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debm55

(61,054 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:13 AM 10 hrs ago

What is the strangest thing you have seen in someone's house? In the kitchen of a neighbor, I saw a room full of

strawberry decorations--wallpaper, cookie jars, curtains. dishes. etc. How about you?

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What is the strangest thing you have seen in someone's house? In the kitchen of a neighbor, I saw a room full of (Original Post) debm55 10 hrs ago OP
A tossup EYESORE 9001 10 hrs ago #1
Thank you very much for your selections,EYESORE 9001. Those are strange. debm55 10 hrs ago #3
... EYESORE 9001 10 hrs ago #5
HAHAHHAHHAHA. You are correct, I did. debm55 9 hrs ago #7
When I was a Realtor, I was asked to take some papers to be signed at the home of a client.. Deuxcents 10 hrs ago #2
Thank you Deuxcents. Did you leave or have him sigh the papers? I would be afraid. debm55 10 hrs ago #4
I didn't see this but someone I worked with did. Endlessmike56 9 hrs ago #6
Oh my, thank you for sharing about your friend's story debm55 8 hrs ago #8
I work as a senior move manager and move seniors from their homes to senior communities kimbutgar 8 hrs ago #9
Oh my. Thank you for sharing with us, kimburtgar. That must of been a very hard job. debm55 8 hrs ago #11
A good friend of mine (and his other half) were eccentric artists (Central West End, in STLMO), and their SWBTATTReg 8 hrs ago #10
Boy that is very eccentric. Thank you for sharing the pyramid living room. SWBTATTReg. Also thank you for wise words of debm55 8 hrs ago #12
Yes, and I never did see another such sight again either. The room had a sitting area around the entire room, so lots SWBTATTReg 8 hrs ago #13
My current next door neighbors have a giant painting of themselves making love in their living room. Coventina 7 hrs ago #14
Disturbing and wildly inappropriate. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #16
I think the worst thing about it is that they still have kids at home. Coventina 5 hrs ago #19
That makes it even more inappropriate. 3catwoman3 3 hrs ago #20
20+ years of estate sales. 1 house everything christmas. 1 had tombstones in the basement. sooooo pansypoo53219 6 hrs ago #15
I was a teenager babysitting 2 kids about 8 and 10 years old. They were playing hide and seek. Ziggysmom 5 hrs ago #17
A menacing looking stuffed Polar Bear standing in a drained fish pond in a living room. Brother Buzz 5 hrs ago #18
In sixth grade some_of_us_are_sane 1 hr ago #21

EYESORE 9001

(29,793 posts)
1. A tossup
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:22 AM
10 hrs ago

between a stretched Harley in this guy’s living room (some assembly/disassembly required) and a cyclotron in another guy’s living room, where we were trying to get it working.

That is not me.

Deuxcents

(27,170 posts)
2. When I was a Realtor, I was asked to take some papers to be signed at the home of a client..
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:30 AM
10 hrs ago

I walked in and on the living room wall was a giant confederate flag hanging on the wall..end to end. I thought I was gonna puke and the guy was scary, to boot.

Endlessmike56

(204 posts)
6. I didn't see this but someone I worked with did.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:47 AM
9 hrs ago

He had a relative in Alabama in the 60’s and she was practiced voodoo. He said they were sitting in the living room one day with her and a couple of other relatives when a goat , a pig and a chicken walked through the room all at the same time. No one batted an eye and just kept talking like nothing was happening

kimbutgar

(27,327 posts)
9. I work as a senior move manager and move seniors from their homes to senior communities
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:22 PM
8 hrs ago

Or we clear out a home after a senior has died.

The stories I can tell of things I’ve seen would be an epic essay.

