Tell me about the village idiot in your neighborhood

acoustic guy
acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
You know what I mean, The one or two weird people that everybody knows about in town IE........

Where I live I have Slobber Bob, he walks up and down the boardwalk everyday. If he stops to talk he ONLY....only will talk about Parade bands.
You can always tell if he ate something b/c he had it all over his face.

Growing up we had two different people we called the walkers.
The one guy looked very grizzly with a full thick beard and long hair, he would walk every single day rain or shine down the main stretch of road for years and years. I mean like 15 years! He got hit by a car and hurt himself, then we stated riding a bike.
The other walker was a woman who actually was not that bad looking. If you honked she would wave with a huge grin on her face. I hear that some guys picked her up and fooled around but who knows if its true.

Oh and we had Richie Pinch Me! LOL
He would hang out in front of the Wawa Market all night waiting for kids to show up on bikes or a car. Then he would break dance for girls and ask them to pinch his left arm that had no feeling in it. He would get off on it. The local EMT people gave him a radio that does not work lol, when he saw them drive by he would act like he was talking on it hahaha

Weird huh? LOL
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  • Bathgate66
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  • AmentsChick
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    That would be my crazy roommate.
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  • NY PJ1
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    he loves pearl jam and talks to fools on a message board all day
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I wonder when people will find another way of managing their discomfort around mentally ill people? This pointing, laughing, and spitting really has gone on for hundreds of years hasn't it?
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  • eyedclaar
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    Used to be a crazy, heroin addicted, Vietnam vet with a couple of sexual assault on a minor convictions who used to walk (limp) his two mean lookin' chows up and down the street. One day he died of an overdose. I saw the ambulance take his sheet covered body away. Some other folks moved in, etc.

    Then, two months later, I'm working in the front yard and THERE HE IS! Just walking those same two dogs right past my house like he always did. I just stopped and stared at him the whole time he walked by. He never looked my way, never said anything. I'm not one to get freaked, but...

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  • in_hiding79
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    It's a guy who walks his teeny tiny little terrier while he smokes a cigar, talks to himself, wears a hoodie (even in Texas HEAT), has on sandals and I believe he might even answer himself as well! It's quite the sight! It's every evening around 6:30pm rain or shine!! Poor little doggie :(
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    justam wrote:
    I wonder when people will find another way of managing their discomfort around mentally ill people? This pointing, laughing, and spitting really has gone on for hundreds of years hasn't it?
    Wait a minute....
    I used the term Village Idiot b/c of its history.
    That said, No one ever cursed, spit or did mean things to them. As far as I know most people just let them be.
    I started the thread b/c I had so many in my area, I wondered if others did aswell.
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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    justam wrote:
    I wonder when people will find another way of managing their discomfort around mentally ill people? This pointing, laughing, and spitting really has gone on for hundreds of years hasn't it?

    It would be much more fun if these people were locked up, they charge us admission and we could go in and see a bunch of them all at once. Just like the zoo (or Planet of the Apes).
    "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room."

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  • in_hiding79
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    acoustic guy wrote:
    Wait a minute....
    I used the term Village Idiot b/c of its history.
    That said, No one ever cursed, spit or did mean things to them. As far as I know most people just let them be.
    I started the thread b/c I had so many in my area, I wondered if others did aswell.


    Man, we have a ton in here......:rolleyes:
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Wait a minute....
    I used the term Village Idiot b/c of its history.
    That said, No one ever cursed, spit or did mean things to them. As far as I know most people just let them be.
    I started the thread b/c I had so many in my area, I wondered if others did aswell.

    You're right you didn't. I was using a word ("spitting") to describe a lack of respect for the people. Perhaps I should have been more obvious. Sorry.
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    kh65 wrote:
    It would be much more fun if these people were locked up, they charge us admission and we could go in and see a bunch of them all at once. Just like the zoo (or Planet of the Apes).


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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    justam wrote:
    I think that's what freakshows in circuses were originally for.
    that's where I was going with that. I think there is market for that we should bring them back.
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  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    kh65 wrote:
    that's where I was going with that. I think there is market for that we should bring them back.


    hhmmmm, good idea!!! ;)
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
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  • Heineken Helen
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    from what I've heard recently, it's my mother :eek: :(
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  • SENROCK
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    theres a lady who walks all thru the city with a giant parrot on her shoulder. She wears clothing that the parrot blends into so its hard to tell if shes talking to herself or not. Once she turns, u actually SEE and HEAR the parrot talk back! The have full on conversations. :eek:

    then theres a guy that walks freakin FAR. Places it takes 45 minutes to by CAR, he WALKS to.
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  • JordyWordy
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    there's a park across the street from my house, and there's an old guy (must be 60-70) with a massive unkept shaggy beard who jogs around it a few times a week. i first saw him about 6 years ago and he's everpresent since.
    he jogs barefoot, with gardening gloves on, and those REALLY tight 1970's style soccer-shorts...its really funny to look at, but then the thing that hits you is how physically in-shape the guy is....its incredible to see it.

    ill be down there playing football for 2 1/2 hours and hes doing laps of the pitches for the WHOLE time.

    ill miss him when he's gone
  • JordyWordy
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    SENROCK! wrote:
    then theres a guy that walks freakin FAR. Places it takes 45 minutes to by CAR, he WALKS to.

    i love how this is seen as kooky! take it he's never in a hurry then?
  • Hitch-Hiker
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    kh65 wrote:
    that's where I was going with that. I think there is market for that we should bring them back.
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  • acoustic guy
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    There is another one.
    They did a documentary on her a few months ago.
    Its about a woman who thinks she is underdog. You know the cartoon superhero dog? LOL
    She goes to parades dressed as underdog. The last time i saw her was last summer and she had on a princess dress and a wand. She just jumps in the parade and takes the lead, she has been doing it for years.
    I wanna find that show about her. If I do I will post it.
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