21 Of The Most WTF Things That Have Ever Happened In Birmingham

    "Oh good, my meal's balanced on a rusty shovel!" – No one, ever.

    1. When the Messiah showed his face in a most unsavoury place.

    2. And when the Mail managed to find a local angle.

    3. When a man in military dress wandered around pushing a toy monkey in a pram.

    4. When the phrase "dig into your meal" was taken a bit too literally by a hipster pub.

    My lunch from Monday served on a shovel #onlyinbirmingham

    Twitter: @michael_keates

    You've heard of plates, right?

    5. When someone improved this street sign with a bottle of Tipp-Ex.

    6. And when someone else went one step further.

    7. When a passing Google Street View car uncovered a secret world of dancing binmen.

    8. When Broad Street still managed to surprise us all.

    9. And when Spider-Man was spotted handing out food to homeless people in the city centre.

    A man dressed as Spider-Man is walking around #Birmingham handing out food to the homeless - http://t.co/7CQSXN52hN

    Twitter: @IAmBirmingham

    A real superhero. Even J. Jonah Jameson would approve.

    10. When a local convenience store did a Brangelina.

    11. When the morning commute turned into Toys "R" Bus.

    12. When Scooby, Shaggy, and the gang made a quick getaway from West Brom.

    13. And when a horny ghost caused a commotion at the Queen's Arms.

    14. When this guy decided to carry around a giant Happy Meal.

    15. When Broad Street did it again.

    16. When this city centre shortcut had an existential crisis.

    17. When this snack bar sold 99p "donor" meat.

    18. When the angry wife of a flirty Brum DJ sold his £25,000 Lotus Esprit on eBay.

    19. When someone opened a theme bar inspired by a mediocre 16-year-old film.

    #ICYMI! New Coyote Ugly bar to open in #Digbeth #Birmingham 🍔🍸🍟🍻 MORE > https://t.co/PsAkxvcNTu

    Twitter: @WhatsOnBrum

    Coming Soon: The Battlefield Earth Burger Bar. Possibly.

    20. When Brum's deeply terrifying statue of King Kong ended up in a Wolverhampton art gallery.

    Does anyone else remember when it used to stand next to the Bull Ring?

    21. And, last but by no means least, when a Brummie royalist's tattoo tribute backfired badly.