Don't give spoilers, but what are some of the funny or strange things Rockstar is known for that you came across in the game?  After two hours this is what I've come across.
 
1.The movie about how doctors are bad.  When it got to the tapeworm guy, I was like wtf.
2. Skinning animals is hilarious to me. 
3. The random comments from towns people. I had one shopkeeper go all racist and tell me how I won't find any Jew made stuff in his store.

lol in the thieves town you can get buy a newspaper for a dollar and theres some funny stuff in there, there was a report on how constantly smoking tobacco can keep workers from catching harmful diseases.

I've seen a gang of about 4 or 5 men on horseback, riding through Armadillo, shooting their guns in the air and dragging a man by lasso across the ground behind them.
They were headed to the area of the map where the Hanging Tree is. :)

" I've seen a gang of about 4 or 5 men on horseback, riding through Armadillo, shooting their guns in the air and dragging a man by lasso across the ground behind them.They were headed to the area of the map where the Hanging Tree is. :) "

I accidentally shot my horse in the ass and killed it. Walking through the wilderness trying to get to a town for another one I came across a cannibal about to eat a girl. Then I found out all I had to do was whistle and another horse showed up.

" I accidentally shot my horse in the ass and killed it. Walking through the wilderness trying to get to a town for another one I came across a cannibal about to eat a girl. Then I found out all I had to do was whistle and another horse showed up. "

I have not shot a horse yet, if you shoot them in stride do they collapse realistically? Like collapsing in on the front legs?

" I have not shot a horse yet, if you shoot them in stride do they collapse realistically? Like collapsing in on the front legs? "

Helping a hooker getting mugged, John says "Feels good helping out the oldest profession in history." I thought it was funny. Also, every time someone gets caught in the stirrup on a horse. Lmao.

ahhh shit. i should not have read this. game doesnt come out here for a few more days and even then i cant afford it and i dont have time to play it without sacrificing study time. GRRR! 

" Helping a hooker getting mugged, John says "Feels good helping out the oldest profession in history." I thought it was funny. Also, every time someone gets caught in the stirrup on a horse. Lmao. "

" Oh, just remembered. Multiplayer Free Roam, me and my friend are sitting on donkeys in the forest when out of no where a bear mauled my friend and donkey. I then turned around to find a giant ass bear clawing my face. Pretty hilarious if you ask me.
 
@xXShnookXx:   Something about the horses make me feel bad when I shoot them in the game. I guess it's doing it's job. "

I was investigating the deaths around the Hanging Rock or whatever that place is.  I found some guy who had made a campfire near the place and he had buckets full of blood and bones near him, as well as a human head on the ground.  There was also a woman who was alive and calling for help.  The guy immediately started shooting at me.  Needless to say, I hogtied him, freed the woman and then rode out far into the desert and dropped him.  Then I slit his throat.  This game is awesome... 

I had been after a bounty and managed to capture the target alive. After being chased by his comrades a VERY long distance back to Armadillo, I learned that you can ride your horse to death if you push it too hard for an extended period of time. It took a nose dive not many yards away from the jail and my prisoner and I went flying into the mud. It's funny in retrospect, but I had recently lost a horse I really liked to a mountain lion and was finally becoming attached to this one. Ugh!

for the love of god, find a horse and punch it in the mouth.
 
Awesome.
 
Also, put a hogtied guy on the train tracks. Epic.

Not exactly funny, but... I was on the trail from the MacFarlane's ranch towards Armadillo. There was a man crouched on the ground next to a body. He was holding something shiny in his hand. I thought he had a knife and was about to skin an animal. As I approached, it turned out he was holding a gun. He shot himself and then I saw that the body next to him was a dead woman.

Two things. 
 

1. I was doing a side mission for an npc near Thieves' Landing. It's the one where you need to collect a bouquet of flowers for his wife. After you complete the mission and watch the cutscene, Marston will leave. Walk back into the house and walk into his wife. What happened next both scared the shit out of me and made me laugh.
2. I was hunting around Gaptooth Breach along a section of the railroad, when I spotted two bucks. I shot them, hopped off of my horse and began to skin them. In the background I could here a train approaching, but I was off the tracks. As I was finishing my second skinning, I look up to see my horse standing on the tracks... Half a second later my horse is splattered by the oncoming train. Fuck.
   

