strangest thing ever happened to you?

[johnfoss]

Originally Posted by Uniman_3

she was like..this is a 75thousand dollar fountain....
there is no way its a 75thousand dollar fountain..maybe 10thousand..

me and my friend were laughing cuse we knew a bunch of immigrants put it in and she wasnt even there when they put it in..

Amazing. So how much was it? Did you look it up or should we rely on your expertise about public fountains? And those immigrants. Were they donating this fountain to the city or were they maybe hired to do the installation of a fountain that wasn't theirs? Maybe that lady hired them, or was on the committee to decorate that area.

If your brother left any marks, any chips, tire tracks, etc., he should stay the hell off the fountain. You guys can start riding on it when you find those "immigrants" and get their permission because it's obviously theirs.

Sheesh. And if I threw a rock every time I got propositioned by someone in a car... sticks and stones, you know?

End rant.

Here's a strange one. Playing unicycle basketball on a public court in New York's central park, with Luciano Pavarotti doing a live concert in the background. That is an odd juxtaposition of soundtrack for a unicycle basketball game...

[johnfoss]

Originally Posted by Uniman_3

she was like..this is a 75thousand dollar fountain....
there is no way its a 75thousand dollar fountain..maybe 10thousand..

me and my friend were laughing cuse we knew a bunch of immigrants put it in and she wasnt even there when they put it in..

Amazing. So how much was it? Did you look it up or should we rely on your expertise about public fountains? And those immigrants. Were they donating this fountain to the city or were they maybe hired to do the installation of a fountain that wasn't theirs? Maybe that lady hired them, or was on the committee to decorate that area.

If your brother left any marks, any chips, tire tracks, etc., he should stay the hell off the fountain. You guys can start riding on it when you find those "immigrants" and get their permission because it's obviously theirs.

Sheesh. And if I threw a rock every time I got propositioned by someone in a car... sticks and stones, you know?

End rant.

Here's a strange one. Playing unicycle basketball on a public court in New York's central park, with Luciano Pavarotti doing a live concert in the background. That is an odd juxtaposition of soundtrack for a unicycle basketball game! The courts were next to the Great Lawn, where lots of free concerts are given. The stage was across the field, but pointed in our general direction so the sound was plenty loud and clear.

[tomblackwood]

Today was cold for Seattle, just above freezing with a light snow falling. Cold enough to see your breath, and a good day to test our various cold weather clothing in prep for this February's Chilly Hilly.

But on to the strange part. I was winding up my ride, and decided to take a short detour to work in one final hill before heading home to a hot shower. It 's a reasonably steep hill in the midst of a thickly settled suburban housing development, and one of these hills that has a marked crest, then heads right back down the other side, so when you're climbing, you can't see anything up ahead until right when it comes over the crest. So I'm working my way up it, when all of a sudden--a couple hundred yards ahead at the most--a horse comes barreling over the crest of the hill and down towards me at a full gallop, all saddled up but no rider in the saddle. For a second I think I'm seeing things. How can there not be a rider? But I barely have time to think about how weird this is, because the first thing I notice is he's not really keeping to his side of the road, but running pretty much right down the middle. The second thing I notice is that it's cold enough I can see the steam coming out of his mouth and nostrils from his breathing. I'm climbing, so barely moving; he's decending at full speed. I get ready to bail to the sidewalk if he crosses into my lane.

Just then another horse comes galloping over the crest of the hill, this one being spurred on for all it's worth by a young girl in the saddle. She yells to he "Please help me! He'll get killed if he runs into the road!" (there's a heavily trafficed cross-street at the bottom of the hill). In the split second it takes me to realize I have no idea how to stop a galloping horse with my unicycle, he's past me. A few seconds later, she's past me too.

[drumstuck]

This is why I don't think horses should be allowed on the road.

