Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Things that hobos have yelled at me:


"Whatcha looking at?!" "Nothing..." "YOU PLOTTIN' ON ME?!?!" This one is probably my favorite...

"Spare some change?" "No, sorry." "That wasn't a question!" Sorry, it sure sounded like one...

"You gonna eat that?" "Yeah." "How come?" Cause as a human, we need food to sustain life. Not sure what he was getting at...

"Jesus loves you man!" "Uhhh... thanks." "You better stop doing drugs or you're going to hell!" That was the same hobo, same conversation. I'm still confused about that one...

"You got change for a dollar?" "No, sorry." "I SAID, 'DO YOU GOT CHANGE FOR A DOLLAR?!'" "NO!" I'm now walking faster and he's still slurring, "I GOTTA GET CHANGE! Arrr burrr forger my wufffun..... ALAMO!!!!" At this point, I'm at a dead sprint back to my office trying to hold onto my sandwich with my wife on the other end of the phone saying, "What is that?" "SOME GUY WANTS CHANGE AND I DON'T HAVE IT!!!"

"GOD IS GONNA JUDGE YOU!!!" Hate to be a spoiler, but I've got the "Get Out Of Hell Free" card.

It's been a while since I've encountered any hobos, but it always makes me laugh when I do get the opportunity...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

We don't have any hobos here. How odd is that?

"Cowboy" Cody said...

I don't believe you. Hobos are everywhere. To paraphrase Poor Richard, "There are only three sure things in this life; death, taxes and hobos."

Anonymous said...

Um, I think it was Little Richard and he said, "Good golly, Miss Molly."

Abi said...

I saw a bum on Colfax once that yelled at someone, "Don't make me call God down here!" Classic.

Anonymous said...

I finally remembered my favorite bum yell. One dirty old guy asked me, "If I was a puppy, would you take me home?" He asked me that on two separate ocassions, as we were practically neighbors.

"Cowboy" Cody said...

"If I was a puppy, would you take me home?"

I think I'm gonna use that line next time I see a pretty girl. I mean, if I'm ever single again, and I'm not a wrinkled old crank, and hot girls are actually girls and not robots by then...

Anonymous said...

Ya never know...

BlondeDoctor911 said...

Hi! How do i work this thing? like adding a friend {you} or whatever?

Katie Direen

"Cowboy" Cody said...

I have no idea! I just have my friends saved as a favorites page. I'm not nearly smart enough to add a friend. I can't do that in real life, much less virtual real life...

Abi said...

This is a late comment. To Maria. By the ocean. I would like you to know, that when I was in Florida, I saw hobos. Several of them. Even some at the beach.

Anonymous said...

Well, Abi, I guess Jacksonville is just more classy than the southern or central parts of FL you were in.