Weird People you meet on the Street

[Korastus]

So, as I was getting out of my car to walk into my apartment this evening, I was approached by an older looking woman, about my height, carrying a fairly healthy number of pamphlets. I pretty much knew where this was going, and as she handed me one of them (which I took to be polite), I saw that she was handing out flyers about the Morman religion.
Up to this point, this was nothing unusual, and though I'm not fond of religion in general, I don't take it as a reason to be impolite to people who aren't trying to force anything on me.

This was where things became odd.

"Did you know that Jesus was Jewish?" She asked.
I paused for a moment, somewhat taken aback. Most people are aware of this, of course, but it seems a bit odd as a conversation starter. So, I responded:
"No, but I have it on good authority that he was Mexican."
She wandered away, looking somewhat frightened.

I don't play well with others.

Anyone else have interesting stories about odd conversations with strangers? :O

 

[Aimee]

HAHAHAHAHA
you.just.made.my.day!

 

[Korastus]

Hehe. My pleasure. 😀

 

[desdemona]

Well, I was approached outside of Petsmart one time by someone who wanted $1.23 to get some gas...or was it water? It was over 90 degrees outside. I just found it odd that she had this exact number in mind.

 

[cloudgazer2k]

i remember, quite recently, having a convo with a chap who thought he was the second coming of Moses and a demon hunter. it was then i found out he had been without his meds for some time.

 

[GirlWhoLikes2Laugh]

Well Korastus I do agree with you that is weird. It's actually true and I've heard from a reliable source that Jesus actually was Jewish. I heard that the Last Supper he had was actually a Passover Seder like most Jewish people will be having for the first night tomorrow night. The second night is this Thursday.

 

[Korastus]

Oh, I know that historically, Jesus of Nazarath was Jewish, I just thought it was a really strange way to begin a conversation. XD

 

[xionking]

A friend and I left a pub one night in 2005 and saw this guy kneeling down in a deep puddle of water, drinking the puddle water from his cupped hands.

We asked him, "What are you doing?"
He replied, "I'm on 'shrooms."

I laughed so hard I threw up.


-Xionking

 

[GirlWhoLikes2Laugh]

Oh, I know that historically, Jesus of Nazarath was Jewish, I just thought it was a really strange way to begin a conversation. XD

Oh I didn't know you knew that and yes it's definitely a weird way to begin a conversation.

 

[Sanhael]

Oh I didn't know you knew that and yes it's definitely a weird way to begin a conversation.

I'm not sure what else he might've been..?

 

[sasaxrah]

I'm female, which is relevant to this story. In college I was once approached by some hard-core right-wing Bible study folks who were unaffiliated with the university. It wasn't the first time this group approached me. I feigned interest for a few minutes, asked questions, and they kept pushing me to come to their Bible study. I said, "Sure, I'd love to come... can my girlfriend come too?" When they realized what I meant, they ended the conversation gracefully and walked away.

I was kind of a jackass in college. 😛

 

[milagros317]

Living in New York City, there is no shortage of strange people on the streets some of whom try to begin conversations. I almost never talk to them.

 

[Saeria]

I ALWAYS have strange conversations with people. Jacking with strangers is prolly one of my most favorite pass-times. From asking the Home Depot guys which rope breaks the skin the least to asking fry cooks at Burger King to let me cook my own hamburger since i can "have it my way" there.
I used to actually listen to the Jehovah's Witnesses when they came by, let them in on occasion and give them a drink or something when it was hot. I can't dislike them for being passionate, i'm a passionate person too. Plus, it's always interesting to hear how many ways i'm going to die in the next month. Sometimes, the greatest gift you can give a stranger is your time. If you got it, why not share it?

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

When my girlfriends and I went to Ocean City, MD for a week a few years ago, we spent most evenings at the bar. One night we went to this bar called Party Block, where there's some indoor and some outdoor bars, and it's surrounded by a chain link fence. So we spent the evening there and got pretty hammered. Around 1:30, someone mentioned leaving, and me and two other people walked out, assuming everyone else was following. When we got outside the fence, I looked and noticed the rest of my friends were still inside drinking. (Apparently it was only the 3 of us who thought we were leaving ) The bar closes at 2:00 so they wouldn't let us back in, so I yelled through the fence for my friends to come out. Meanwhile, the other two people who left the bar with me walked home. So there I stood, completely obliterated, outside this bar, waiting for my drunk friends to come out.

