Weirdest thing you've ever seen on the ground during a run..? (Read 11262 times)

My first real job outside of academia was at a giant insurance company.  My cube was fairly close to the men's room.  During my first week at that gig (Feb 1993), a 60-something employee dude went in, sat down to do his thing, and pulled an Elvis.  That was creepy.

Ok, not running.  But now that we're talking about dead people in bathroom stalls, there you go. Real thing, no CSI.

(no, I didn't see it directly. Just the commotion, followed by the story in our monthly newsletter. I steered clear of that stall)

I ran on the beach this morning, so I saw the usual things one expects to see on the beach during the summer.  Then I came across a group of 5 men doing what appeared to be Tai Chi from a distance with a small crowd watching them.  As I got closer, I realized they were holding swords and wearing robes (that looked like star wars robes to me).  It was very odd.  They were also standing in the water.  They were gone when I went back the other way.

  I see a group like that in a park every Saturday morning. I've always wondered what they are doing. They have the robes, swords, and look like all of their moves are in slow motion. Does anyone know what they are doing???

  I see a group like that in a park every Saturday morning. I've always wondered what they are doing. They have the robes, swords, and look like all of their moves are in slow motion. Does anyone know what they are doing???

LARPing? = Live Action Role-Playing.  My brother and his GF do this a bit.  I love them both dearly, but they are about as geeky (and super-smart...he has his master's in CS and works for a defense contractor and she is nearly finished with her law degree) as it gets.  They go to gaming conventions, too.

This is only odd in  context otherwise it's simply trash.  I was stretching at a bench in the little park across from the Watergate hotel.  I looked down to see price tags from clothing.  They looked like someone had just ripped them off the clothes: they weren't crumpled or dirty. 

I was wondering who had to change clothes in that particular spot.  There are no clothing stores nearby (and this was cheap stuff so I doubt it came from a georgetown boutique).

There are folks who sleep in the park so maybe someone changed when they got up this morning.

Or maybe this is the hidden explanation for when I see random clothes lying about, maybe folks aren't drunkenly discarding clothes or absentmindedly dropping them, but rather changing on the street?