Everyone in Dalston is Weird.
22nd April 2010
Shouty tramp on Balls Pond Road appropriating adjectives to passers by. Mine was ‘bluish green’.
I’m really liking jamesdawe’s patterned piece, “Offaly Good Dalston”, which he says is “inspired by tacky tights and Offal, all for sale on Ridley Road market”.
20th May 2010
The chaps at The Alibi were surprised when an otherwise unremarkable young man attempted to leave with several rolls of cheap toilet paper stuffed under his jacket, and last night a brief stop in the supermarket closest to Palatine Road was made far more interesting by a somewhat inebriated Rastafarian man who declared the shop’s produce ‘forbidden fruit’ and sang a song about riding an upside down biscuit.
Someone lost their hair near Dalston Superstore. Complete with cocktail stick. Spotted on Sunday 16th May.
Weird Dalston Retweets
Here’s a selection of other people’s weird Dalston observations, which I retweeted on Twitter. Follow @dalstonisweird for more.
RT @OxfamDalston No other way to say this…high-quality gimp suit, £60. http://twitpic.com/1lrnsj
RT @brittneybean Just had a non-drug related meeting scheduled in a hydroponics shop in Dalston. Ah-mazing.
RT @Laffers People watching in Dalston. A-frickin-mazing!!! - indeed it is.
RT @tancopsey Dalston hipsters can be a bit weird. Notice the shoulder-cat…. http://tweetphoto.com/21772628
RT @UatecUK Dear people of Dalston. The pavement isn’t a nice place for ANY of your bodily fluids.
RT @paulpoetry RT @TheJBo: The man in First Class Dry Cleaners on Dalston Lane insists Joanna Lumley and Paul McCartney are regulars.
RT @alec_hill @dalstonisweird Bearded lady shouting “i wasn’t arguing I was talking to my god” to the map at the bus stop #dalston
RT @welshkaren We have a singing preacher on the #149 bus. #dalston
RT @tricktheflow Guy in the stags head dalston (who looks like Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood) is accompanied by a great dane. #Onlyinlondon
RT @RobboRobson On a bus out of Dalston after successful photo shoot day. Very odd place.
RT @missLoubou A man just try sell me “Prada” sunglasses in dalston for £150 an sed he just got it from Selfridges but it was in sainsburys bag!!
RT @deadlypeople More Dalston strangeness… http://twitpic.com/1g1duh
RT @Dalstonpeople Who in Dalston found a DVD about a 911 conspiracy theory on their doorstep this morning? They were on most people’… http://bit.ly/dyi3C5
RT @danhancox on the 243 earlier i saw some graffiti accusing tony blair of killing both david kelly and princess di, @dalstonisweird
RT @WSProject @dalstonisweird Gotta love London Bus stories… I was on a 67 the other week, and I can’t be sure, but I think a man actually bit a baby..
RT @Palomafaith: did anyone in dalston see ufo’s or strange lights in the sky last night at about 8pm?
RT @dadsfave There is a rudegirl screaming christian empowerment speeches over a really loud PA by MaccyDs st Dalston Junction.
3rd June 2010
Awaiting the no. 30 bus at the stop on Balls Pond Road closest to Dalston Junction I was joined by a tracksuited lady who, in the manner of a stereotypical policeman, enquired, ”Allo allo allo, what’s goin’ on ‘ere, then?”
“I’m not sure what you mean”, I replied.
Winking, she commented, “That makes two of us then, luv…”
With that, she rocked back on her heels, beamed and began whistling the theme from Coronation Street until her bus arrived.
Rob Monk found himself accosted by a woman as he attempted to enter his flat on Kingsland Road last Friday, who pointed at him and declared, “Equal opportunities! 007!”
And then, by way of explanation; “I’m from Brixton”.
