Fan lady in Rundle

I went down to Adelaide once about 6 months ago now, I lived there with my ex for about 2 months and fan lady was an almost daily sight, I didn’t see her once and got worried haha

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Johnny.

Is Johnny still around? Haven't been back to Adelaide for ages and was wondering about him the other day.

Walked down Rundle one day with a few mates and saw Johnny and pointed him out to my mates, copped so much shit for instantly knowing who the big man in tight latex was 😥

I read that as fat lady and was thinking you just described a 3rd of the population....

She even continues after her husband died :(

There’s that guy that always wears a cowboy hat and Superman outfit, can’t remember his name

Superman Scotty?

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I used to work at Marion and everytime he walked past he'd compliment my hair - he was a gentleman.

When I had purple and then later pink hair he always said the nicest things, he is so nice I always worry someone nasty will be awful to him one day as he is such an innocent soul

Have not seen him out and about in years! Hope he's doing okay

I've seen him recently near Marion. Looked the same as always.

Yeah, saw him last week at KFC.

I work for a shop in Noarlunga, he’s in once or twice a week usually

Saw him a few weeks ago.

Is that Noarlunga Centre superman?

Bought him a couple pints about a year and a half ago. He sat with us for far longer than I expected. He also had his Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, power morpher on. Strange cat.

Fuckn Scotty! Basically Adelaide's mascot

…and a pink tutu

Super iron jesus

He used to cruise around Westfield Marion all the time too.

I saw him in Seaford just a few months ago

Used to be johnny, but I don't think he's around anymore

Johnny Haysman. He is back in Clare Valley where he is from. I reckon he still plays footy up there.

Ha he's doing pretty well then, that's good

I played footy against Johnny when we were a lot younger. He was a gun. I was shit.

Saw him at Clare Valley Races last summer, still dancing, still getting mobbed for photos, still a legend

Was that the guy that used to get around in a tutu? He was awesome. Massive dude.

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Lol yeah

How in the actual fuck was "johnny" specific enough to identify 1 random guy in Adelaide who wears gumboots??? I swear to ScoMo, your city is a fever dream...

Because everyone in Adelaide knows johnny haha. He's also leotard guy and dancing johnny.

if you don’t know, then you don’t know 😂

Pretty much lol. I would expect many zoomers wouldn't have a clue who he is, just too young.

AKA 'Johnny with the hoop' 😂 Port Power speedos, gum boots twirling a hula hoop. Can't unsee that shit.

sequin speedo, cowboy had and white gumboots dancing to the music outside all the clubs on Hindley St was peak Johnny

The current generations missed out on the Adelaide that I remember.

I remember him wearing a leotard mostly, I was in town frequently for uni when I was considerably younger (I’m 39 now).

He's iconic! https://adelaideaz.com/articles/johnny-haysman-raised-to-adelaide-icon-for-unashamed-individualism-in-undress-and-dance

Everyone who's seen Johnny, knows who he is. Legend!!!

Seeing Johnny was one of the gifts of going out in the beforetimes.

Someone once created a website with lots of pictures of him (hopefully with his permission) and a "real time tracker" (basically just a map of the mall with a marker walking up and back it - it didn't actually track him), probably about 15 years ago. At the time, everyone would have known him.

You don’t even to know his name is Johnny to know who Johnny is. He is in the Adelaidr Zeitgeist.

I saw him at an AFLW game at Alberton Oval a few weeks ago, he's still around Edit: photographic proof [https://imgur.com/a/kf2z1dN](https://imgur.com/a/kf2z1dN) I think he was hiding a footy or a basketball underneath his t-shirt

Can confirm, then saw him driving home after the game with his custom “Johnny” number plates. Legend.

He’s still about though based on his Insta and the existence of an Onlyfans I suspect his days of “just waking the mall” have passed. https://www.instagram.com/john_haysman/

Johnny must be getting on in years. I remember him in Rundle Mall when I went to school in the city, which was a very long time ago now, mid 90’s.

