It’s not unheard of for random people on the street to say something, well… random. And whether they’re striking a conversation about something so out of context, no one would be able to crack the code, or yelling out something so inexplicable, it ought to leave everyone around noticeably perplexed, such strangers can range from somewhat amusing to downright scary.
All sorts of one-sided conversations with strangers on the street were recently discussed by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, after the user ‘izzie4563’ started a thread about such encounters. Fellow redditors had plenty to share, so if you’re interested in reading their stories, scroll down to find their answers on the list below, and see just how weird and unexpected some exchanges can be.
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Homeless guy on a bike after almost running into me rounding a corner:
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
A guy offered me 100 for my socks. I remained sockless for the rest of the day.
"I'm dressed as a human today." I kept on walking by, but faster! What the hell does that mean?!
Years ago a very, very drunk man unsteadily approached my friend and I in the street. He was squinting at his watch and closing one eye to try and read it. When he finally got to us he asked "Is it 10 in the morning or 10 at night?".
Them: “Anyone ever told you that you look like Vin Diesel?”
Me: “No” (I do not look like Vin Diesel)
Them: “ Well, you don’t.”.
A few hours after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks: "Lovely day for the first day of the Apocalypse, isn't it?".
Was walking my dog when a lady approached, leaned in close, and whispered, "They're listening through the trees," then just walked away like nothing happened. Haven't looked at an oak the same since.
Many years ago while waiting outside a restaurant in New York City with my husband, his sister, and her husband, this lady came up to me and said "I love your coat, where'd you get it?"
After I told her I got it from a thrift store, she started excitedly saying stuff like "I think that coat is designer, you could probably sell it for a lot of money, I'd love a coat like this" etc., and the whole time she was grabbing different parts of the coat and examining them like she was appraising it or whatever, and then she suddenly just quit and walked off without saying another word.
I'm pretty sure she was just trying to distract me while she looked for my purse or searched my pockets or something but the joke was on her because I wasn't carrying a purse and my husband had everything in his pockets so there was nothing to take lol.
I was walking my dogs, and this guy hesitantly passed us. Then he turned around and shouted, "YOUR DOGS ARE RACIST!" My dogs love everyone lol.
"Today, more adults were spanked than children"
I kept walking.
In Long Beach, California when I was a teenager:
Old lady walking past: “Oh you must be a smart boy—your head’s so large you must have a lot of extra brains.”
I’m walking with a school friend down the street. A car stops in the middle of traffic and the driver, a middle aged woman, calls out, “Hey, are you two brothers?”
Both of us look at each other and wonder, even if we were, is she going home and announcing excitedly, “Hey I saw a coupla brothers today!”?
Crazy homeless lady came up to me and in a deep raspy voice said "I've got bodies in my body".
Once I was smoking a cigarette in a designated smoking area and some random lady came up to me screaming "HOW DARE YOU SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE IN FRONT OF ME DON'T YOU KNOW I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR".
"You didn't survive. Welcome to hell, where people yell at random strangers."
A girl said to me very low "I found your wife cheating on you" I don't have a wife or girlfriend lol.
Perhaps just a nasty person hoping to cause trouble for a complete stranger
I had a man come up to me and say “you smell like you’re on your period.” I was.
I was in high school and my delusional stalker said, 'I can smell that you're in heat.' Couple things: I am now /obsessive/ about ensuring I smell good, and you can sucker punch me in the psyche if you tell me I smell... Aaand the guy actually believed I was a werewolf.
At a bus stop very early in the morning sitting next to a very old lady with—I s**t you not—a school clock hanging around her neck. She pointed it towards me and asked me what time it was.
I was smoking a cigarette outside of my first job when 2 guys walked by and asked if I wanted to be in a movie.
It wasn't until years later that I read between the lines on that one..
Mind you, I was 18 and caught off guard, but EW MAN WTF.
“Good thing you’re wearing a mask, it’s important to protect your respiratories, they’re putting 5G towers in here soon and you’ll really need to be protecting your respiratories” from some lady smoking and walking her ancient beagle after I told her the dog was cute.
“Do you do MMA? You just have the kind of face that looks like it could take a punch”. - guy making my sandwich at Subway.
