Might sound strange but i was a little suspect when I went to the bustop outside Wilkos in town after work today. There was a foreign lady stood there and she approached a young girl saying she had been robbed and sobbing loudly stopping and the starting again. She had a cockatiel with her that was jumping from her hand to her shoulder. She was trying to ask the young girl for money which the girl didn't have. I was dubious as I thought if she had have been robbed she would have called the police ? Has anyone seen her or been approached by her ?
I am curious more than anything.
Thanks.

scammer........tut really dislike these people

My thoughts to, to be honest. Think people should be careful. I just wanted to check, benefit of the doubt and all that.

Might sound strange but i was a little suspect when I went to the bustop outside Wilkos in town after work today. There was a foreign lady stood there and she approached a young girl saying she had been robbed and sobbing loudly stopping and the starting again. She had a cockatiel with her that was jumping from her hand to her shoulder. She was trying to ask the young girl for money which the girl didn't have. I was dubious as I thought if she had have been robbed she would have called the police ? Has anyone seen her or been approached by her ?
I am curious more than anything.
Thanks.

What a peculiar lady. Wonder why she had a Cockatiel with her.:huh:

What a peculiar lady. Wonder why she had a Cockatiel with her.:huh:

I have no idea. It was well trained though.

I'm sure this must be the woman i saw at Broomhill last week the bird was very happy hopping about on her head and shoulders she was def foreign, thought it wierd that she was walking around as though it was normal to walk the streets with a bird on your head!

a woman once pulled over in a car and stopped me and a member of my staff, to try and sell us some gold rings because she didnt have anyone money...... these rings are brass not gold..... times are changing in the world really quickly and i dont like the way its going

if an old sheffield lady does this with a nice owl, someone would give her 50p. a foreign lady does it with a cockatiel and she is lambasted on the sheffield forum and painted out to be a disgraceful lunatic.

You sure she had'nt had a cockatoo?

I'm sure this must be the woman i saw at Broomhill last week the bird was very happy hopping about on her head and shoulders she was def foreign, thought it wierd that she was walking around as though it was normal to walk the streets with a bird on your head!

It must be her personal pet, or it wouldnt stand being paraded about like this.

if an old sheffield lady does this with a nice owl, someone would give her 50p. a foreign lady does it with a cockatiel and she is lambasted on the sheffield forum and painted out to be a disgraceful lunatic.


I pointed out she was as a discription and not for any other reason. There is always one who likes to take issue. I was asking about this lady out of curiosity.

Ps an old lady crying with an owl who wasn't foreign would have got the same reaction. Lambasted ??? Grow up

What a peculiar lady. Wonder why she had a Cockatiel with her.:huh:

Strange that,isn't it. I bet she'd prefer a cockatoo!:o

Did she do this to anyone else? Did she parrot the same speech at them?!

if an old sheffield lady does this with a nice owl, someone would give her 50p. a foreign lady does it with a cockatiel and she is lambasted on the sheffield forum and painted out to be a disgraceful lunatic.

I would glady give an old sheffield lady with a owl on her head £2.00

would call the police on this foreign scammer tho

I've heard she's safe but the bird is a bit of a magpie in disguise. It'll have your bag in one fell swoop, the police are on it's tail, after a number of fly-bys, they've ruffled more than a few feathers trying to get to the bottom of this.

I've heard she's safe but the bird is a bit of a magpie in disguise. It'll have your bag in one fell swoop, the police are on it's tail, after a number of fly-bys, they've ruffled more than a few feathers trying to get to the bottom of this.

I suppose she'll end up in front of the beak and end up doing bird.

Might sound strange but i was a little suspect when I went to the bustop outside Wilkos in town after work today. There was a foreign lady stood there and she approached a young girl saying she had been robbed and sobbing loudly stopping and the starting again. She had a cockatiel with her that was jumping from her hand to her shoulder. She was trying to ask the young girl for money which the girl didn't have. I was dubious as I thought if she had have been robbed she would have called the police ? Has anyone seen her or been approached by her ?
I am curious more than anything.
Thanks.

Are you on drugs? :suspect: :D

Welcome back to the forum. Not seen this woman, however, she is one of the many oddities that frequent that area of town.

I've heard she's safe but the bird is a bit of a magpie in disguise. It'll have your bag in one fell swoop, the police are on it's tail, after a number of fly-bys, they've ruffled more than a few feathers trying to get to the bottom of this.

made me laugh! How ingenious this lady is, if she gets the bird to do her dirty work.

There was a man in town this week with a parrot asking for money i said i only have 10p is that ok ? he just said Ahrrrrrrr .

if an old sheffield lady does this with a nice owl, someone would give her 50p. a foreign lady does it with a cockatiel and she is lambasted on the sheffield forum and painted out to be a disgraceful lunatic.

Grow up. people like you spoil this forum, trying to cause arguments. go elsewhere and pedal your tripe.

I saw this woman with the cockatiel the other day. I said where did you get that from? The cockatiel replied ..................., (etc.etc.)

The cops are sending the flying squad as we speak!

I heard the bird went to the vets and said can you remove this scab from my foot

ive had a woman stop me three times.she asks if your english first then tells you she has argued with her husband and he left her here and went back to scotland.she asks for 1.20 to get home.cheap fare to scotland that is.you would have thought she would have learnt the first time her husband left her.but no hes done it three times now hehe

First of all, this is a quality thread!
Second of all, IMO anyone willing to give money to a complete stranger deserves everything they get.
I'd probably find myself shouting uncontrollably at this woman about what she does for a living and/or what the hell she's done with the hundreds of pounds in benefits she claims.
Eventually I'd calm down, and maybe offer her three quid for the bird :D

Has every body heard about the bird?

if an old sheffield lady does this with a nice owl, someone would give her 50p. a foreign lady does it with a cockatiel and she is lambasted on the sheffield forum and painted out to be a disgraceful lunatic.

Never heard of an old sheffield lady doing anything with a nice owl (rooney doesn't play for us yet lol).

Has every body heard about the bird?

Is the bird the word ?

yes the bird bird bird is the word. lol