Comments on: Southland Headphones Guy

By: Rano11

Rano11 — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:49:17 +0000

His a freak, i worked at southland about 8 years ago, and he was there then, what is up with him? i cant believe he is still walking around, he goes from one end the the other all day every day, i think he needs help. or to be put down

By: markk

markk — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:08:12 +0000

Sounds like there’s more to this than I realised. He’s being remembered all right.

By: ben of cheltenham

ben of cheltenham — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:16:22 +0000

Yes he was in love with one of my sis friends and apparently he just walks around sland aimlessly just so he can be remembered when he dies…. He has also changed his headphones, they arn’t pink!!!!!!

By: markk

markk — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:34:15 +0000

So, he’s a completely normal guy who turns weird as soon as steps inside the doors of Southland? But of course.

By: jacob

jacob — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:23:13 +0000

ok you are not going to beleive this… I SAW HIM WITHOUT FUCKING HEADPHONES OMG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG I NEARLY EXPLODED it was at a local nightclub near southland called nighthawks nearly oposite bunnings AND I COULD NOT BELEIVE i went up and talked to him he actually seemed like a nicenuff guy he isnt that strange or anything….

By: Dave RH

Dave RH — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:14:19 +0000

I’d say it all depends on the headphones guy’s feelings on the subject. If he doesn’t mind or likes the facebook group, then I don’t see a problem with it.

If he finds it offensive or hurtful in anyway, then there is a problem.

By: themolk

themolk — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:01:55 +0000

Pink headphones, green shoes… whatever…

…you make the call…

By: markk

markk — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:18:18 +0000

The people involved in this have kept a respectful distance from the most part. In the facebook group forums, someone suggested a group mimic where 30 people would turn up at the Southland food court with pink headphones and blue backpacks, power-walking through the food court as Headphones Guy normally does. This idea was shot down though, as noone wanted to freak SHG out.

So far, whoever is running the Facebook SHG group seems to have kept things above-board and gently humourous rather than nasty.

I can only hope he remains oblivious to the attention, and never stumbles across the Facebook group himself.

Molk, I have a pair of bright green shoes, and they are not in the least metaphorical!

By: PebbleZ Decor

PebbleZ Decor — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:21:33 +0000

It seams a bit like harrassment to me. No wonder the guy looks so sour about the attention. People aren’t laughing with him they are laughing at him. He is just trying to be himself, and now there are a bunch of people bothering him like he was some sort of side show

By: themolk

themolk — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:04:50 +0000

I think every place and social situation needs a “Southland Headphone Guy”. All at once he reminds us of our normality and our insanity, and that whilst we are all the same, we are all so impeccably different.

I really don’t think anyone else want’s this guy’s life. Everyone should be busy enough with their own, but surely we can all punctuate our own lives with our own metaphorical pink headphones, can’t we?

The best part about the picture is that he seems really non-plussed about the press that is starting to spin around him. Like having his photo taken with a complete and totally insane stranger is a massive interruption to his massively busy life.

Gotta love that Southland Headphone Guy… he’s a silent but accurate judge of character.