If you do not have a local weirdo in your town...
they're probably in santa cruz. downtown is crawling with weirdos. i could go on for ages. instead, i'll just touch upon my favorites:

the reverand- a "psychic" who will read your tarot cards, or come up and ask you for money. if you tell him you have none he yells "the reverand is psychic and he knows that you are lying! you do have money!" he was recently arrested for selling pot, but i beleive he is once again out yelling at innocent schoolchildren.

john- john is the bill gates of the bum world. he has six shopping carts tied together, filled with god knows what. rumor has it that he used to be really successful, but he decided the vagrant life was better.

violin man- a little old mexican who stands on street corners and plays the violin. he's been there for as long as anyone can remember.

bum behind the dumpster- my old school was located downtown and there was a bum that lived behind the dumpster. if we got too loud during physics we would wake him up.

dirtclod- the leader of the bums. he is a real asshole. he used to live in a forest behind my house but he got arrested for heroin possession.

marty- short for the mardi gras lady. little old woman that hangs out in the local vintage stores, constantly getting kicked out of them for upsetting the other customers (ie she smells and makes strange noises). she is always dressed in quite possibly every article of clothing she owns, and finishes it off with a marti gras purple-green-gold mask with huge feathers. she looks pregnant but i doubt even a sex-starved mental patient would fuck her.

the guy with chunks in his hair- (self explanitory)

also there is the man, that upon seeing any small child (or anyone under 30 for that matter) starts saying "they are all obnoxious they are all obnoxious they are all obnoxious" in a falsetto voice.

and the man that yells at strangers in the street, cars on the freeway, bushes, mailboxes, etc.

and the relatively nice-looking woman who flips people off and laughs at random.

well, there you have it. a field-guide of the local weirdos.
(sponch!, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 2:03, Reply)