Just pointing out that mental illness is joke to those who experience it and rather hoping that as a society we moved on from pointing and laughing at ‘nutter’ - clearly more work need
No, you're right BNS it's not a joke but at the moment if I didn't laugh at myself I'd do more than cry, so I'll stick with the laughing.
breakneckspeed lighten up fella, 'nutters' are amusing and that's a fact.
Walks of shaking head disconsolately
We all might laugh. One ride, fall, bump on head and we could be the same as these nutters.
Right Mr Serious has gone, any more pics of loonies.
i think the tone of most of these post has been quite fair. mild bemusement, slight paternalism and interest rather than hostility and cruel laughter.
up in aberdeent there was man in a minikilt and the highlander, who wore a collection of thick furs whatever the weather. you could smell him before you saw him. he claimed in an article in a local holisty crap magazineto be a ninja and a mystic i think
For years and years an old fella stood next to the A10 in Edmonton, tatty suit, tatty white hair, handkerchief in top pocket, gloves, grinning from ear to ear and waving as the traffic went by. You couldn't stop yourself from smiling back at him. What a wonderful person. Maybe he wasn't mad afterall given the sheer number of people who still instantly smile whenever someone mentions him. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
There used to be a guy floated about central station in Glasgow. What in those days we called a tramp, I don't think you can say that anymore though. Anyway I digress, this fella spent his days wandering about the station, looked mental, big red beard and hair in a 'see you jimmy' stylee, was filthy and always steamin'. I met someone who knew his family, turned out he was a doctor, just after he qualified he made a mistake which resulted in the death of a young child. Sent him 'off the rails'. Very sad story really, no pics I'm afread.
[i]tatty suit, tatty white hair,[/i]
Now he sounds mental - a suit and hair made from potatoes.
Fred
and failing this then Arty Gee from Omagh
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Legend has it that the last time the Stones played Slane Keith Richards recognised Arty from back in 'the day' and had him up on stage
Now seen playing a one string guitar outside Supervalue and all cheap charity shops in town
Jimmy Saville
In the case of the Bradford monk, as I stated, I think he's the one laughing at us.
Jimmy Savile used to be a customer in my shop and yes he is completely on another bandwidth.
Unsurprisingly, Glasgow has more than it's fair share.
The Electric Scarecrow is a real stand out
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[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Green ]Stanley Green the less Protein man[/url]
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We all might laugh. One ride, fall, bump on head and we could be the same as these nutters.
And when I do, I hope people speak as fondly of me as most have on here about others.
The Burping Tramp is a favourite of mine who can be seen round the Coronation Road area of Bristol. As his name suggests he is constantly belching and seems to particularly like doing it in the face of well-heeled ladies.
I grew up in Hillsborough which was until recently home to a very large pshyciatric hospital, Middlewood. So we had more than our fair share of local characters.
Walter, Battery Ken, Maureen, Mr Trousers and a couple of lesser known and therefore unnamed ones.
Dancing-Bustop-Upturned-Bike Guy gets all over the city too.
winchester's burping ron.
RIP ron.
the man was a [url= http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1070345.0/?act=complaint&cid=28519 ]local legend[/url]
have a look and listen...
and have a look at the other clips and see if you can figure out what made him turn out like he was.
Ourkidsam yes he's interestig that kid but harmless, took to much acid i think.
My two favourite are from my liverpool days Beep Beep Tony who used to stand in the road and block car till you gave him a beep on your horn.
and Jackothe cardboard guitar tramp see him rock[url=
Some of the names are sublime!
Burping Ron
Mr Trousers
Here's one that I've only ever heard of via the internetz
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinwale_Arobieke ]Purple Aki[/url]
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Jack looks like he's rocking a plaice in that video!
The Catman of Greenock/Gourock
A sometimes Semi naked Feral man who thinks he's a cat.
http://current.com/items/88792802_the-catman-of-greenock-rough-edit.htm
Three in Bathgate, Balaclava man saw him in Tesco about 20 mins ago, balaclava on no matter what the weather used to 'smoke' a pipe but has went all healthy and binned it. Bottle Archie trawls the whole of West Lothian looking for returnable glass bottles now retired. The last nutter and now departed was Paddy Irish guy who used to sing and shout out stories of his time in the army, sometimes carrying a shovel! Think the Police took it away after he tried to cut somebodies head off with it.
Also used to go to Falkirk Tech and some of the patients from Bellsdyke used to go there on day release!
There used to be a nutter cyclist in Kilmarnock.
He would wear a motorcycle helmet, luminous work jacket, and a pair of pants. He was also cross eyed.
If you overtook him in the car he would try and kick it.
I worked in John Menzies. One day he came in and bought 20+ p0rn mags.
Legend 8)
Nutty Nigel round our way... haven't seen him for a few years though.
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=6547
I'm with you Mrsflash. Mental health problems here and when my friends [i]stop[/i] laughing at me then I know I'm in real trouble. Spent a few weeks last winter walking round the streets shouting "go'way" at everyone I saw. Knew I was doing it, couldn't stop. Now in my mostly recovered state, I can't stop laughing thinking about it...
