Tuesday, August 22, 2006

More Street People!

So yesterday I found one of the funniest street performers/addicts so far in Europe, and I figured for the rest of my trip I would walk around the main streets and keep an eye out for the real strange ones. Well I went back to the spot where I saw the crazy guy from yesterday, but he wasn't doing his thing. He was just sitting there drinking. Oh well.. I waited for 5 minutes. no dancing. I came back 2 hours later and he was gone.

BUUUUUTT! On the way I did find this guy.... I first saw him all the time in Stuttgart of all places, especially during the world cup. He must have made a killing... hes in Stockholm for crying out loud. Here is the juggler-guy-with-crutches-and-football I saw in Stuttgart


On the topic of strange people in Stockholm.

As I was walking down one of the main pedestrian streets, there were numerous people holding up signs for you to read. Usually they were for pubs or hair dressers like these guys..

But then there are other people with different signs that also attract a lot of attention. I saw this guy first when I was looking for the first loony. He stood like that when I first saw him, just staring down the street. I came back an hour later... and he was still there. I finished seeing a movie and checked again and he was STILL THERE!! He is probably 6 foot 5 or something, so he kinda stands out.

And if you can't tell, his shirt reads "The Beast is Revealed. Allah is the Antichrist"
I was the only one I saw who was taking pictures right in front of him... everyone else was taking pictures of his back which read "Allah is the Antichrist"

If you can't tell from the picture, Stockholm is a pretty diverse place... There were a LOT of Muslims not happy about it. Some would just glance and look away, but then there were the ones who would stand next to him and just stare for minutes. Awkward.
It's Scandinavia... so hopefully Iran's president doesn't boycott Sweden for this.

I also saw this store.. just kinda had to add it:

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