they're not common here, if it weren't for b3ta I never would've known what they were
I doubt anyone I know has every heard of one either
I imagine it does get old to you guys but if it happened around me I'd go nuts and grin like a school girl
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:23, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I guess so
it's the fact that they are used on adverts and they're in the news a lot here for really stupid causes which makes them very passe.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:26, Reply)

I'm a Brit
and I still enjoy them, I think it adds a bit of joy to an otherwise ordinary day.

Although guys with Free Hugs signs need to pack it in, especially at festivals.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:32, Reply)

I was just thinking this the other day
it's always a fat ugly guy whose drunk too much and thinks it's "hilarious" to wander around yelling "Free Hugs!" and then thinks you're being grumpy when you punch him in the face.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:33, Reply)

Theres a great video somewheere of a guy offering $2 deluxe hugs next to a free hug guy
Guess who gave the most hugs?

EDIT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfYAJJYMqg
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:34, Reply)

haha just watched that video
"he doesn't mean it"
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:41, Reply)

That's brilliant!
Why didn't the free guy just go home.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:42, Reply)

Anyone who is a big enough cock to offer free hugs

isn't going to give upo that easily, he has a shallow and pretentious point about modern society to make god damn it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:43, Reply)

Do you reckon they'd give up
if someone - say, me, for example, went in ostensibly for a hug but then kneed the cunt at full strength in the bollocks, and then stamped on their face as they lay whimpering on the ground?

I'm happy to try it - see how YouTube likes THAT shit, yo.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 14:48, Reply)

This I would pay $2 for, perhaps more

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 15:03, Reply)