Local legends/idots
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swifthobo

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869 posts

199 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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As title says everywhere has its local idiots/legends for instance the puppet man from Norwich and the bloke that waddles round my village asking everybody if they saw the football have you lot got any?

DSS1

183 posts

175 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Plenty in and around Ilford / Seven Kings matey, i'll be here till tomorrow if I was to list the ones I'd heard of

Lordbenny

8,752 posts

248 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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This aint gonna stay here long!

Eighteeteewhy

7,259 posts

197 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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This thread was done not long ago.....over there ---->

Nedzilla

2,439 posts

203 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Purple Aki........I say no more.

yahtzee

464 posts

187 months

Oakey

27,981 posts

245 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Is it that time of the month when we reboot the topics already?

swifthobo

Original Poster:

869 posts

199 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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my bad didn't know it was done frown

dmulally

6,401 posts

209 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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I grew up in a town that only had two streets.

Our local legend was a peacock.

Robb F

4,614 posts

200 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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All the local pubs in my area get visited by a fella with a backet full of sea food. He's well know by, well everybody, and does the best prawn cocktail I've had!

z4chris99

12,521 posts

208 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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in taunton there are many:

moon man walks around town all day as he is in training to go to the moon

bare chest man. come rain, snow sleet or sunshine he walks around in shorts with no top on. he is a fat bd.

little britain pair. Chap in wheelchair with orange hair and no legs, other guy pushes him round all day, spitting image of little britain pair. They are often found train spotting at the railway station.

In Oman there is a guy who stands on a roundabout trying to hit cars with a spade all day.

Special K

893 posts

188 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Nedzilla said:
Purple Aki........I say no more.
This. Deserves a tread all of its own ......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki

duncancallum

982 posts

207 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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You can buy Purple Aki shirts.


Cock Womble 7

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259 months

43034

2,971 posts

197 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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z4chris99i said:
little britain pair. Chap in wheelchar with orange hair and no legs, other guy pushes him round all day, spitting image of little britain pair. They are often found train spotting at the railway station.
Lou and Andy, whoppers those 2! There's also 'Monobrow Man' who wears thick sunglasses and, surprisingly has a monobrow. A friend of Lou and Andy he is.

NoVetec

9,967 posts

202 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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A tramp used to cycle around Exeter on various stolen bikes. As kids it was a legendary task to ask him where he lived. The answer: "In my pocket."

Another one used to reside around the canal, and used to dress in a Rabbi-like robe. We used to find him sleeping sometimes, so we threw stuff at him. One time he chased us with a knife!

A tad tt-ish I suppose, but we were young. There's another one who's still alive. He walks about collecting scrap metal, wood and rubbish in a trolley. He's called the 'borrower'. Fairly friendly guy, but always stinks of piss. A lot.

stevethegreek

581 posts

222 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Ginger Mills from St.Albans...a lovely old fella and real character...RIP

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/2052028.ginge...

Ki3r

8,857 posts

188 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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Gordon the Tramp is well known in Bournemouth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_the_Tramp

Haven't seen him myself though.

davepoth

29,395 posts

228 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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There's a tramp in Bath who sometimes masturbates in front of the train station.

down4whatever

116 posts

199 months

Thursday 9th February 2012
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NoVetec said:
A tramp used to cycle around Exeter on various stolen bikes. As kids it was a legendary task to ask him where he lived. The answer: "In my pocket."

Another one used to reside around the canal, and used to dress in a Rabbi-like robe. We used to find him sleeping sometimes, so we threw stuff at him. One time he chased us with a knife!

A tad tt-ish I suppose, but we were young. There's another one who's still alive. He walks about collecting scrap metal, wood and rubbish in a trolley. He's called the 'borrower'. Fairly friendly guy, but always stinks of piss. A lot.
There's also the guy with the mental dreadlocks piled on his head "that belonged to his dead best friend", matey with the banjo and, my favourite, the guy of about 60ish who has an action man skateboard that he uses in the high street. He is apparently unable to turn the skateboard once moving, and so has to line it up with exactly where he wants to go, by hand, before he sets off.

E.T.A
There's also the guy that is described as "the guy that walks like this" /does impression of man walking with no spinal movement/ and everyone ALWAYS knows who you mean. I used to live downstairs from him, and he was terrifying.

Edited by down4whatever on Thursday 9th February 21:58