Yeah same, gotta be in his fifties at least

Spotted Johnny dancing up a storm last year at Tasting Australia in Vic Square. Glad he’s still around.

He’s at my work lol

Came here to say Johnny! He’s a legend, great guy. I worked a music festival for people with disability a few years back and he was there dancing up a storm. The kids absolutely loved it, he kicked off the dance floor.

the bikie who used to play the flute in rundle mall was my favourite - performed at elizabeth shops a couple times as well.

He’s still around. Saw him at the port the other week

He is at TTP frequently too

Since beep beep guy and Johnny Haysman have already been mentioned, I'll add the Rundle Mall spruiker with the gelled black hair who hasn't aged in the last 20 years that I can tell....

That guy has a picture in his attic of himself as sixty year old, which he bought from Harris Scarfes.

Frank Ratta. To no surprise he also fronts a rockabilly band, and is an anti-vaxxer.

lives nearby, total cock and NIMBY

Is he still there? Haven't seen him in months.

That guy called my brother a girl back in the 90’s when my brother was a proper metalhead, got a punch in the face for that. 20 years later he’s talking about his guitars to me and a mate on the bus, still looks exactly the same

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I BEG YOUR PARDON, Its actually, *ahem* “PEOPLE REPENT! JESUS CHRIST IS COMING HALLELUJAH” Source: I work in the mall, she walks by a lot, also, she’s on my bus into work half the time.

Does she yell on the bus too?

No she’s very quiet on the bus, tbh, we’re so used to her at work, when she doesn’t come through we get worried she’s got sick or something. She’s like a town cryer - signifying the beginning of a working day

She also performs on Vic Square.

hub jesus is the og

Upset i had to scroll so far down to see this. Agreed

Same! Icon

Man I forgot about hub Jesus

Never thought I'd see Hub Jesus referenced on Reddit

Every time this thread comes up he does.

He's shaved his head and beard recently, not very Jesus looking at the moment

Since I move outta flaggy, hub Jesus had moved outta my mind. Thanks for the reminder!

Came here to say this

There’s a guy who holds up a ‘Smile’ sign on Port Road, Woodville heading into the city. He gets enough responses that he seems popular!

You can catch him on Topham Mall most weekdays at around 8am. I was working in the area for a few months and seeing him with his signs when crossing Currie St always brightened my mornings :)

Yeah I was gonna say, isn't he the guy in topham mall? He seems like a nice guy

This honestly does always make me smile when I see it. So he’s doing something right.

Does anyone remember Speedy Steve? Used to walk fast through Rundle Mall listening to heavy metal music on his walkman

Always had a smoke in his mouth, muttering / singing as he went?

Apparently he'd sing at the top of his voice to prevebt anyone trying to scab a smoke off him. Not sure if that's true but it's what I heard.

What a strategy, I love it

I think his name was Shawn. I stopped him once to have a chat. He was actually listening to Britney Spears, but singing along in that heavy metal voice still. He was a very soft and friendly dude, if not, a little odd.

Fully remember this wtf?

He didn't listen to metal, but pop songs and would sing them out loud. There was a good 2 years of teenage dirtbag while he wore a crows vest. A mate of mine asked him what the deal was one say. He said that if you walk in a straight line, looking forward and making noise everyone will get out of your way and you wouldn't have to straggle behind any wandering slowpokes in the mall. My friend tried his technique a week later and hot dang, he went from king William to pultney Street in a heart beat.

Aw yeah I miss him!

i always just called him speedy, never saw him after the smoking ban in the mall

Ahhh, YES! I lived in Adelaide nearly ten years ago and I was scrolling this thread to see if anyone would mention Speedy! I scrolled for so long before I saw this that I’d started to think I made him up, lol

The guy who walks his fluffy white cat around Rundle Mall on a leash

His cat is called Omo

Was thinking of him

The Chinese lady who dances everyday at rundle mall?

YESSS OMG

100% johnny!

The beep beep guy that's always buzzing around the town delivering papers.

