Amsterdam - its full of 'em
I moved to Amsterdam about 11 years ago and believe me if the world were to breed eccentrics, this is the place they would spawn from - a few regular examples:

Mr Pants - rumoured to be ex-special forces who went barmy he now makes his money hanging from a rope performing acrobatics from a metal pole on a trailer from his bike on the Leidseplein - wearing nothing but a spangly crotch cover that clips up his butt. He must be also in his 50's and is not a pretty sight...

Then there is make your own clothes man - Always to be seen in town wearing very bizarre clothes fashioned from carpet offcuts.

Or there is the onbviously gay roller blader who can be seen rollerblading in an upper body lycra thing which leaves nothing to the imagination - and last seen at 7am on a december morning with very exposed legs - very scary...

There are many more I can tell you - place is full of them, but I wouldn't live anywhere else
(Waynster James Joyce is fucking my sister!, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:38, 2 replies)

Tell me more
I'm in the Dam right now and come here once a month for a weekend/week to visit my boyfriend.

Our tram (No 5) stops at Leidseplein and I've seen many street acts there but not Mr Pants.

Seriously, do tell me more - I'm in town tomorrow and want to know where to see the extra-freaky freaks!

Sadly I have to live somewhere else for the next year or so but I love this fucking weird, beautiful town too and can't wait to live here.
(posthumous mince is tiptoeing through the tulips, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 16:50, closed)

Mr Pants
Mr Pants is a legend. Seen him many times when in Amsterdam hassling the tourists; gets really angry sometime when people won't give him money. But hey; beer isn't cheap in the bars around Leidseplein!
(Rev O'Lucian will unfortunatly age on, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 12:58, closed)