You're a better and/or more gullible man than me Gonz.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:09, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I hope I'm wrong
but I've a suspicion she'll be doing the same thing somewhere else tomorrow.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:12, Reply)

On the one hand
I have a friend, who has worked with the homeless and knows people who still do, who refuses to give money to them as she claims there are hostel places for them all, if they will take it, so that any money given them will be for drugs/drink

On the other hand , on a human level, It's hard to say no to a human being who is suffering and I applaud Gonz for his decency. He is a better man regardless of her reality/motives.

It's all to easy to walk past and not even acknowledge the person in front of you as human.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:17, Reply)

I'm not even homeless*
and I spend every penny anyone gives me on drugs and drink. 'LOL'

In truth I feel that in the middle of winter, stuck freezing your arse off in the street, some drugs and drink is probably just what will help for that brief moment. I would never be so sanctimonious as to deny someone some brief respite.

My brother only gives money to beggars who are honest and say they want a beer or whatever. 'Feed my dog' or 'cup of tea', my fucking arse.

*ask me again in a fortnight
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:22, Reply)

This is also a point.
I did once give a guy some cash because he honestly said he'd spend it on special brew, and I've refused a guy who asked for the price of a cup of tea and had no idea how much a cup of tea cost.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Fella with no top on bounced up to us on a roasting sunny afternoon,
and said "None of this '10 pence for a cup of tea' shit. I'm rattling and I need 50p for cider."
I gave him a quid.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Is cider really that cheap up there, or was 5this a while back?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:35, Reply)

I am assuming he meant he needed 50p more
White cider's about £3 I think
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:38, Reply)

No idea what it is down here anymore.
in my younger days I could have told you, but that sounds about right. I applaud your decision, anyway.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I did this about a fortnight ago.
I adopted a stern tone and demanded he didn't waste the money on tea or dog food and made him promise to show me the can. He did, we lolled, the end.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Those chaps who move through tube carriages giving it the old 'night shelter' schtick
get about £50 per 'run' of the train. They could be staying at the fucking Lanesborough on that hourly rate.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:26, Reply)

I find this unlikely, mathematically
Never seen one get more than a couple of takers and more often than not they leave the cariage empty handed. But then maybe I'm in the cunt carriage. They must be getting summat or they'd not do it I guess.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:30, Reply)

One came on my tube carriage once and I couldn't breathe he ponged that bad.
It was burning the back of my fucking throat.
( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I had one actually sit next to me on a train once, in one of those little 2-seats-side-by-side so there was no escape
The smell was indescribable.

It was a long time ago and I have washed many times since.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Most chaps would jump at the chance to 'come on your tube carriage'.
I don't blame the fellow for being so excited he forgot to bathe.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Lies on the internet.

( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:36, Reply)

OK you got me.
I do blame him really.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:37, Reply)

not lies.
most chaps would crawl on their hands and knees over broken glass just to appreciate your Hammersmith & City Line.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

*doesn't get euphemism*

( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:40, Reply)

It would have been a fuck sight ruder had I said Bakerloo line.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:41, Reply)

FILTH

( broadsword, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:59, Reply)

pong spunk bad hard

sorry
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:39, Reply)

you will be
( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I say, this thread is on fire, what?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Indeed.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:47, Reply)

GET BACK TO WORK YOU BOUNDER

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:26, Reply)

Lunch break, tosspot.
What's your excuse?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 21 Oct 2011, 13:31, Reply)