Coffee and cake in the morning
Tea and biscuits in the afternoon
Fine ale and the carcass of an animal in the evening.

Alt: Good question. It doesn't seem to be the done thing in London as the 'random strangers' who need 'help' are just trying to extort money out of you, and I can't remember when I last had occasion to help a mother up some stairs with a pram.

Edit: And to every cunt who sat idly by and watched me struggle to keep my bass and amp politely out of your way on the 452 the other day, thanks for fucking nothing.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:21, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sad times.
London isn't a very helpful place is it?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:23, Reply)

It depends
I've helped people in London- and I've also been helped by people on occasion mostly with directions etc
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:24, Reply)

Nope.
Trouble is, it's soured me. I'm not averse to helping people get their luggage or prams down stairs or off trains, but normally when someone who seems to know you as "mate" asks if you can do them a "favour" I know damn well they're going to ask me for money. As a result, when some chap asked me the other night whether he could use my phone to call his sister, despite him not looking the sort to do so, I couldn't bring myself to trust him not to run off with it. What kind of cunt has this city turned me into?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:26, Reply)

I'll say
A suspicious cunt.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I'll say
a sensible cunt
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:49, Reply)

About a year ago I met a crying, bleeding girl with a massive black eye outside the tube station,
claiming she'd had a fight with her boyfriend and he'd turned abusive and begging train fare home.

She's since tried the same line on me three more times.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:54, Reply)

I once gave £10 for a taxi
to a man who'd been dumped by his wife, no money, no house, no nothing, so he could go to his mother's for the night.

I've seen him several times on the same corner, telling the same story.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 17 Nov 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Cheeky cow
Give her something real to cry about*


*probably best if you don't
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Whilst I was impressed that she was willing to let her boyfriend/pimp/partner-in-crime smack her in the face for her art,
no more money for her.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 16:04, Reply)

It was probably make-up
or she really is in an abusive relationship and desperately needs help...
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 16:06, Reply)

*shrug*
I no longer care either way. THIS IS WHAT LONDON DOES TO YOU.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I want ale and the carcass of an animal now
If I finally move to London we two have to meet for a proper beer session, and I'll break my diet that day, just for you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 17 Nov 2010, 15:58, Reply)