Remember, all tramps are someones child/brother/sister...
My little sister took a somewhat unorthodox route into adult life and ended up with a social circle that contained people that most wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. Despite my family's most extreme efforts*, she ended up on the streets taking god knows what. We think she was raped at least once, probably more. Pretty much the kind of place you don't expect many to come back from. My parents spent years just waiting for the call from the police/hospital to tell us she'd been found dead.

Thankfully, she hit rock bottom before she actually ended up dead and somehow found the strength to turn her life around quite monumentally. With support and some pretty amazing help from local services, she is now back to being the fun and happy person she was before. Furthermore, she has more respect for everything and everyone around her than anyone else I have ever known.

I know this is supposed to be a comedy QOTW, but before you post your hilarious story about how you pissed on a homeless guy or kicked a busker in the face, perhaps take a second to think that these people are quite often in horrific places in their lives; rarely through choice and sometimes treading a fine line between life and death. Being a twat to them is not only incredibly unnecessary but might actually send them over the edge. 50p/not being an arse isn't really much to ask of any decent human.

*anyone who just assumes these things could never happen in their family or that they would never let something like this happen to someone they know can go forth and populate. You have no idea
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:51, 19 replies)

christ...
oh lighten the fuck up francis, while im sure we're all delighted your sister got her act together, this board is for mildly amusing anecdotes pertaining to a given subject, not sanctimonious guilt tripping by proxy. most of the shite on here is made up anyway.
(hotpiss is very much liking your popping musics, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:04, closed)

i wouldn't agree
there's always room for a serious reply.

glad to hear your sister's back on her feet old chap.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:07, closed)

This ^

(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:33, closed)

^ this
Or what's the point?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:36, closed)

@hotpiss
You can be mildly amusing without being a cunt.
( rofl harris, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:08, closed)

I like to think
I'm laughing along with the tramps.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:13, closed)

Or....
...you can be a mildly amusing cunt. Either will do.
(EffinDoubt is breaking glass on, Thu 9 Jul 2009, 9:26, closed)

I agree whole heartedly
My post was aimed at the people who are not posting mildly amusing anecdotes but examples of cuntish behaviour
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:14, closed)

Agree
with your post and your subsequent reply.
( lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:25, closed)

Or that one chap
who admitted that he and a bunch of his friends watched a tramp beat the shit out of a trampette, leaving her bleeding on the ground.

Without doing anything about it.
(Scritty Bakerman., Mon 6 Jul 2009, 3:47, closed)

Couldn't agree more, mate
Done a load of work with various homeless charities over the years as a youth worker. Seen some pretty grim stuff and seen some pretty dispicable excuses for human beigns along the way who seem to enjoy fucking over homeless people for kicks. There is humor in this QOTW; but there's also a nasty element for some to demonstrate just how cuntish they are.

Homelessness is fucking horrible. Simple as that really...
( SpankyHanky, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:28, closed)

.
Has anyone replied about doing mean things to tramps then?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:31, closed)

www.b3ta.com/questions/tramps/post471601
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:43, closed)

/\ This /\

( lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:48, closed)

Leave tramps aloooooonne..!
What a tool - this is B3TA not an internet self-help group.

Fuck off.
( Vulthoom, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:34, closed)

Not this^

(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:54, closed)

you fuck off
...go-on. no-one likes you.
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 12:47, closed)

I've always wondered.
Is this misplaced anger the result of inadequate gonads?
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:32, closed)

That and the fact he's got tiny balls.

(TheColonel, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 17:01, closed)