Imagine you invented a new vehicle weighing about a ton, which when working perfectly normally exhibits the following characteristics:

Sometimes when you press the brake nothing happens. Sometimes when you press the brake, the accelerator comes on. And stays on. And the brakes stop working. And the steering may swap, so right is now left and left is now right. Or may not work at all. Also, the seat is actually an ejector seat and you may be thrown from the vehicle which is not fitted with a throttle return mechanism, nor any kind of dead man's handle. Instead it is fitted with an auto-pilot controlled by irrational fear and instinct. This may steer the machine into the path of other vehicles it encounters.

Now imagine proudly presenting your new contraption at the local testing facility to get it certificated for road use...

[1WHEELTAMZY]

Ok i was riding somewhere but i forget where it is well anyway like a guy (aged 40-50) said wheres your other wheel but like a thousand other people said that to me in the same day. I was supposed to say it in my mind but i accidently shouted"UP YOUR BUM" then he said "what" then i said "shit" and rode off as fast as i could. I thought he was going to chase me

[Into the blue]

Originally Posted by 1WHEELTAMZY

"UP YOUR BUM"

You need to make that into a t-shirt to wear when you ride.

[1-wheeled-grape]

Err... strangest thing would have to be why I decided to do a 5ft drop to concrete when I could barely do 3ft at the time. No wonder I stacked it.

Actually finding this forum... thats strange. This place can be a little weird at times lol.

[knighty]

Originally Posted by 1-wheeled-grape

actually finding this forum... Thats strange. This place can be a little weird at times lol.

+1

[Biggestbtc]

Due to my chronological brevity on the wheel, I have a limited database of unusual experience to pull from. However, I did have a slightly random snowball fight today on my unicycle with two kids and their dad, none of whom I have ever met.

Also, yesterday, as I was rapidly pedaling by on my 20", a fellow asked me how you change gears. I just shrugged. The fellow, once I was passed, voiced his own answer to the predicament, "Drink a Red Bull maybe." For once, someone actually had some good idea to give to a unicyclist.

[skrobo]

Originally Posted by tambourineman10

I was riding back to my dorm on campus and some grad student stopped me, asking DUDE are you THE unicyclist?
While I idled in front of him I replied that well... I was A unicyclist...
Finally he burst out, I've HEARD of you!!
Apparently no one else rides in my area.

happens to me all the time, but there are 5 people who ride at my campus. (Texas A&M Kingsville)

[knighty]

well today i had a weird thing happen i was riding with my skateboard freinds and some suss looking old guy came up and started watching me and making weird faces when i looked at him(it looked like he was blowing kisses).eventully he came up to me from the behind grab my shoulder and start mumbling something in my ear,it scared the crap out of me all my freinds were joking about it.about 4 hours later my freinds left becuase it started raining,i was unicycling when i turned around and the guy was behind me watching me again.i was scared and he watched me for another 20 minutes he then came over and said does that seat feel good between your legs,i just bailed into a shop it freaked me out so bad.
weirdest pedo experince i have had.

[1-wheeled-grape]

unicycles make good weapons, pedoes hate pedals... remember that.

[knighty]

good advice ,that there would make quite the sig i might do it.

[unirox13]

i was unicycling and juggling in a local park a while ago and had drawn a rather large crowd of young kids who were watching me and asking questions and the like. a police officer came over and asked me to come with him. i asked why and he leaned in a said softly that he wanted me to cooperate so he didn't have to put me in handcuffs in front of the crowd. i was freaking out, but obliged. i packed all of my stuff up and told the kids that i had to go. they dispersed and i followed the officer. when i got to his car he had me put all of my stuff down and then hand cuffed me and put me nto his car while saying "you aren't under arrest, but i just want to detain you so you don't leave. i still i had no idea what was going on so i asked him what i was being detained for and he replied; "i think you know." to which i said; "no, i have no idea". he said; "i suspect you of being a pedophile, and i want to check your record because if you're a convicted sex offender you're going to jail for violation parole". i at this point i became very very angry because i knew that i wasn't a pedophile or sex offender, but i kept my cool. he took my info, and came back about fifteen minutes and said that i was free to go but that he was watching me. i wrote down his badge number and got him suspended indefinitely from the force.

[Fooby]

Wow, I have never had any confrontations from the police, not even when I rode past a couple without my helmet.