hypochondriac Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 Sat on the train in front of me from bournemouth to Southampton asking for the time. I didn't even know he was still alive! Legend.
Dimond Geezer Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 Is this the guy who used to hang around in Southampton & Winchester in the late 80s/early 90s, we used to give him the dregs of our pints.
hypochondriac Posted 16 December, 2011 Author Posted 16 December, 2011 Is this the guy who used to hang around in Southampton & Winchester in the late 80s/early 90s, we used to give him the dregs of our pints. The very same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMzQCDh7ZTo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsfFECF8l40&feature=related
Dimond Geezer Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 The very same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMzQCDh7ZTo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsfFECF8l40&feature=related Yeah, that's the guy, as you say surprised he's still with us.
ericofarabia Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 I saw him at Southampton Central in October, he'd just got off a train and was randomly shouting greetings to people .... highlight of my holiday I reckon. Most of the times I've seen him over the years seemed to be at Soton Central. Where does he get the money to travel so much?
hypochondriac Posted 16 December, 2011 Author Posted 16 December, 2011 I saw him at Southampton Central in October, he'd just got off a train and was randomly shouting greetings to people .... highlight of my holiday I reckon. Most of the times I've seen him over the years seemed to be at Soton Central. Where does he get the money to travel so much? Well he didn't have a ticket when the man came round to check them and just got off at central, despite continually asking him how much it costs to go to Manchester .
Jonnyboy Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 It must be nice (for Hypo) to find someone who actually makes him feel better about himself.
pap Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 Does anyone know if the guy is actually Pakistani?
ericofarabia Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 Does anyone know if the guy is actually Pakistani? NOOOOOOO..... !!!! Don't go there. He is and always will be the laughing paki, a piece of Southamptons Folklore.
pap Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 NOOOOOOO..... !!!! Don't go there. He is and always will be the laughing paki, a piece of Southamptons Folklore. I'm really on the fence with this one. If it turns out that he isn't Pakistani, do we really want to a part of our folklore to be our own collective ignorance? Granted, it's not in the same league as Hartlepool's monkey-hanging exploits. Plus it is a bit racist.
hypochondriac Posted 16 December, 2011 Author Posted 16 December, 2011 I'm really on the fence with this one. If it turns out that he isn't Pakistani, do we really want to a part of our folklore to be our own collective ignorance? Granted, it's not in the same league as Hartlepool's monkey-hanging exploits. Plus it is a bit racist. Not particularly. It's not said in a hateful way, simply that that is how he is identified and known. He's extremely friendly even if he is a tad mental.
pap Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 Not particularly. It's not said in a hateful way, simply that that is how he is identified and known. He's extremely friendly even if he is a tad mental. So would you feel comfortable telling your kid "that bloke over there is known as the laughing paki"? I wouldn't. Horses for courses, I suppose.
pilsburydoughboy Posted 16 December, 2011 Posted 16 December, 2011 I saw him once get on the old 47 to Winchester and gun everybody down on the downstairs level with a imaginery machine gun. Funny as ......
hypochondriac Posted 16 December, 2011 Author Posted 16 December, 2011 So would you feel comfortable telling your kid "that bloke over there is known as the laughing paki"? I wouldn't. Horses for courses, I suppose. It's not something I'd use in polite conversation but on here there wasn't really another way I could identify him. That is how he is known after all. 'you nutter you nutter!' lol
Saint Billy Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 I remember this guy from years back when I lived in Soton and I am going back 20 odd years. He looks a little older and the limp is worse but obviously still trawling the streets.
Wade Garrett Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 He was extremely rude to my mum once. W@nker.
hypochondriac Posted 18 December, 2011 Author Posted 18 December, 2011 He was extremely rude to my mum once. W@nker. Tbf he is most likely mentally Ill. What did he say?
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 Tbf he is most likely mentally Ill. What did he say? F*ck me, your son's an ugly bugger.
hypochondriac Posted 18 December, 2011 Author Posted 18 December, 2011 F*ck me, your son's an ugly bugger. That would suggest he is less mentally ill than I thought!
carljack Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 Does anyone know if the guy is actually Pakistani? If its the guy with the gammy leg who used to ride the old Southampton Corporation buses back in the eighties then I think he might be from Iran or Iraq,I was sat with my mates downstairs on the old no 7 or 9 going down Shirley High St when my Mother got on and sat down the last passenger on was laughing boy who then sits right next to Mum he then proceeds to tell her that he usually flies around Persia on a Magic carpet, the Bus was in uproar as my Mum had to listen to his S@ite all the way to the back of old precinct,we still take the mick out of her and wonder how she managed to look straght ahead without laughing.She reckons the only thing that made any sense was that he said he was from the desert.A real Old Southampton Legend along with Jim Redpath.
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 He used to hang around outside the Warrens, cadging fags, shouting at passers by etc, back in about '72, so I'd guess he's been here a long while.
Smirking_Saint Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 That would suggest he is less mentally ill than I thought! LMAO you really are a comedy genius Hypo How I wish to be a part of your everyday crowd !!!!! The one liners you must have in that primary school library !!!!!!!!!!
hypochondriac Posted 18 December, 2011 Author Posted 18 December, 2011 He used to hang around outside the Warrens, cadging fags, shouting at passers by etc, back in about '72, so I'd guess he's been here a long while. Been around longer than I thought then! He really is a Southampton legend and a surprising amount of people know who he is!
St Chalet Posted 18 December, 2011 Posted 18 December, 2011 Taking the **** out of Mental illness and trotting a term that although perfectly fine in the 70's and 80's but are now considered very offensive, doesn't make for a great long term thread. I appreciate this is the Muppet Show and no doubt all will throw up their hands but it is a term that has the possibility to offend. I note the YouTube Clip used the phrase 'Urban Legend', not sure how long the 'P' word would have lastedon that site.
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