Here's the part that addresses the OP...

At this moment, this lady walks up to me with a baby in her arms, and asks me to HOLD HER CHILD while she goes into the bar to find her husband, who was in the bar and had their room key. I wasn't totally sure what to do, because I wasn't sure if I had the balancing capabilities to handle another 20 lbs or whatever, but I finally decided I'd hold the baby. So she hands me her baby her in one hand, and I hold her 7-year old's hand with the other. Evidentely this woman had TWO children out with her, and I became responsible for them both. Lost, and having no idea what to do, I yell to my friends for guidance through the chain link fence. Upon turning around and seeing me with two small children, they were less than helpful, and more concerned that they were unable to take a picture

On another interesting epilogue-esque note, we saw the lady at this seafood restaurant the next day, with the kids and no man. I guess she never found him.

 

[nerdness]

i was in downtown detroit waiting outside of st. andrew's hall (a club/concert venue) for a CKY show, talking to the various homeless guys that were out there. they're usually nice guys.

anyway, another big, fat homeless guy comes up to me, points to my shirt (which was a cleary college shirt), yells, "NFL FOOTBALL!!!" and gives me a big ol' smelly homeless hug.

strange little encounter.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Friend of mine was waiting to cross the street when a stranger approached her and shouted, "No Rape here!! I've been saved!!"

 

[Korastus]

At work today, I witnessed a man riding past the Humana building on a bicycle shouting at people that he was the Invisible man.

 

[tklee88]

lawl!!!!!!! Can we just talk about how much I love this thread!

The only story I can think of is while I was at school. There was a group of religion people of sorts (I have no idea what kind) handing out those green bible thingys. Well, this one guy tries to hand my friend Phillip a bible...and Phillip replies completely straight faced... "Sir, I am an African American Gay Jew...this is of no use to me."...and the guy looks at him and replies "Oh...well....here take it anyway and use it as a paper weight." It was one of those you had to be there moments...the way the guy said it was SO funny, and the fact that Phillip said that didn't even phase him...I guess he thought he'd change his mind and read it anyway. Oh well. 😀

 

[LittleMissDanga]

This happened I few years back. Me and my friend were taking a walk with my brother, who was 2 at the time. He had his binky in his mouth. This guy came up to us, he was like 40 or something idk. He says "There's a little one following you" I'm like "I know". He pointed to his binky and says "That's called a pacifier, from the Latin word meaning 'To Please' I'm sure it really pleases him" I'm like "Yeah" Then he said bye and walked away. When he was out of hearing distance me and my friend were in hysterics. It was really strange.

 

[Sanhael]

I went to Chicago once, a couple of years ago. After leaving the train station (an adventure in and of itself; I'd rather not even discuss the strange person who sat beside me for all of twelve hours) I was walking along a sidewalk. I passed a series of completely unrelated individuals with backpacks, apparently trying to hail transportation... at least, the first four or five were, whilst talking to conversational partners elsewhere via blue-tooth phones.

The last individual, otherwise similar to the others, was also talking out loud to nobody who was physically there... except I couldn't help but notice that he had no blue-tooth, and he was ranting about the lack of civil rights in the pre-Civil-War US as if he had a personal bone to pick.

 

[Mz Chaos]

I ALWAYS have strange conversations with people. Jacking with strangers is prolly one of my most favorite pass-times. From asking the Home Depot guys which rope breaks the skin the least to asking fry cooks at Burger King to let me cook my own hamburger since i can "have it my way" there.

 

[Oddjob0226]

I used to travel alot. I have many stories. Here' one!

One guy came up to me and said he needed $2.00 for gas; he only had about 20 cents. To prove this, he opened up his hand and there was more or less 20 cents - and a methamphetamine rock he quickly tried to hide under his thumb.