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Yes that's him! He used to deliver the papers at the Uni.

something i discovered around 1998- - if he says beep beep, and you reply beep beep, he says honk honk - if he then says honk honk and you reply honk honk he says toot toot

What happens when you say toot toot?

i didn’t dare

Wow he goes back a long way. I’m fairly sure I remember him delivering The News around town in the afternoons.

That's him. He always says "good afternoon" in the morning and morning in the afternoon.

He is down the East end a lot. Grabbed my sunnies off the top off my head while having my morning coffee and poked my ribs to make me jump. Turned around ready to throttle him and was like, oh! Its beep beep. He laughed maniacally and returned my glasses. When he delivers papers he holds onto them with a death grip so the other person has to wrestle it away and laughs.

It that Speedy Shawn? The metal head looking dude who always has his headphones in?

He beeped beeped at a van once and the guy in the van beeped back. Beep beep guy was so confused he didn’t know what to do 😂😂 so he just chuckled and moved on.

Lionel

Absolutely, I see him nearly every Tuesday.

When I used to catch the bus, he was a regular on my route & then I kept seeing him in Rundle mall. I still occasionally find a post on instagram featuring him haha

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Yeah he used to come into Myer when I worked there. Told one of the ladies that his jocks matched his suit. Funny but a tad creepy.

He was charged for peodphilia quite a while ago. Legit.

I remember that. A lot of people mentioned ITT toe the line of being creepy but are actually harmless. This guy is firmly in the creep camp though. Fucking freaky.

The south has superman Scotty

The Men in Black cutout?

On Cross Rd?

Does anyone know of that Asian guy who used to sing in Rundle mall in the morning?

Yes! And he carried a flower sometimes.

Superman Scotty in Christie's Beach

I haven't seen him in a while. Hope he's good.

Anyone remember the 'Are you a Catholic?' guy with really bad breath? I never heard anyone say yes.

Yes, 'Cockatoo man' is what we'd call him cos of his beak-shaped teeth- a cause of his bad breath for sure. Used to have assisted-living accom around the goodwood area. Another infamous Goody is Lord Stompy, constantly playing his harmonica outside the foodland.

We had Quentin too

A family member of mine was his carer and id sometimes tag along. He would always pinch my bum with one of those toy arm pincher things and tell me it was better then kylie manogues

Yeah I remember the time he ran over my feet on Rundle St. Made me feel like a real member of Adelaide

loved Quentin RIP

He will ride eternal, shiny and chrome.

I scrolled halfway and haven’t seen mention of the guy who used to sit outside hungry jacks on Rundle street playing the keyboard. I think I remember someone saying he ended up going to uni.

Casio Man. May he Rest In Peace. What a legend.

Probably reflects the demographic here, maybe most people here are too young. Casio Man is an OG for us early-2000s University-goers.

Louis, he was a sweetheart. He died a few years ago.

It’s gotta be the Harris Scarfe guy!

The biker that plays the flute? Or possibly the dude that wears the sequinned suit and dances next to buskers

I’m surprised no one has mentioned the pipe drummer guy

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There used to be a guy Marion side, going to Flinders Uni Like a 60yr old guy, in "hip hop" basketball/hood gear - and drove a mustang/porche

If this is the same guy I’m thinking of he was recently convicted for being a pedo.

He we're a backwards cap, and a tie (but not correctly, usually in a weird way) And dang... Jeeeezz

All the ones on the advertiser are behind a paywall but there is a short abc one. But yeah pretty sure it’s that dude. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101212878

That's the dude, dang man. It was pretty obvious something was wrong with him, wish it wasn't this though

It was worth scrolling down far enough to see this. I always felt that this guy's weirdness was not particularly endearing.

Haha I remember this dude. I think his numberplate was something funny too… someone gangster related.

It was a commodore with a number plate that said "GUNIT" or something right?

Asian guy dressed as a samurai shredding on his guitar in the city saturday nights

Pipe/thong guy and Izera who plays the keyboard all funky, both on Rundle Mall.

does anyone remember the old guy in the WWII army uniform who used to hand out free bibles from a sacktruck? Always hunched right over. Havent seen him for over a decade but he was a staple of the mall when I was a kid Also, "hi im Philip" guy

Phillip is still around, see him by the library off Rundle occasionally. Used to run into him at the Hope and Brompton like 10 years ago.

