my FAVORITEST crazy:

to start, my dad works for Mental Health for the federal gov.
so i am pretty used to being around those with mental deficiencies. but this one kinda scares me. we have a lady on the west side of S.J. who we call 'Peace Lady'. she sits on the corner with her earphones on (tuned to the radio), head down, fingers in the air in the Peace Sign and talking to herself. apparently (as per my dad) she is receiving messages from God through her radio

When I lived in Dublin, Ireland in the mid-90s I worked on O'Connell St. There was an older lady (probably in her 50s or 60s) who'd get all dressed up in a long dress, heels, hair up, full makeup and she'd ballroom-dance with herself near the fountain like Ginger Rogers, singing. Often, she'd have an open umbrella with her--even if it wasn't raining.

AnotherLoverToo said:

That ROCKS!! oh, how happy. Now that's a lady I'd like to know.

Stax said:

I saw him when I was in LA! He's fun too.

Heiress said:

I know exactly who you're talking of. He does some kind of crazy 'Richie Havens'-style stuff when he is actually performing, but most of the time just he's ranting. AND HE ALWAYS RANTS DIRECTLY AT ME when I walk past but I can never hear what he's saying because I usually have my walkman playing

Hey what about that other guy. I first noticed him when I arrived a few years ago, but he's not so much around anymore. He used to walk around in a grimey track-suit, with his hair really greased back, and (this is the 'crazy' part) cradle a personal stereo in his arms while it literally BLASTS out some cheesy latino dance crap. He would walk down the street, and even on the tram, like some sort of mobile fiesta, and EVERY time he'd walk past someone even mildly female, he'd be letching all over them I really hope you know who I'm talking about, and that it isn't some sort of 'Fight Club'-style memory relapse. Come to think of it, I've been wondering who's tracksuit that was on my radiator

Let's all laugh at the mentally ill shall we? What's next? "Who's your favourite wheelchair-bound person?"

Let's all laugh at the mentally ill shall we? What's next? "Who's your favourite wheelchair-bound person?"

doctormcmeekle said:

OK, my favorite wheelchair-bound person is my best friend's son, Othman. He's adorable.

Heiress said:

Hey McMeekle you're pulling the same stunt as you did when I had a thread like this! Let's not think of these descriptions as jokes, but rather as case studies shall we? It seems that the majority of us here aren't psychiatrists so it's no suprise that our interpretations of these 'crazies' are going to lack the cold, impersonal, 'professional' touch. Rather than confuse an emotional response with 'mocking', let's just accept it as the natural human human curiosity at play.

And besides, if ever I was one for masturbating inside bin-liners, outside the entrance of my local supermarket, then I wouldn't expect any different from my cognitively-aligned compadres.

As you were.

Is your sig a comment on the current weather patterns in Montpellier? It's been raining in Lattes, off and on, for two days...

The irony? My city's in the middle of the fucking Bible belt of my province. Shouldn't a group of people that claims to be Christian do something nutty like, ya know, act like Christians?

meow85 said:

For more discussion of this timely topic, please go see my thread about Christian conservatives in P&R!

Did I really make a thread that offended someone? wow.

In any case, it surely wasn't my intention. As someone pointed out, it's all meant with affection. I started the thread cause this guy makes my day when I run into him. And almost everyone I know knows people like that, and they make us smile. Not in a make fun of way, just in a connecting with another human way. If someone is offended by that, so be it.

Did I really make a thread that offended someone? wow.

In any case, it surely wasn't my intention. As someone pointed out, it's all meant with affection. I started the thread cause this guy makes my day when I run into him. And almost everyone I know knows people like that, and they make us smile. Not in a make fun of way, just in a connecting with another human way. If someone is offended by that, so be it.