Most inspired panhandler of the year--

[Jackpine Radical]

[marym625]

1. LMFAO!

[Warpy]

2. Well, he'd get all the money I had with me

for creativity if not the hope he'd put that sign into practice.

[calimary]

20. Take a number.

I'd dig through the bottom of my purse for that! Where is this guy?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. The one I thought was genius was the guy who had multiple bowls out

in front of him, each labeled with a different group, and a bigger sign that said something like 'Who is more generous?' I think it was various religions and atheists, but you could do the same thing with political parties, or any other set of crosstabs on people passing. In fact, I seem to recall seeing a set of tip jars in a business somewhere, with one labeled 'tips from men' and the other 'tips from women'. It incentivizes donations because people feel like they're 'standing up for' whatever group they belong to.

[mopinko]

9. ^^smart

a local brew pub names beers after pres candidates. shhhh. dont tell anyone that it is the same beer.

[A Simple Game]

24. What a good social experiment and money maker.

Bowls labeled Republican, Democrat, and independent.
Bowls labeled conservative, liberal, and middle of the road.
Would you dare use white and other?
Men and women.
Mature, Boomer, GenX, and Millennium.

The possibilities are endless.

[Barack_America]

4. CHANGE I can believe in!

Dude would get everything in my wallet.

[AtomicKitten]

5. That's a cause I could support.

[Mr.Bill]

6. I saw a panhandler in San Francisco

once sitting on the sidewalk with a sign that said "Will take verbal abuse for spare change."

Very creative.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. My favorite was...

"Need money for beer".

[BlancheSplanchnik]

7. I'd love to get us both a seat, and we could punch beckkk in the mouth together.

That would make me happy.

[Solly Mack]

8. I hope he got the money.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. If I saw that...

and I had money in my pocket, I would give it to him.

[Piasladic]

12. Beggar Promises Violence

Perhaps we should arrest him on the spot?

[Brigid]

13. I would gladly kick in a few bucks.

[Shrike47]

14. We can only hope he gets the money.

[MarianJack]

15. If I had it, Than...

...he'd get it, plus a bump up to $300 so he'd have some eating money to go with it!

PEACE!

[hootinholler]

16. Panhandler or Mercenary?

[Scuba]

17. Sweet. See you tomorrow at 11:30.

[brewens]

18. I saw a guy in Eugene, OR with a sign that said, "Waiting For Spaceship. Need Money For Beer". I

waved him over and gave him a couple bucks.

[C Moon]

19. When I went to Maui...

I stopped at a market to pick up some snacks and was stopped by a homeless man who asked me for $1.79 so he could call his sister in Ohio.
I gave him a dollar.
After I left and got in the car, I saw him walking out of the market with a quart of beer.
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There was another homeless man in Pasadena, CA who I always gave money to. He was a long bearded older gentleman with a cart full of blankets, etc. One night, I gave him a couple dollars as I left the video store, he mumbled something and handed me a piece of paper.

I looked at it when I got home, and it was his own currency drawn on cardboard.
I tried to find the photo I have of his currency, but I believe it's on another computer.

[calimary]

21. The weirdest one we saw was a nicely-dressed young man outside a local full-service

pharmacy, panhandling for a bank account he said he'd set up for his dogs. Later on we saw him in the same shopping center, buying some deluxe toasted sandwich and all the fixings.

[pinboy3niner]

22. Most inspirational homeless man I've seen

He didn't pledge to punch anybody.

He was at a McDonald's near Skid Row when three of us DUers walked in after an Occupy L.A. march.

The guy was trying to buy a cup of coffee, but when he counted his coins he came up short. So we said, just put his coffee on our bill.

Guy got his coffee--and then put all of his coins into the Ronald McDonald House donation box. Paying it forward...

[Helen Borg]

23. If I give him the money and...

he goes to New York and punches Glenn Beck in the mouth, would I be an accessory???

[libodem]

25. Here's a hundred

For a kick in the shins when you get there.

[broiles]

26. I think Glenn moved to Texas. Just N of Dallas.

[DeSwiss]

27. Godzilla approves of this!

K&R