I saw the largest collection of dildos and a whipping room with restraints. A room filled with scary looking dolls ( some of my co workers refused to clear out that room) and I moved an 83 year old woman who had pet rats!

debm55

(61,054 posts)
11. Oh my. Thank you for sharing with us, kimburtgar. That must of been a very hard job.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:24 PM
8 hrs ago

SWBTATTReg

(26,303 posts)
10. A good friend of mine (and his other half) were eccentric artists (Central West End, in STLMO), and their
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:23 PM
8 hrs ago

living room/sitting area was shaped like a pyramid, from top to bottom. Talk about eccentric, but I though it was pretty neat. I belonged to a group of artists and their friends, and so the things we all would run into and do were just off the wall, and eccentric. It was neat. Most of us are now over the hill, don't party as much as we used to, but when we do see each other, it's like the heavens opened up, and the joy in our faces to see each other again after years is something to behold.

Treasure those special moments w/ your friends, you never know when something may happen and you may never see them again (people move elsewhere, etc. (a common thing in STLMO), everyone moves to the big city (STLMO), and then ends up moving out of state, e.g., Calif., east coast, FL, etc. Now I am seeing some of these friends move back into the STLMO area again, getting too expensive for many to live elsewhere other than the rural part of STLMO.

debm55

(61,054 posts)
12. Boy that is very eccentric. Thank you for sharing the pyramid living room. SWBTATTReg. Also thank you for wise words of
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:28 PM
8 hrs ago

Advice.

SWBTATTReg

(26,303 posts)
13. Yes, and I never did see another such sight again either. The room had a sitting area around the entire room, so lots
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:34 PM
8 hrs ago

of sitting area, I seem to recall that they did this to increase the karma and good will, among all of us visiting. That's why I've always enjoyed seeing other people's homes, and seeing what they did w/ their places.

Coventina

(29,784 posts)
14. My current next door neighbors have a giant painting of themselves making love in their living room.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:42 PM
7 hrs ago

Not only is it super awkward, but it also isn't really flattering either.

We frequently take care of their home while they are away, so my husband and I are kind of used to it.

Well, once we were away at the same time the neighbors were, so we asked my brother to do the chores in our place.

Afterwards he said, "I wish you had warned me about the painting!"

3catwoman3

(29,531 posts)
16. Disturbing and wildly inappropriate.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:37 PM
6 hrs ago

What's that old saying - many things are too strange to believe, but few things are too strange not to have happened.

Coventina

(29,784 posts)
19. I think the worst thing about it is that they still have kids at home.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:43 PM
5 hrs ago

They are both in college, and they frequently have friends over!

I'd be mortified if it were my parents!!!

I certainly wouldn't have friends over!!

3catwoman3

(29,531 posts)
20. That makes it even more inappropriate.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:21 PM
3 hrs ago

And no, there would be no friends coming over. Sheesh!

pansypoo53219

(23,083 posts)
15. 20+ years of estate sales. 1 house everything christmas. 1 had tombstones in the basement. sooooo
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:30 PM
6 hrs ago

many collections, or lack of anything. 1 house had a pipe organ + the pipes were in different spots. a deco xray machine in a dr's house who had a home office.

Ziggysmom

(4,137 posts)
17. I was a teenager babysitting 2 kids about 8 and 10 years old. They were playing hide and seek.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:48 PM
5 hrs ago

One kid he hid under the parents bed. His brother found him alright - holding his parents vibrator and calling it busy buzz buzz. To make matters worse, the item was shaped anatomically correct

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,326 posts)
21. In sixth grade
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:44 PM
1 hr ago
I belonged to a singing group. The priest who assembled our little troop drove us around to nursing homes, the VA hospital, etc., and some private homes as well.

One such home was in a VERY VERY wealthy part of Pittsburgh and there was a Christmas Party gong on, all the men in suits and the women in long gowns. The priest was dressed as Santa and we were his elves.

'The rich homeowner asked if anyone could identify what one particular item was in their living room and she pointed to an old sturdy- looking but odd small wooden bench. She said the winner would receive fifty dollars.

No one could name it.

It was a CAMEL SADDLE she bought ini Saudi Arabia. LOL!!!! (Crap... I could almost TASTE that fifty bucks!)
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