I met the most erudite panhandler today

[HEyHEY]

Swear to GOD... picture a panhandler saying, to you in a West London accent, "Thank you for stopping to listen to me sir. At the risk of sounding forthright, I'm soliciting donations to stay at a hostel this evening. Can you spare any change?"

Swear to god... it was fucked up.

[Bullwinkle925]

1. soooo,

did you?

[HEyHEY]

4. I gave him fifty cents

[Bullwinkle925]

9. good on you!

[SeattleGirl]

2. Was he a young guy?

I'm asking because the one time, the ONE time, I gave money to someone (I'm not talking about a few coins), it turned out to be a scam. Dude had an English accent, and how I found out that he was a scammer was an article I read in the paper about others he had scammed. Boy, did I feel stupid! :blush: I went back to giving money and goods to charities after that.

[HEyHEY]

5. Yeah, reasonably dressed too

I just couldn't be rude back! IT was too funny

[SeattleGirl]

6. Hmmm, makes me wonder if it's the same guy.

Of course, there are tons of panhandlers out there, and some of them are bound to have English accents, but it's strangely similar to the dude I encountered.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Reminds me of The Man With a Twisted Lip

[GirlinContempt]

7. Why aren't you on MSN?

:P

[TheBaldyMan]

8. I remember Black Friday when currency values collapsed ...

there was a beggar in the train station in the financial district in London with a sign saying, "Offload your worthless Sterling here"