Loonies!

curlygirly9
curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
edited December 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
I don't know if I've mentioned this or not before, but I attract loonies. I am a looney magnet. For example, on my way home from work today, I stopped into Taco Bell for a quick lunch and to sit for a minute. I was one of three people in there, and the weirdest lady comes in, she looks around to figure out where she's going to sit, (which is basically anywhere!) and sits down right next to me. She immediately asked me if I have a dog, I say yes, and she tells me about her cats and how she worries about all the animals because it's hot this weekend and doesn't want them all to die. Then, she tells me that I should invent a talking dog collar with a button in which dogs (?) can talk into and let their owners know when they are too hot, and that everyone would buy them if I made them. Ok, I'll get on that :lol:

I take the bus everyday and live in the Portland metro area, so I meet my share of bizarre people but this lady was something else. Anyone else met any loons lately? Go!
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  • Lone Drawn Meteor
    Lone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Responded to a craigslist ad yesterday. The person was selling a drafting table I need for my office.
    What should have been a 2 minute conversation, lasted 45 minutes as she rambled on about finding Christianity.
    It wasn't so much the topic that was the problem. It was the insane conclusions she drew from passages in the Bible. Yeeesh.
    But I let her go on and on and on because it was entertaining! :lol:
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    no, I repel them. they look at me and turn around and go the other way.
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Yes! Cragislist = Loon haven
    Mr. Fingerbottom wrote:
    Responded to a craigslist ad yesterday. The person was selling a drafting table I need for my office.
    What should have been a 2 minute conversation, lasted 45 minutes as she rambled on about finding Christianity.
    It wasn't so much the topic that was the problem. It was the insane conclusions she drew from passages in the Bible. Yeeesh.
    But I let her go on and on and on because it was entertaining! :lol:
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  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    I wholeheartedly believe that you are a magnet for loonies, but it's kind of padding your stats to frequent places like Taco Bell, no? :lol:

    But seriously folks...

    I feel like I encounter a fair amount of nut cases (not as many as people who take public transportation regularly: that's a gold mine right there).

    I overheard a woman share this gem last week, delivered with an air of true concern, with a completely disinterested receptionist: "My husband is getting emotionally ready (*dramatic pause*) to fill my windshield wiper system." :?

    It's nothing compared to the dog-to-human interpreter suggestion, but if you heard the conviction in this woman's voice, you'd have given her as wide a berth as I did.
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    :lol::lol: and I hardly ever go to Taco Bell btw, it's cheap and I was starving! :lol:
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  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    curlygirly9 wrote:
    :lol::lol: and I hardly ever go to Taco Bell btw, it's cheap and I was starving! :lol:

    And you got a glimpse into the workings of the mind of the insane. So, a win win!
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    I think I just need to stop eating around people. A couple months ago I was at a bus stop outside of Winco and I was eating a slice of pizza waiting for the bus. When I got to the bus stop, there was another weird lady eating something from McDonalds and I sat down next to her on the bench. She was really annoyed that I was there and told me rudely that I had just missed the bus. I said, "Yeah, I know, that's why I grabbed a bite to eat while I wait." She stopped eating so she could watch me eat. The pizza slice was enormous and hard to eat, and I had several bags of groceries with me, my purse, etc. so I was tearing off pieces into smaller bites and she goes, "WHY ARE YOU EATING IT LIKE THAT?!" "BECAUSE I WANT TO!" Fuck. :lol:
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  • kdizzle.delio
    kdizzle.delio Posts: 292
    i thought this was athread to the appreciation of the great $1 coins we have in Canada, my mistake. i don't really have any crazy stories
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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    :o Are your coins in Canada called 'Loonies'?!
    kdizzle.delio wrote:
    i thought this was athread to the appreciation of the great $1 coins we have in Canada, my mistake. i don't really have any crazy stories
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  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    curlygirly9 wrote:
    :o Are your coins in Canada called 'Loonies'?!
    kdizzle.delio wrote:
    i thought this was athread to the appreciation of the great $1 coins we have in Canada, my mistake. i don't really have any crazy stories
    Just the dollar coin.
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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    :o Way Cool!
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  • AlbertaGirl70_
    AlbertaGirl70_ Posts: 1,738
    kdizzle.delio wrote:
    i thought this was athread to the appreciation of the great $1 coins we have in Canada, my mistake. i don't really have any crazy stories

