The Local weirdo

[Cheese]

There's a fella who lives round the corner from me - Gordon. Mid-60's I'd guess. Wears a beret, a kilt, and a military jacket, on a daily basis. Never seen him wearing anything 'normal'. He cycles from Leyland to Wigan and back every day. No idea why. There's a good chance you'll see him if you drive up the A49 regularly enough. When I first started drinking in pubs, he'd turn up and strip down to his boxers and dance around like a lunatic, then get thrown out and move onto the next one. Absolute fucking nutter. Always on his bike, either talking to himself, or shouting stuff at people. Local gossip says he had a yound child who was killed in a road accident a few decades ago, and he completely lost his marbles - which is understandable I suppose. No idea if that's true though. I always shout "Alright Gordon?" and he says "Aye lad. Get on a bike!"

I also see that "Bounce By The Ounce" bloke in my local shop a lot. Goes by the name Jacko. He doesn't live round here but his family do. He's mad as a box of frogs. Always dancing, whether there's any music or not.

Edited December 31, 2021 by Cheese

[Rudy]

37 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Coca cola man. 

Used to wander the streets of Bromley Cross always dressed shoddily always with a 2 litre bottle of coke in a blue plastic bag mumbling to himself. 

Rumour had it he was a millionaire. Obvs

Didn’t he win the lottery?

15 minutes ago, Cheese said:

There's a fella who lives round the corner from me - Gordon. Mid-60's I'd guess. Wears a beret, a kilt, and a military jacket, on a daily basis. Never seen him wearing anything 'normal'. He cycles from Leyland to Wigan and back every day. No idea why. There's a good chance you'll see him if you drive up the A49 regularly enough. When I first started drinking in pubs, he'd turn up and strip down to his boxers and dance around like a lunatic, then get thrown out and move onto the next one. Absolute fucking nutter. Always on his bike, either talking to himself, or shouting stuff at people. Local gossip says he had a yound child who was killed in a road accident a few decades ago, and he completely lost his marbles - which is understandable I suppose. No idea if that's true though. I always shout "Alright Gordon?" and he says "Aye lad. Get on a bike!"

I also see that "Bounce By The Ounce" bloke in my local shop a lot. Goes by the name Jacko. He doesn't live round here but his family do. He's mad as a box of frogs. Always dancing, whether there's any music or not.

I recognise him but don’t know why

[Cheese]

4 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I recognise him but don’t know why

He went viral a few years back because of his appearance in this video. Skip to 1:30 if you can't be arsed.

 

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[Spider]

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

He went viral a few years back because of this video. Skip to 1:30 if you can't be arsed.

 

That’s just @Escobarp on his third day in Bangkok

[fatolive]

17 minutes ago, Cheese said:

There's a fella who lives round the corner from me - Gordon. Mid-60's I'd guess. Wears a beret, a kilt, and a military jacket, on a daily basis. Never seen him wearing anything 'normal'. He cycles from Leyland to Wigan and back every day. No idea why. There's a good chance you'll see him if you drive up the A49 regularly enough. When I first started drinking in pubs, he'd turn up and strip down to his boxers and dance around like a lunatic, then get thrown out and move onto the next one. Absolute fucking nutter. Always on his bike, either talking to himself, or shouting stuff at people. Local gossip says he had a yound child who was killed in a road accident a few decades ago, and he completely lost his marbles - which is understandable I suppose. No idea if that's true though. I always shout "Alright Gordon?" and he says "Aye lad. Get on a bike!"

I also see that "Bounce By The Ounce" bloke in my local shop a lot. Goes by the name Jacko. He doesn't live round here but his family do. He's mad as a box of frogs. Always dancing, whether there's any music or not.

That fella is a parent of a lad in a team my lad played football against last couple of seasons. 
someone told me he was the bounce by the ounce guy , I’d no idea, but when I checked it out it certainly explained his behaviour pitch side . 
he came and watched  in an iron man mask once 
he’s a fucking fruit loop 

[Rudy]

2 minutes ago, Cheese said:

He went viral a few years back because of this video. Skip to 1:30 if you can't be arsed.