Haven't really played that much yet so the most I have is shooting a guy off a horse and watching him get dragged along with a terrified horse off of a cliff.

I spent the first ten minutes of the game following a drunk guy and knocking him over every time he stood up.

" @Ewok said:

" Oh, just remembered. Multiplayer Free Roam, me and my friend are sitting on donkeys in the forest when out of no where a bear mauled my friend and donkey. I then turned around to find a giant ass bear clawing my face. Pretty hilarious if you ask me.
 
@xXShnookXx:   Something about the horses make me feel bad when I shoot them in the game. I guess it's doing it's job. "

I feel bad when I shoot anything! Seriously, a guy tricked me and then stole my horse, but what did I do? That's right I pulled out my freakin lasso and tried to rope him as he rode away to freedom. I'm such an idiot. I should have just shot the guy in retrospect. That dude's an asshole. Good bear story btw. "

Two of my friends and I went to Tesoro Azul (it's a fort on the south of the map) and we started just throwing knives at each other. At one point after I died I spawned about 150 yards or so away from the fort on a ridge. While my friend was riding into the fort on a horse I threw a random knife and it hit his horse in the head, killing it, and sent him flying. It was awesome.
 
@teh_pwnzorer said:

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Ewok said:

" Oh, just remembered. Multiplayer Free Roam, me and my friend are sitting on donkeys in the forest when out of no where a bear mauled my friend and donkey. I then turned around to find a giant ass bear clawing my face. Pretty hilarious if you ask me.
 
@xXShnookXx:   Something about the horses make me feel bad when I shoot them in the game. I guess it's doing it's job. "

I feel bad when I shoot anything! Seriously, a guy tricked me and then stole my horse, but what did I do? That's right I pulled out my freakin lasso and tried to rope him as he rode away to freedom. I'm such an idiot. I should have just shot the guy in retrospect. That dude's an asshole. Good bear story btw. "

Whistle.  The horse will knock the thief off and come back you.  "

I just saw a guy get off his horse and run over to a rock. I decided to see what he was doing. He was pissing on the rock. Awkward moment between us as I stared at him, and he stared back.

"you'll believe whatever i say just because i'm white" 
 
overheard during a game of Hold 'Em

Funniest thing I've seen is probably the Dastardly achievement.

" Funniest thing I've seen is probably the Dastardly achievement. "

" Helping a hooker getting mugged, John says "Feels good helping out the oldest profession in history." I thought it was funny. Also, every time someone gets caught in the stirrup on a horse. Lmao. "

" @TheHT said:

" Funniest thing I've seen is probably the Dastardly achievement. "

Which one's that? "

" @Noodlearms said:

" @TheHT said:

" Funniest thing I've seen is probably the Dastardly achievement. "

Which one's that? "

You kidnap (and hogtie) a woman and drop her on to the railroad and... wait. ;) "

A cougar knocked me on my ass and ate me. I enjoyed every second of it.
 
In escorting the snake-oil salesman (Dick Westcock, or something like that) back to town, he died en route. With his dying breath, he bailed out of the stage coach like a whale attempting to fly.

Also, catching yourself on fire (shoot lanterns) seems to have no ill effects. Marston just catches fire and flails around like a goofball. It's pretty great.
 
Annnnd finally, bailing out of a stagecoach also seems to not cause any health penalty, but a beautiful, euphoria-driven tumble follows.

Found a Stranger looking out over a cliff. He was wearing a suit, tophat. Said he knew me from somewhere, though John didn't recognize him. The man in the suit, still looking over the cliff, game me a mission to find some girl from my past. After the cutscene, I turned to walk away when he said "Now you're gonna do this" all matter-of-factly. Like he was my boss or something.   
 
I switched to my fists, walked up to him and gave him a solid push over the edge. And I stood there and watched him tumble down the cliff face. 