    :lol::lol: I thought it was something like that also.........
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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Well, Canadians are perfectly welcome here :)
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  • AlbertaGirl70_
    AlbertaGirl70_ Posts: 1,738
    Don't forget the twonnie!
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    I will walk w/my face blood
    I will walk w/my shadow flag

    Memories back when she was smooth and strong
    and waiting for the world to come along...

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    I thought this was going to be a thread about the Canadian dollar coin.
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    I thought this thread would have something to do with Monty Python. :P

    On topic: I don't have too many experiences with loonies. Fairly certain there's something, but can't think of an event. Oh, there was one time on the metro when I decided to change carts at one stop because some guy was shouting very angrily at something that wasn't there. :?
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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Just got home, and no joke, my bus driver was eating pre-sliced cheese from a bag while driving :fp:
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    curlygirly9 wrote:
    Just got home, and no joke, my bus driver was eating pre-sliced cheese from a bag while driving :fp:


    That doesn't sound so weird. I could go for some cheese right now actually.
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    DS1119 wrote:
    curlygirly9 wrote:
    Just got home, and no joke, my bus driver was eating pre-sliced cheese from a bag while driving :fp:


    That doesn't sound so weird. I could go for some cheese right now actually.

    It was weird :?
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  • LiLiNY81
    LiLiNY81 Posts: 775
    I have to share two of my best "loonie" encounters:

    I was at Rite Aid, browsing in one of the aisles when this guy comes up to me and says "Can I ask you a question?" I said "Sure." He says "Do you like Dunkin Donuts coffee or Starbucks coffee better?" I thought it was a bit odd, but I'm a friendly person and my interest was peaked. I said "Well for flavored coffees, I like Starbucks, otherwise Dunkin is better." He says "Oh ok....Letterman or Leno?" Now I didn't know what the hell he was getting at, but again I played along. I said "Neither, I like Jimmy Fallon." He proceeded to ask who Jimmy Fallon was and I explained. He then tells me I have beautiful hair. My hair was up in a messy bun, I had on a hoodie and black lounge pants. This guy seemed a bit "off" and I was starting to feel uneasy. I began to walk away and he's like "Oh wait, before you go...I have to show you the secret handshake." I really didn't know what to say or do, I just kind of stammered and was like "Uhhhhh...." and before I knew it, I was doing some handshake thing with him. And then he walked away. I'm pretty sure in some other country (or whatever planet he was from), we're married :lol:

    And this one's great. My best friend and I used to go to one on-the-road Mets game a year. One year we went to Philly. We were sitting in the hotel lobby, having a drink before the game and this guy kept like circling around by us. He'd walk around the entire lobby and look at us each time he passed. It amused us more than anything. Next thing I know, he sits down in the empty chair next to us and just keeps nodding his head going "uh huh, uh huh." I look at him and go "Hello...how are you?" He says "Yep..." My friend and I look at each other and just start cracking up. He asks us if we're from the area and we say no. I ask him if he is staying in the hotel, he said "No, I'm staying at the Holiday Inn down the way." Then we were all just looking at each other....awkward. He goes "Ooooh, nuts!" (there was a bowl of mixed nuts on the little coffee table in our sitting area). He asks "Can I have some?" I said "Go for it!" and at this point my friend can't contain her laughter anymore. Then he asks "So....how much?" I said "Uh...for what, the nuts?" He said "No...how much" and points to my friend and I! I was shocked. Here we were, wearing Mets t-shirts and jeans. Nothing implying that we were hookers! I said "Um, we're not for sale," and we got up and left for the game. WTF?!
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