Last night on the streets of Camberwell this guy came up to us and asked if we liked Chess...

He then said he'd sell us a chess set for a quid, so he could get "a bit of bus fare".

Beggars love the bus fare line.

hahah indeed.

While not all homeless Im sure theres some characters on here you've heard of

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Berith wrote:in my first uni-year in Camden there was this "Irish-Joke-Telling-Man"
He'd come up to you and follow you on the street and introduce himself, telling you not to tell his family he was bumming money as he had told them he is having a big time career as a comedic in London...then hed go on to tell some joke that I never understood and ask for a few Pence....
...however, he dissapeared mysteriously after 2005...hmmm, guess he told the wrong joke to the wrong person in Kentish Town.

No way man, he's still around! In fact I met him only a couple of months back. I think he's hilarious!

Camden has enough of them to fill a thread on its own!

James wrote:Last night on the streets of Camberwell this guy came up to us and asked if we liked Chess...

He then said he'd sell us a chess set for a quid, so he could get "a bit of bus fare".

Beggars love the bus fare line.

Yeah what the fuck's that about? They're everywhere! I once had a guy come up to me saying he borrowed his mate's car, it got stoeln with his wallet inside and needed money to get back to fucking Scarborough. I told him I couldn't spare any cash and he just walked off. Twat!

^^ I've had almost the exact same situation - some guy told me he'd locked himself out of his car and needed money to get the bus home - he had this wallet all prepared with things like a police contact card which he used to claim he had rung the police but they couldn't do anything.

some women came up to me in vicky and said that she was not a beggar,she just needed money for the bus.anyway this chick made coal miners look clean and she reckons shes not a beggers seeing as im a nice person i asked how much? and she said "about £4.50" 'NO' i said and carried on with my journey.

Heh, do you remember that woman who came up to us in Camden when Pez and Harris visited, and she was babbling on about how she couldn't decide if she should spend her last fiver on topping up her phone or on her bus fare home, so she chose the former... I bet she does that to loads of unsuspecting guys who feel sorry for her

Where I live in London there's a few homeless people, like girl-who-sits-by-cashmachine-with-head-in-hands, feel quite sorry for her, she's probably only my age. Then there's two guys who sleep in the porch of a shop, and shout 'wahey!' when I walk past at night.

When I was a student living in Coventry I didn't see many homeless people, but there are a lot of WEIRD people round there...

Metalbrew Stu wrote:

Berith wrote:in my first uni-year in Camden there was this "Irish-Joke-Telling-Man"
He'd come up to you and follow you on the street and introduce himself, telling you not to tell his family he was bumming money as he had told them he is having a big time career as a comedic in London...then hed go on to tell some joke that I never understood and ask for a few Pence....
...however, he dissapeared mysteriously after 2005...hmmm, guess he told the wrong joke to the wrong person in Kentish Town.

No way man, he's still around! In fact I met him only a couple of months back. I think he's hilarious!

Hah, fucking awesome, havent seen him for years! Guess just not been hanging in Camden enough since I moved away.
Gotta go for a nostalgia trip and catch one of those epic tales!

The Rash wrote:Heh, do you remember that woman who came up to us in Camden when Pez and Harris visited, and she was babbling on about how she couldn't decide if she should spend her last fiver on topping up her phone or on her bus fare home, so she chose the former... I bet she does that to loads of unsuspecting guys who feel sorry for her

I remember that!!! I don't know if she was a homeless, I think she was just really pissed, and she wanted to get home but didn't know how

Talking of hobos, and me and Pez visiting London, I chose a bad place to go for a slash (outside a church) and stopped just before going, there was a sleeping hobo right where I was about to piss!!!!

thrash metal maniac wrote:

The Rash wrote:Heh, do you remember that woman who came up to us in Camden when Pez and Harris visited, and she was babbling on about how she couldn't decide if she should spend her last fiver on topping up her phone or on her bus fare home, so she chose the former... I bet she does that to loads of unsuspecting guys who feel sorry for her

I remember that!!! I don't know if she was a homeless, I think she was just really pissed, and she wanted to get home but didn't know how

Talking of hobos, and me and Pez visiting London, I chose a bad place to go for a slash (outside a church) and stopped just before going, there was a sleeping hobo right where I was about to piss!!!!

hahah
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There's an old bald man with a goatee who wears a kilt. He stands in the same spot the shopping centre every day, eyeing up the chav girls. He's been doing this for years, literally about 5 years.....
Later on in the day, he goes and stands at a bus stop, but I don't think he ever gets the bus. He just stands there.

exeter has so many homeless i cant remember them all, some of my faves are:
Man-with-his-dead-friend's-dreads-on-his-head:
pretty self explanitory, he has his dead friends dreads moulded onto his head in some stinking heap, he can be seen just about anywhere in the town centre.

The-cigarette-picker:
he is usually hanging around the cathedral green picking up any cigarette butts and dog ends he can scavenge to get his nicotine hit!

Mr-brand-new-bike:
He is clearly homeless and can barely afford food for a day but yet almost every day you will see him on a different and mostly new bike. i think its a given that they are stolen...

ill pay more attention next time im in town and update you more, theres plenty here!

Arrg i've never seen Mr Brand New Bike my hobodex is lacking.

I saw Irish Joke man in camden!

Was sitting in the pub (on the corner opposite where metalhead used to be) and said a joke about some ex IRA members and heaven, completely forgotten, but it made me -->

In my area, the only tramps of note are:

Lenny the Tramp: This guy is actually a legend. He has a facebook thing about him. He's called Lenny. He's a tramp. [Enfield]

2 gypo's: These 2 gypsie women come from NO WHERE. Nobody knows where they come from, but they always wander around at night, with an empty Asda trolley (perhaps, like the gentlemen who think their dogs or wives are still alive can relate to how these 2 women perhaps think they can still afford to do their shopping?! haha) [Southgate]

To follow on from Donnys...

If you're in Wood green, get the hell out!
You will be harassed, harassed, poked, harassed some more, if you're lucky, you'll only get your bum slapped.

There was a new BBQ Chicken place open, and we were driving back from someplace, and thought, yet! genius! BBQ chicken! why has nobody done this!

We later discovered that it was a cheap nandos rip off.

However! I saw the aforementioned random shouty african crackhead man. He was saying something, in a rather shouty, african manner. Nobody knew what he was saying. The people behind the place didn't know what he was ordering, thankfully our food was ready and we went off before he got angrier and shoutier, and more incoherant!

To conclude - if you are in Wood Green - Go to the BBQ chicken place! It's nice! And they do a cracking Naan bread.

And stay away from the hobo's.