, had a nice shirt and tie dress shoes the hole works

He should have hired a hooker and sent her some pictures that really, uh, "hammered home" the proof.

[Bertuzzied]

There was this old lady who lived in Chinatown who used to sing really loud to everyone on the streets and in all the shops. It freaked me out at first but then everyone in the shops would thank her for singing so I guess it was all right.

I found out later that she lived in the same seniors complex as my grandparents and she started going wacko after being trapped in the elevator one day for more than 8 hours.

I don't think she is with us anymore though.

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by Khel

There is a guy that wanders around at Southland Dr and Horton RD in the SW, wearing a big red shirt, blue shorts, leather gloves, and a weight belt.

Today, he was screaming at the sun to stop shining on him (it's overcast...) and called all of us waiting at the light "flithy scum, and traitors"
...

Perhaps this is what happens when you take too many steroids?

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by Kobatuzzied

There was this old lady who lived in Chinatown who used to sing really loud to everyone on the streets and in all the shops. It freaked me out at first but then everyone in the shops would thank her for singing so I guess it was all right.

I found out later that she lived in the same seniors complex as my grandparents and she started going wacko after being trapped in the elevator one day for more than 8 hours.

I don't think she is with us anymore though.

Is she this person??



http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/

[604flames]

There's a guy out here who stands at an intersection on my way to school (Hastings & Cassiar), who likes to direct traffic for the people turning left onto Hastings.. Apparently he's a retiree who just got bored and decided to help out, now he's there every day.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by J pold

Nothing beats the time I was having lunch in the garden in front of the Nexen building and some man came up to me and the girl I was with and told us that even though we where married (which made the situation rather awkward) he needed to send proof to his mother in China that he had found a wife here in Canada so he suggested that he and the girl I was with get a picture together kissing…she is kind of paranoid and said no, but the strangest thing is that on the surface the guy seemed totally normal, had a nice shirt and tie dress shoes the hole works

He was totally setting you up. People in China don't kiss.

[vicphoenix13]

I remember when I was 12 and this threatening looking fellow walked up to my dad near BC Place and said "hey your Kent Austin of the B.C. Lions aren't you?" This guy was on drugs and my dad told me and my brother to walk the other way. My dad was convinced this guy had a knife and we all started to run away.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Is she this person??



http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/

hahahah holy that is funny. i can't wait to buy her cd.

No alas she only sang in chinese. It was pretty catchy though. i would hum it all the way home on the ctrain. hehe

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by Khel

There is a guy that wanders around at Southland Dr and Horton RD in the SW, wearing a big red shirt, blue shorts, leather gloves, and a weight belt.

Today, he was screaming at the sun to stop shining on him (it's overcast...) and called all of us waiting at the light "flithy scum, and traitors"

....

Man, I have seen that guy too and figured he had to be a little squirrley. I've seen that guy in that small park up the road a bit with a freakin weight bench pumping iron in front of rush hour traffic. That guy is indeed odd.

[BlackEleven]

Here in Montreal I saw a guy riding his bicycle around in circles in the middle of a busy intersection blocking most of the traffic. Eventually three guys came out of the back of a minivan that couldn't get around him, picked him and his bike up, and put him on the sidewalk. The whole time they were carrying him was screaming for the police to come and help him and that he was being assaulted.

[Tron_fdc]

I told a homeless guy one night I would buy him scratch tickets if he watched my truck while I was in the bar. Later that night I totally forgot about it, stumbled out, grabbed cab and went home.

The next morning after I picked up my truck I decided to hit Mickey D's for some breakfast, and who should I encounter in the drive thru line but the guy I was supposed to buy scratch tickets for. He asked me for money, and when he recognized me from the night before this crazy look came over his face and he started yelling. I started laughing, which made him even more nuts, and next thing I know he's in the middle of the road on 17th, stopping traffic and SCREAMING at cars, waving his arms around and stomping on the pavement. All the drive thru windows instantly go down and get locked, and all the cars are rolling up their windows and locking their doors. The guy is having a serious meltdown, and I start thinking that even though I gave the guy $5 and a handful of smokes the night before, the fact that he didn't get any scratch 'n plays off me is going to drive him over the edge. I've seen crazy people freak out, but this guy seriously looked like Jack Nicholson in the Shining, if not worse.

I see the guy on 17th from time to time, but I don't think he remembers me. Thank God. I'll never forget the look on his face though... "YOUUUU WEEEEEEEERE SUPPOSED TO BUY ME SCRATCH TICKETS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!