Speaking of bums on the corner

I don't now how it is in your area... But I'm getting damn tired of not being able to drive anywhere in my town without having some homeless(?) person staring in my window with their hand out at every stoplight. My God, I live in an area where it gets below zero and snows all winter long and these people never disappear. I have nothing against the homeless as I get that there's reasons that they are where they are (Some foreseen and some unforeseen), but I'd like to be able to go from point A to point B without having 15 different people shoving their sob signs against my window...

In all fairness, some signs that aren't trying to tug your heart strings and are admitting to being lazy and just looking for money to purchase a beer, joint or hooker are kind of funny...

I need a real creative sign now days to give a handout. I know one day there will be a homeless guy with a sign that reads "WILL MOON YOU FOR A DOLLAR!" and I will give him a 20 dollar bill and tell him to moon the guy behind me.

There's one bum I walk by dowtown every day who holds a sign that reads "Help Fight Hobo-phobia"

Of course he also spreads birdseed all over himself and sits really still so pigeons are always crawling on him; which I would think seriously cuts into the chances anyone actually gives him change.

Tobe06 wrote:

There's one bum I walk by dowtown every day who holds a sign that reads "Help Fight Hobo-phobia"

Of course he also spreads birdseed all over himself and sits really still so pigeons are always crawling on him; which I would think seriously cuts into the chances anyone actually gives him change.

heck, pigeons are a delicacy in some parts of the world, roast them mofos right up!

dudes got some nice shoes for a bum

Saw one on my rounds this morning... In front of the local Lowe's a guy is holding a sign that says, "I will kick your mother-in-law's ass for a buck". Admit I had to laugh and was a bit tempted...

When I was younger and more full of rage for society's filth I used to roll my window down and lob a hand full of pennys at full strength as I drove past.

You bad ass Wolf... Takes stones to go driving full speed past some downtrodden bloke on a corner while throwing copper discs at them. Did it make you feel superior in some way?

I would have paid to see your engine stall and some bum drag you out your window by your ears before giving you a thorough ass kicking while screaming, "Pennies are useless, I need silver or paper, bitch".....

I did it at lights too. They don't do anything. They just sit there with shame...and bend down to pick up the coins after you're about to turn the corner when they can't see you.

I agree about signs.

Getting change from me depends on the contents of their sign. If it's any religious bullshit or feel sorry for me crap they won't get anything.

If it's a sign that gives me a chuckle, then they've earned a buck or any loose change. In Hawaii, a lot of the homeless people have sidewalk acts that they do for money. There was this guy "Basketball man" who busted these awesome globetrotter moves for money and he had a costume and everything.

Wolf, around here just about the only serious crime comes from transients... 90% of the murder and rape anyway. Our bums don't have a conscience and probably would try to find a way to get revenge.