 

😂 fuckin hell

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, fatolive said:

That fella is a parent of a lad in a team my lad played football against last couple of seasons. 
someone told me he was the bounce by the ounce guy , I’d no idea, but when I checked it out it certainly explained his behaviour pitch side . 
he came and watched  in an iron man mask once 
he’s a fucking fruit loop 

He's actually a proper nice fella. Funny as fuck too. He just doesn't give a shit. Every credit to him.

[Cheese]

He's got his own youtube channel. It's strangely fascinating.

 

[Rudy]

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

He's got his own youtube channel. It's strangely fascinating.

 

To be fair I’ve had a few nights in warehouse project and this mon doesn’t compare to some of the lizard people in there 

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, Rudy said:

To be fair I’ve had a few nights in warehouse project and this mon doesn’t compare to some of the lizard people in there 

What makes him stand out though is that it he's not under the influence. He's like that all the time. Even in the Co-Op at 10AM.

[fatolive]

Just now, Cheese said:

He's actually a proper nice fella. Funny as fuck too. He just doesn't give a shit. Every credit to him.

Yeh can imagine he’d be a laugh and every ones different than when they are at football , he didn’t do any harm as such, just a bit of a fruit cake . 
9am in the morning marching around Sharples car park singing” we’re going to score one more than you “ to all our players ( 16 & 17 yr olds) going in to get changed,for a match that kicked off at10:30, he was only opposition parent there , the lad he was watching wasn’t even there yet , he’d come early to sing it especially while wearing an iron mask and doing the  march,along with his sideline ballooning , means I’m comfortable with my fruit loop assessment on this occasion.😁

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, fatolive said:

Yeh can imagine he’d be a laugh and every ones different than when they are at football , he didn’t do any harm as such, just a bit of a fruit cake . 
9am in the morning marching around Sharples car park singing” we’re going to score one more than you “ to all our players ( 16 & 17 yr olds) going in to get changed,for a match that kicked off at10:30, he was only opposition parent there , the lad he was watching wasn’t even there yet , he’d come early to sing it especially while wearing an iron mask and doing the  march,along with his sideline ballooning , means I’m comfortable with my fruit loop assessment on this occasion.😁

Sounds like him 😂

[Cheese]

This is him visiting my local Tesco wearing various things on his head 😂

If only video recording equipment had been so readily available to every local nutter decades ago! Imagine what we could have witnessed!

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[Spider]

Bet his house fckin stinks

[Whitestar]

3 hours ago, Spider said:

Oi

@Youri McAnespie @Rudy

Do you remember a GL lad called Piggy? Always wandering about on crutches..?

Piggy Gore?

 

Allegedly jumped off the top of Hayward Lever coz he thought he could fly?

[Rudy]

Just now, Whitestar said:

Piggy Gore?

 

Allegedly jumped off the top of Hayward Lever coz he thought he could fly?

YES!!

[Cheese]

11 minutes ago, Spider said:

Bet his house fckin stinks

You're not gonna believe this, and I don't blame you. I've just found out that's my Brother-in-Laws flat that he leaves, and it's my Brother-in-Law that says "Godspeed". Seriously...

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[Dimron]

I've been walking around my village without a dog.

Probably the new weirdo

[Spider]

21 minutes ago, Cheese said:

You're not gonna believe this, and I don't blame you. I've just found out that's my Brother-in-Laws flat that he leaves, and it's my Brother-in-Law that says "Godspeed". Seriously...

Your brother in law stinks

[Cheese]

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

Your brother in law stinks

Possibly. I don't know him very well. RoyalWhite probably knows more about him than I do!

[ErnestTurnip]

In a sign of how times have changed Breightmet folk might remember Kenny Howcroft who often got put in this category, only weirdness was being gay iirc.