{"id":2940,"date":"2015-01-15T21:32:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T21:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:34:04","slug":"weird-flatmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/weird-flatmate\/","title":{"rendered":"You think your flatmate is weird?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2940\" class=\"elementor elementor-2940\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc34f87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc34f87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07fab8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07fab8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/MG_7986-rlk3ukvo82awf89s1c4yywq9ih3aom8jjalam4l8q8.webp\" title=\"Weird flatmates come in all colours\" alt=\"Weird flatmates come in all colours\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73445a3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73445a3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd79e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fd79e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flatmates come in all shapes and colours. \u00a0From the very basic clean, tidy and agreeable person, to the late night heavy metal playing guitarist. We all have a space in the world and flatmates are no exception.<\/p><p>We asked a few people to share some of their stories about past sharing experiences. \u00a0Some of them are interesting, to say the least.<\/p><p>ABC Broadcaster Lindy Burns once shared a house with a man who liked to dress as a wizard.<\/p><p>Comedian Damian Callinan shared a house with a man who was never there but invited random people to stay in his place, including one woman who ended up taking Damian\u2019s clothes and wearing them. He ran into her in a pub and bought her a beer, while she was dressed in a sweater his mother had knitted him.<\/p><p>Another woman lived with a bulimic who would consume odd food combinations (500g of butter and 1 kg sugar) in the middle of the night.<\/p><p>Many have shared stories of stoners who would do odd things, including stealing corningware when asked to leave.<\/p><p>Many have stories of people stealing \u2013 money, their electronics and whitegoods, CD\u2019s, underwear and garden gnomes.<\/p><p>Other have stories of sexual behaviour \u2013 including one man who passed out while having some \u2018time alone\u2019 on the sofa \u2013 his housemate came home to find him trousers at ankles and equipment in hand. 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