One of the Turbo Island regulars in Bristol - 1 leg, wheelchair, bottle of ace: I've seen him doing a good 20 mph backwards down the middle of Stokes Croft. Dunno what his life story was but I can tell you he was a sad loss to the world of street luge.
check out the [url=
Legends[/url] for a local level look at the people who like to stand out around er Falmouth.
Spent a few weeks last winter walking round the streets shouting "go'way" at everyone I saw. Knew I was doing it, couldn't stop
See, I don't think that's actually all that 'mad'. In fact, I feel a fair amount of empathy with 'nutters'. Breakneckspeed has a very serious and valid point to make, yet seems to be being ignored, largely.
There are some very damaged people out there. Most are harmless, at least to the general public. But they are Human Beings, and deserving of respect. Many simply want to enjoy themselves, and be happy, but can encounter a lot of fear and mistrust from others.
Understanding what's going on inside someone else's head, is damn near impossible. But making the effort to try and understand who you, yourself, are is one way of being able to develop an understanding of others, which can be a very useful tool in life.
It takes but a moment, and a tiny bit of effort, to have compassion for another.
Boriselbrus; all the best to you, feller. Hope life's twists and turns can bring you more happiness.
Bristol nutters; Sapphire 50 year old gay black guy who dresses simply gorgous and swans around Glos rd waving and talking to anyone who'll listen.
The Running man! He runs everywhere! Even when he stops he runs on the spot.
The Blue Nun. Gothy looking guy with blue dyed hair and long black robes. Never speaks and smells as if he sleeps in a cave.
And the biker guy who used to walk around in just leather shorts and big biker boots - nothing else except a flagon of cider. Very strange!
Mrs Flash! 8)
[b]toxic terry[/b] he once set fire to himself ...surley no one can be that mad that they do not realise that smoking fags and drinking petrol should not be mixed.
There's a guy in Belper who wears very bright clothes and rides a unicycle to the shops.
Oh no wait, that's me. I certainly hope people laugh at me - it's always cool to bring a bit of random interest into people's lives.
When I was living in Christchurch NZ I was friends with someone who was probably the local nutter - a guy called Sugra, he wore flouro clothes and sandals or went barefoot, had almost certainly smoked and ingested way too many substances, it wasn't obvious how he made money - I think mainly street performing - he was one of the best jugglers I've ever met, and great doing shows to families of tourists. But yeah - absolute crazy guy, lots of far out notions about zero point energy and conspiracy things. But on the other hand, one of the most inspiring people I've ever met. Just a real free spirit, in a really nice way. Got into all manner of random scrapes, like challenging the government (and winning) on the law relating to unicycling, going on spur of the moment round the world juggling trips, and generally being a bit of a legend for anyone he met.
Joe
P.s. I can't see the detail of the picture of the crazy club person in Manchester above cos i'm on my phone, but I think it could be someone I know.
"pigface" i thought it was a guy now called penguin that stole the penguin from bristol zoo, not the elvis nutter who always had a radio an a bottle of cider on the glyn williams buses. Remember elvis asking me at least 2 a week if i liked the king !
Think 'nutters' are like stones in a stream, disrupting the normal flow just enough to remind us what we think is 'normal' is maybe not all there is.
We've got/had a few, from Sleepy Jesus who wanders the streets all year in shorts and is unfailingly polite and obviously well educated/brought up, yet lives an itinerant life, to Foriegn Coin Eddy who would knock at the door and ask 'have you got any foreign coins?' and would also shout obscenities whenever kids shouted 'Harold Wilson'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
This lass was a bit wrong........
Theres a guy in the redhill,reigate area,oldish bloke full roadie lycra getup and bike,he walks in the road with ripped roadie tights limping holding his wrist as though he has just come of his bike.
He is either very unlucky and falls off a lot or a nutter.
[i]in the 21 centaury do we have to find amusement in pointing and laughing a people with mental health problems and the failings of mental health system[/i]
There's a whole industry based upon this concept. Big Brother, Pop idol, Britain's got talent... etc. etc.
People who I can remember...
The guy who used to stand in Leeds town centre shouting religious chants for hours and hours on end until someone marched over to him screaming to shut the eff up and then lamped him after a short argument.
The chap in my home town who pretened he knew everyone. He would go out on a friday and saturday night and nod and say hello to everyone but nothing more.
Finally, there was this bloke I saw who was always grinning. He was married to this really strange looking woman who earned a lot more than he did. He would listen to complete garbage from other mentally ill people and believed it. Lived in a house in london with number 10 on the front door.
How about a nutter cyclist or two?
Around my parents way there's a guy who uses (excuse my ignorance) a bike that your legs are in front of you. He has paddles attached to the side and uses his arms to proper the bike. He always wears a face mask and wears a bandana, cycles down the middle of the road and shouts swear words at all cars.
When I was a student used to see a local cycling window cleaner ( had a trolley on the back of the bike). Also dressed in day glow lumi clothes, head to toe. Had a lumi bike too iirc. 8)
The truth apparently is a sad story for the first chap.. hit by a drunk driver years ago. 🙄
To be fair the second chap was a decent looking guy - just very eccentric!
purple aki ("Purps") is a nutter for sure but not exactly harmless - he's also a convicted sex offender.
I'd forgotten Reading Elvis though. That made me smile.
Working in Bradford off and on for the next few weeks. Will be looking for the monk.
