Spotted on Reddit, this:
There’s a lot going on here for a three-line post.
First off, let’s put the serious baby to bed: mental illness is no joke, and there are too many people wandering around our societies that could do with help. The guy shouting and fighting invisible assailants in his underwear at the bottom of Alphen Hill is one.
Wait. Let me rephrase that.
The guy in his underwear shouting and fighting invisible assailants at the bottom of Alphen Hill is one.
Same words. Different order. Different meaning. More accurate. Better.
But that aside – because I can’t do anything about the need for more social care here or in Sheffield – lots to dig into.
First off, then: Broomhill or Broomhall? This is a local point of interest, but I’ve always considered that the Botanical Gardens were sandwiched between Endcliffe and Broomhall. Unless you mean the electoral ward of Broomhill and Sharrow Vale, in which case absolutely, fair enough.
But who talks about electoral wards outside of local elections?
And you’re saying that this guy is “weird” and “very strange”.
Next up. That’s a lot of information to have picked up in just a quick jog past. And that suggests that the poster here had his interest piqued enough that either a) he stopped and listened for a while, or b) he jogged past several times in order to pick up more details.
Either way, that doesn’t seem fair, given that we are warned in the title of his post to “stay away”. What is he really concerned about: our safety in the presence of a (quite literally) raving (quite literally) mad (quite literally) man, or that we might actually find out where Atlantis is?
I know we’ve all been wondering.
And he says it was weird (yes) and incoherent, but he’s clearly gained a lot of detail there about the gold guilder and the wizard. Sadly, judging by the post, which suggests that the subject of the tale was entirely visible, the guilder – golden, nogal – was wasted because the wizard was a fake.
Never trust a wizard. Or rather anyone anyone saying that they are a wizard.
I think we’ve all been duped at some time or another.
“He made some good points”
Wut?
Did he? What were they, then? Because checking the post above, you don’t mention anything that – for me, at least – might fall into the relatively broad category of “good points”.
Once again, we’re left with more questions than answers. Not least the location of Atlantis.
Very frustrating.
UPDATE: This comment in response to the post:
Oh, I have seen him in the cemetery off Ecclesall Rd, saying pretty similar things whilst also dancing to some fabulous 90s techno
Wow. I’ve got new found respect for the guy now I’ve read that. Clearly he is trying to get the message across, through the medium of dance. Keep it up, fella!