" Found a Stranger looking out over a cliff. He was wearing a suit, tophat. Said he knew me from somewhere, though John didn't recognize him. The man in the suit, still looking over the cliff, game me a mission to find some girl from my past. After the cutscene, I turned to walk away when he said "Now you're gonna do this" all matter-of-factly. Like he was my boss or something.    I switched to my fists, walked up to him and gave him a solid push over the edge. And I stood there and watched him tumble down the cliff face.  "

" @Sir_Ragnarok: What about the NPC's in the towns?  Specifically those that always sit and play poker.  I may have gotten a little, ahem, pissed, when I lost all my chips in poker and shot that bastard that looks like Colonel Sanders in the face, and all his stupid poker buddies.  "

I'm sure I saw a DeLorean being pushed by a locomotive,

Shooting a bandit off his horse only to watch him get caught in his saddle and flail about. Also when I was working on survivalist stuff, a cougar pounced me from nowhere then proceeded to kill my horse.

" @Sir_Ragnarok said:

" Found a Stranger looking out over a cliff. He was wearing a suit, tophat. Said he knew me from somewhere, though John didn't recognize him. The man in the suit, still looking over the cliff, game me a mission to find some girl from my past. After the cutscene, I turned to walk away when he said "Now you're gonna do this" all matter-of-factly. Like he was my boss or something.    I switched to my fists, walked up to him and gave him a solid push over the edge. And I stood there and watched him tumble down the cliff face.  "

I hate that guy so much, but I want to find out who the hell he is so I'm keeping him alive. "

You quite often see a couple of deputies chasing after and firing at a criminal, and if you shoot the criminal you get some fame or something.  One time the criminal was right by me so I just lassoed and hogtied him real quick, leaving him on the ground for the deputies to carry off.  Instead, the deputies just ran right up to him and emptied their guns into his back at point blank range, then thanked me for my efforts and walked off.  I laughed, then just looted the body and went on my way.

" You quite often see a couple of deputies chasing after and firing at a criminal, and if you shoot the criminal you get some fame or something.  One time the criminal was right by me so I just lassoed and hogtied him real quick, leaving him on the ground for the deputies to carry off.  Instead, the deputies just ran right up to him and emptied their guns into his back at point blank range, then thanked me for my efforts and walked off.  I laughed, then just looted the body and went on my way. "

" @Jimbo said:

" You quite often see a couple of deputies chasing after and firing at a criminal, and if you shoot the criminal you get some fame or something.  One time the criminal was right by me so I just lassoed and hogtied him real quick, leaving him on the ground for the deputies to carry off.  Instead, the deputies just ran right up to him and emptied their guns into his back at point blank range, then thanked me for my efforts and walked off.  I laughed, then just looted the body and went on my way. "

When I first saw that I thought the lawmen were bad dudes shot them and got a wanted level, damn. "

I had a dog sniff my ass for a few minutes.

" A prostitute asking me if I wanted a spit shine then me repeating it to the wife because I thought it was so funny. She did not see the humour in it. "

" @Red12b said:

" @Jimbo said:

" You quite often see a couple of deputies chasing after and firing at a criminal, and if you shoot the criminal you get some fame or something.  One time the criminal was right by me so I just lassoed and hogtied him real quick, leaving him on the ground for the deputies to carry off.  Instead, the deputies just ran right up to him and emptied their guns into his back at point blank range, then thanked me for my efforts and walked off.  I laughed, then just looted the body and went on my way. "

When I first saw that I thought the lawmen were bad dudes shot them and got a wanted level, damn. "

I've noticed that sometimes it's hard to figure out who is the bad guy, and who is the good guy until you get shot. "

i need to rent this game

A dude ran up to me and asked for help, his buddy is going to be hung by bandits. I rode up and started shooting, I acdiently shot the guys friend and then the horse he was sitting on ran away and he was left hanging.....then he died  cause i could not shoot the rope in time lol. Another time I was doing a bounty, I killed the bounty and then his cronies started chasing me. I was looking for a way to escape and was near a cliff. One of the cronies was going real fast and he did not stop in time.....he went straight off the cliff and splat on the ground.

ANYTHING Seth does. 

Indeed, Seth is the heart and soul of this game. I also think that RDR is the best hunting game i have ever played.