The most memorable strangers you've ever met.

This gorgeous individual I met while attending traffic court. We cracked jokes the whole time we were there, so sad I never got her number.

what a greedy bastard I'd buy him a drink too

I went on a big trip last summer as a scout. We had 10 days to walk at least 200km in a foreign country with a tight budget and a set of objectives to complete, with nothing but what we could carry on our backs. When it came to settle down for the night, we'd simply start asking people in a town if there was somewhere we could pitch our tent for the night, which was pretty difficult, because we didn't know the local language. Absolutely every person we spoke to was so nice to us. I'll elaborate later. I'm pretty busy now.

[quote]Probably the time an older gent pulled a gun out and told me he was going to shoot some kid because his mom was retarded, a bitch, and so on.[/quote] After helping my friends close a hookah bar I went to my car. Right as I was about to open up the door some older gent (50+) asks me if I could give him a ride. Before I could answer he pulls out a handgun and starts to explain to me how he needs a ride in order to shoot some kid because the mother is; insert endless profanity. He then goes into detail about how he left his job early and also told his boss how he was going to shoot this kid. Told me his boss tried to talk him out of it, the people you meet downtown.. I kept telling him I couldn't, nervous as shit but this wasn't the first time I've had a gun pulled out like this or at me. After about ten minutes of explaining to him how I couldn't give him a ride I offered him money for some smokes. He took the money, said thanks, then started walking away. Got in my car and left instantly. There wasn't a shooting reported on the local news the next day thankfully but who knows..

I suppose one favorite is when I was camping on a beach in Oregon on vacation a couple years ago. I was driving to a small town to get food when I noticed a couple of people standing by the store. I ignored them at first, and drove back to the campsite. When I got back I felt bad, so on the off-chance that they were still there I figured I might as well give them a ride. Otherwise, I figured I might as well check out a couple restaurants anyways. So when I got back a while later, they were still there, and I ended up setting them up with a camp-site. We sat on the beach and drank for a while, and I guess they were a couple of college students from Canada who decided it would be fun to pack a bag and walk down the western coast of the US, possibly further. People doing stuff like that has always intrigued me, so I bombarded them with questions, and they told me a lot of neat stories about the kind of people they run into, how people have helped them out, etc. Their motive - if there even was one - was never really clear to me, but it was a fun experience either way. That's one of many. I've met a lot of weird people doing even weirder things.

You reminded me of this old couple I met when I was in Italy. They endlessly teased and insulted each other, it was hilarious. I just remember the old guy saying "I've lost my bag... oh wait, there she is!" Still makes me smile every now and then :)

I met a girl that looked like Caprice.

I met an awkward geeky guy named Craig once that lived in the same apartment building as a friend and his roommate. Well once, after a night of toking, he came over and was joking around and laughing quite a lot for not having smoked with us. He ended up laughing so much that his mustache fell, and started sagging in front of his lip. One of my friends calmly looked at him as was like, "Yo man your mustache fell." Craig looked all embarrassed like and ran his finger over it real fast to fix it. And us? We couldn't contain the laughter. Craig will forever be the man whose mustache fell from his face.

This one girl I shared a train ride with back to London. Snow had caused disruptions so we had been waiting for a long time. I thought she was cute and offered her some gum and started talking. She was about 24. Very interesting individual. Got along very well with her and at the end when we separated paths at the London Underground I asked what was her full name (which I forgot) and she gave me a hug. She offered me to stay at her place whenever for a concert or whatever in London. I wonder what ever became of her, it was almost a year ago. I hate myself for forgetting her name. Also another girl I met at a Stone Roses concert as well.