A homeless person in Santa Barbara walked up to me and said " Christmas in July man!" But it was December 15th.
Do you want to see the elephants.
Someone said this to me in the mall. It took years to find out what tf they were talking about. I looked at them all confused and they walked away.
Later I found out they were trying to sell me acid. Oddly enough it was my exhusband as teenagers. I was talking about the odd time someone asked me about elephants at the mall and he started laughing. Not the only time we had run into each other when we were younger. Another time I was walking out of someone's house and we had a hey what's up moment and went about our business.
I was walking home and this older woman was walking towards me, as she got closer, she started snorting and spat a loogie nearby. She then turned to face me and said "Here's a gift for you from the above". It was the most unexpected thing ever
Not on the street but at work one time a patient pulled out a bobble head of Gandhi and when I asked him why he has that he said “I don’t know I’m just from California”.
I was trying to rush to class and a guy popped out from behind a pillar and told me that I look like a female Skrillex. I got the distinct impression he had been waiting for me.
I was walking to my car and a guy stopped his weed wacker to say, "you look comfortable." Then winked at me.
I was in the Miami airport waiting for my GF flight that was late, way late. It was around 1am and I fell asleep in a chair at the gate. I was rousted out of my nap by a guy asking me "Do you have time to talk about our Lord and savior Jesus Christ?" Still groggy I said "Sorry man I don't speak English".....the guy said "Oh, sorry" and walked away....That was 48 years ago and I still remember it and laugh.
I want to lick your toes.
Give me milk to drink.
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took a shortcut through an alley i knew i really shouldn't at 3 in the morning between xmas and new years. a person with altered mental status slid out from behind a dumpster and was like "hey baby, do you need a biiiiig, stroooong, man?" i said "nah, i'm good, thanks", and he just goes "THAT'S RIGHT BABY! NO YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T! NEW YEAR, ALL YOU! YOU GOT THIS!" full volume, all enthusiasm. it made me feels so good about myself, i gave him a couple bucks and told him to keep safe out here. still makes me smile
That turned out... way more wholesome than I thought it would be. Love that story!
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I was walking through an alley on my way home from work. It was late, no one was around, and I was loudly whistling, "If I Only Had A Brain." Suddenly, this man comes stumbling out of a parking structure and gives me his best Scarecrow dance. I gave him a few bucks for lifting my spirit.
Standing at a bus stop, roughly ~20. Guy in a BMW screeched to a halt. Got out, exclaimed, “It must be fate! Have dinner with me.” I politely replied, “Sorry, no, I have a boyfriend”. I occasionally wonder if my life would have been wonderfully changed. Mostly, when I recall the incident, I’m grateful I said, “No”.
Ever since I read about the serial killer that had a handcuff set up in his console, I’ve given major second thoughts to ever getting in a car with a stranger.
Load More Replies... took a shortcut through an alley i knew i really shouldn't at 3 in the morning between xmas and new years. a person with altered mental status slid out from behind a dumpster and was like "hey baby, do you need a biiiiig, stroooong, man?" i said "nah, i'm good, thanks", and he just goes "THAT'S RIGHT BABY! NO YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T! NEW YEAR, ALL YOU! YOU GOT THIS!" full volume, all enthusiasm. it made me feels so good about myself, i gave him a couple bucks and told him to keep safe out here. still makes me smile
That turned out... way more wholesome than I thought it would be. Love that story!
Load More Replies... I was walking through an alley on my way home from work. It was late, no one was around, and I was loudly whistling, "If I Only Had A Brain." Suddenly, this man comes stumbling out of a parking structure and gives me his best Scarecrow dance. I gave him a few bucks for lifting my spirit.
Standing at a bus stop, roughly ~20. Guy in a BMW screeched to a halt. Got out, exclaimed, “It must be fate! Have dinner with me.” I politely replied, “Sorry, no, I have a boyfriend”. I occasionally wonder if my life would have been wonderfully changed. Mostly, when I recall the incident, I’m grateful I said, “No”.
Ever since I read about the serial killer that had a handcuff set up in his console, I’ve given major second thoughts to ever getting in a car with a stranger.
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