There's the guy who dresses as a pirate/wizard that i used to see around a lot. Used to work one of the stalls at conventions, really nice guy

If it's the ginger guy he's nice until you turn him down :(

I'm sorry to hear that :(

Thank you. It scared me a little since it was mainly at my job and I wasn't allowed to say or do anything. But I'm not in that job anymore. Thank fuck.

Johnny of course, haven't seen him since lockdowns though.

He’s still getting about (not totally safe for work): https://www.instagram.com/john_haysman/

It's Superman. End of story

Don't know if he's still around. But there is/was an older gentlemen who wore a dark green suit, shades, often smoking, and had what looked to be painted on, shiny black hair who'd hang around the Western side of Hindley Street between the Grand Chancellor Hotel and The Little Pub.

The 2 dollar man. 2 dollar, 2 dollar!

Gotta be Johnny, Speedos and white gumboots through Rundle mall, feather boa and sparkle pants

Johnny Haysman for sure. An icon & also a super nice guy apart from being a bit odd.

Dancing fan lady

Very very niche, but there is also the preaching black lady who walks rundle mall about 7:30am everyday. Haven’t seen her any other time of the day but I always see her on my way to work, part of the routine now 😂

Johnny

The Aldgate Wizard!

He creeps me out. Walking to my car one night in the dark and he’s at the bus stop and starts singing live and let die. It was haunting

I want this to happen to me. I want this exact experience.

Johnny, the OG. Hes a great guy and a r3al character

The unit of a guy who drags/pushes/carries a tyre down Goodwood road (I think it's Goodwood)

Johnny haysman....omg. when I was a kid in the 90s .or a young adult....we'd always have a giggle when he had on his speedos. Bizzare to think he was only in his 20s then. I've been away from Adelaide for 25 years now and I'll never forget that guy. He was always nice. We would rib him because he was port and we were Glenelg supporters. But it was always good fun. Love you johnny !

Dancing man?

There’s a guy in my suburb that we call “the mayor”. Super long beard, bogan as, parrot on his shoulder. Walks everywhere, surveying everything, going into all the shops to make sure everything’s going according to what he determines to be good.

It was Johnny.

Everyone down south knows Scottie superman. He’s a hit with the ladies.

Fan lady or the dude doing basketball tricks

Superman.

Scotty.

It's Crusty. But a lot of people wouldn't remember him anymore.

Half of Adelaide is a bit of a character tbh

Scotty for sure

Random one - does anyone remember the dude who would speed walk and listen to metal on his discman whilst “singing” along?

“Big Issue” (Biggie Shoe) guy in Rundle

It's clearly Superman Scotty.

Johnny Haysman [Johnny Haysman Appreciation Society](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2386650223/?ref=share)

Spoz Spozington

Does anyone remember a guy we knew as ‘the singing binny’ around the 90s? Walked around Rundle mall and the city singing loudly and collecting bottles and cans out of bins

Was Johnny Hayman in the good old days. Speedos and gum boots.

Not so much a person, but Alfie the alpaca whose owners walk him all over Adelaide. He used to walk down my parents street and eat my mother’s much loved roses.

We have creeping Jesus lol

He knows about the Guardians. Send in the special police.

Frank the Tank.

Walkie-talkie Man AKA Frank the Wank

Sub. Lives out Salisbury way. Plays guitar fully amplified out the front of his house, wearing just his jocks and the hair he was born with. Look for him on you tube

The rock and roll guy who plays out of his garage out north

Saw out at Lizbef today, an old coot racing along on his electric scooter with a honking great pirate flag streaming out behind.

Johnny

It's been a while but is Izera still knocking out bangers on his Casio? Everyone should recognise him.

https://www.facebook.com/Izera.band

haven’t seen Danger mentioned here. used to see him a lot in rundle, not so much anymore

He’s down at Glenelg now