“Who’s the weirdest person you ever met?” – the 19 best replies
“Weird” is a subjective description – one person’s perfectly normal is another person’s “OMG, you do what with the WHAT?”, so it’s always best to apply your own judgement to any accusations of weirdness. Twitter user Finona Hyder asked her followers to make that judgement call.
Who's the weirdest person you ever met?
— Finona Hyder (@andgoseek) February 5, 2019
She had her own tale to tell …
I met a woman at a Robbie Williams concert in 2003 who believed she could communicate with Gareth Gates about his relationship with Jordan by handing him a small plastic doll as he walked by
— Finona Hyder (@andgoseek) February 5, 2019
With the proviso above in mind, we felt these replies were fairly weird – but what do we know? Judge for yourself.
1.
Has to be the 30-year-old who I met as a Fresher in Dundee that had lived in halls for 12 years- on and off- because the 'vibe was just better'. https://t.co/yaeqpQqQgK
— Francisco Garcia (@Ffranciscodgf) February 7, 2019
2.
I met a pissed lad from Tipp on the streets in Brighton late one night who heard my Irish accent and stopped me for a chat. While we were talking he just kept pulling lumps of smoked salmon out of his jeans pocket and eating it. He offered me some which was upsetting so I left. https://t.co/zMhAUvaf39
— a confederacy of lunches (@TriplesodC) February 6, 2019
3.
A guy at Oxegen in 2010, clearly out his mind, handed me his shoe, like it was a phone, and told me to tell his mother that Lucas Leiva should never play for Liverpool again. https://t.co/A5JvOrKOgk
— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) February 7, 2019
4.
I worked with a truck driver who had a fake wife called Sharon who he claimed was a top banker and champion swimmer. He had two or three children depending on the day. Every morning he told me I was going to die. I watched him eat a catering block of Calvita cheese in one sitting
— Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) February 5, 2019
5.
A colleague asked that I meet one of his suppliers who wanted to pitch some marketing ideas. In the meeting he handed me an A4 page with “build a race track around the ring of Saturn.” Written on it. I stared at it for a whole minute trying to figure out how to respond
— Féilim Mac An Iomaire (@FeilimMac) February 7, 2019
6.
A man in his late 30s once showed up at a party I threw in college and when we kicked him out he beat up the taxi we called for him, like with his fists. The next day his MOTHER(!) brought us to her house to explain the €400 damage he did to it, while he sulked in the corner
— Jacek roasting on an open fire McButts (@dolanchap) February 5, 2019
7.
i met someone on an IRC network who gave me a very condescending lecture about MySQL indices and then wanted me to “repay” him by roleplaying pregnancy fantasies with him https://t.co/KO0Ay0gL1N
— Ninji will NEVER log off (@_Ninji) February 7, 2019
8.
A friend asked me to cover a storytelling gig for him but hung up before explaining what it was. Turned out I was opening for Princess Di's formal vocal coach, who was teaching people how to contact their guardian angels by warbling in a specific way.
— Dave Rudden (@d_ruddenwrites) February 5, 2019
9.
A man passing by Grogans who was telling us about his website mapping all Ireland's holy wells (it did exist) then said he'd throw my friend down one for being a protestant
— Ruairi Casey (@Ruairi_Casey) February 5, 2019
10
In many ways I'd have to say the guy I used to share a room with who dildoed himself all night with me there trying to sleep, literally for several hours every night, eventually spraying/smearing shit all over his bed and the walls and make no attempt to clear it up. https://t.co/odPe3VGE2I
— Trevor Bastard NVQ Level 2, CEO Grannymugger Media (@GRANNYMUGGER) February 6, 2019
