Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#16 Post by Punishment466 » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:49 pm

Who's the old man who stands up on a platform, and hoolah hoops all day? He's got a sign written up, but I've never managed to read it.

I thought he was doing it on stilts when I first saw him :P.

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#17 Post by rogue » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:39 pm

Punishment466 wrote:Who's the old man who stands up on a platform, and hoolah hoops all day? He's got a sign written up, but I've never managed to read it.

I thought he was doing it on stilts when I first saw him :P.
It says something about his age (74, i think) and a little story about his time in the Korean(?) War. Not sure what else it says.

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#18 Post by Howie » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:40 pm

Check out the Adelaide Review this week... Adelaide Legend Johnny is on the front page ! :)

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#19 Post by sam » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:21 pm

Just noticed that earlier this morning myself!

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#20 Post by Mants » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:17 pm

has anyone else seen the tall balding man with wonky legs and always walks along with food all over his face n muttering. i see him nearly ever time im in town.

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#21 Post by bmw boy » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:28 pm

Mants wrote:has anyone else seen the tall balding man with wonky legs and always walks along with food all over his face n muttering. i see him nearly ever time im in town.
Is he the oldish guy who looks like he's perminantly walking on his tippy toes and always carrys some kind of bag??

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#22 Post by Diamond » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:11 pm

Haha this thread is gold!

How about the youngish asian guy who usually walks down Rundle Mall early in the morning with a rose in his hand and sings at the top of his voice. His songs echo halfway down the mall :lol: . I wonder if he does karaoke, hmmmm

Oh, and there's also that old guy who sings in the mall, wears oversized novelty sunglasses, has a giant flower pinned to his jacket, and a toy puppy dog next to him on the ground. Hehe, I enjoy his singing :P
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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#23 Post by jk1237 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:49 pm

By the way has anyone been stopped by a fairly short, stocky man, normal looking but dorky, that will waive at you and say hello. He will then shake your hand for 5 mins after which he will ask for money.
By the way the wonky legged guy with the bag is quite nice and friendly. I guess he has cerebal palsy (spelling guess) which seems to scare a few people. And also, I dont know where all the natives have gone :D

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#24 Post by bmw boy » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:40 pm

jk1237 wrote: ...By the way the wonky legged guy with the bag is quite nice and friendly. I guess he has cerebal palsy (spelling guess) which seems to scare a few people.
Not too long ago, I saw him In rundle mall just run up to the cibo mini cafe booth thingy.... and agressively opend a jar of cookies and tried to run off with some lol. The 2 scared girls in there didnt no what to do.... they were just shouting at him 2 get away and after a while he got scared to and ran off lol.

After no luck there, he went a few stores down to the smokemart and tried to steal cars/wrapping paper on the stand outside the shop.

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#25 Post by jk1237 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:03 pm

oh dear, maybe I'll take back what I said about being nice and friendly :oops: Never a dull moment in Adelaide

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#26 Post by Diamond » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:54 pm

bmw boy wrote:
jk1237 wrote: ...By the way the wonky legged guy with the bag is quite nice and friendly. I guess he has cerebal palsy (spelling guess) which seems to scare a few people.
Not too long ago, I saw him In rundle mall just run up to the cibo mini cafe booth thingy.... and agressively opend a jar of cookies and tried to run off with some lol. The 2 scared girls in there didnt no what to do.... they were just shouting at him 2 get away and after a while he got scared to and ran off lol.

After no luck there, he went a few stores down to the smokemart and tried to steal cars/wrapping paper on the stand outside the shop.
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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#27 Post by Norman » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:03 pm

Wow, I'm missing out :lol:

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#28 Post by Mants » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:15 pm

haha, last week i saw some tourists having a photo with him. my friend and i doubled back just to see if we werent seeing things! freaky!


there is also a friendly looking man who sells the big issue outside the myer centre almost everyday.

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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#29 Post by Diamond » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:29 pm

Mants wrote:there is also a friendly looking man who sells the big issue outside the myer centre almost everyday.
Are u talking about the guy who wears different random hats? Such as the sailor kind of one, or the elf style hat? He also has longish hair, tall, has about 4 magazines on a long folder thingy, and looks like an amish person. :?:
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Re: Favourite loonies/oddballs of Adelaide

#30 Post by duke » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:29 pm

Has anyone seen that short dude who always wears black and in winter a long trench coat?
He can often be seen walking around town between 12:30pm and 2:30pm.

Oh thats me! :P


Has anyone ever spoken to the guy on the bike that goes *beep beep* ?

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