Does your city have the best bums?

[terry78]

Haha, I'm not even trying to be that funny or insensitive regarding it, but they were actually discussing this at the office(so you can see the ilk I apparently spend time with) and talking about the random homeless around the Chicago Loop, and how each has their own reputation for doing something outlandish. I know one guy that's always on the bridge crossing the river that sits there every day, and everytime I see him he's singing the Mary Tyler Moore theme song....I am not making this up. Chicago has the best bums, hands down.

 

[Sugarculted]

Damn it, misleading title. I thought the thread was about people's backsides.
Does my city have cool bums? No, it definitely doesn't. Can my city have some of your bums, terry?

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Chucktown has some interesting ones. There's this guy who talks to you, preaches actually, and has obviously very little grasp on what's in the Bible, then about ten words into his sermon, he'll turn and starting witnessing to an imaginary audience. Also I'm pretty sure he's killed a man before.

 

[Crook]

I'm sorry, but no one beats NYC for the most outlandish bums.

 

[kane9321]

Holy misleading title batman!!!

 

[The Apocalypse]

I'm sorry, but no one beats NYC for the most outlandish bums.

True story. A whole legion of bums would hangout in the back of this park I used to go to. One day, one of them were sleeping and one of the other bums decided to pick up a plastic crate and throw it at the guy sleeping.

Another time, while I was playing basketball, one of my friends decided it would be fun to bother one of them. So he went over there and threw a firecracker at the one bum. Then out of nowhere 6 other bums rise up (guess they were sleeping) zombie style. So they actually come after me and my friends playing basketball. We hightailed it out of the park but my friend almost got hit with a glass bottle by one of them. A bum with one arm was chasing us with a stick in his hand but he pretty slow.

Anyway, yeah NYC has the best bums.

 

[Immortalfire]

For here in Athens, not many bums to be found. Head up to Atlanta, they're a dime a dozen. They especially show up when the crowd leaves a Braves game. But they're not cool, at least by Terry's definition. They're just annoying.

 

[The Lizard]

For here in Athens, not many bums to be found. Head up to Atlanta, they're a dime a dozen. They especially show up when the crowd leaves a Braves game. But they're not cool, at least by Terry's definition. They're just annoying.

Indeed. Atlanta bums really suck for the most part. Their schtick and overall presentation is sorely lacking in the creativity department.


Fortunately, we have the Bumbot...

 

[Rando Aces]

we have one that sells very intricately drawn ships. his name is sailor dan. hes pretty cool.

 

[Morg]

I'm sorry, but no one beats NYC for the most outlandish bums.

I think Cleveland got the rudest ones, some will follow you even after you politely not give out money and bug you

 

[amazingfantasy15]

There's one bum in Chicago that's always by the Jewel at Grand and Michigan, usually around 5 pm that's always singing "Jesus on the Main Line", but he only knows those words to the song and keeps repeating them.

There's also Conspiracy Theory guy on Michigan Ave., not sure if he's actually homeless, but he walks up and down Michigan Ave. with a big sandwich board sign that tells of how Communists are secretly taking over the country.

There are some pretty interesting characters in Chicago.

 

[Figs]

I live close to San Francisco.

I wouldn't say it has the most bums or even the best bums...but it has them.

 

[Nirvana]

In our city we'll see random jackasses come out of a car in a parking lot a bit away, with a ripped up shirt and dirty clothes and they pull out a sign asking for money. ****ing lame

 

[PemLam]

Do they have to be homeless people on the street because quite a few of the people I work with fit the description of "bum".

 

[Demon Within]

Does your city have the best bums?

I like to think so but you tell me?

 

[PemLam]

I like to think so but you tell me?

All I see is a cute panda with some far too skinny fleshy thing behind it.

 

[Demon Within]

All I see is a cute panda with some far too skinny fleshy thing behind it.

Then no I guess my city DOES NOT have the best bums. Shame.

 

[PyroChamber]

Haha, I'm not even trying to be that funny or insensitive regarding it, but they were actually discussing this at the office(so you can see the ilk I apparently spend time with) and talking about the random homeless around the Chicago Loop, and how each has their own reputation for doing something outlandish. I know one guy that's always on the bridge crossing the river that sits there every day, and everytime I see him he's singing the Mary Tyler Moore theme song....I am not making this up. Chicago has the best bums, hands down.

Tell me about it, and we always get bums coming in and out of Walgreens. Same ones everyday.

There's this one guy, not quite sure if he's homeless or not, but he has a long beard and stinks like cigarettes and year old piss. And also, it looks like he hasn't cut his fingernails in over 20 years; the man literally has claws.

Another hangs outside the store shaking his cup for change. He wears glasses and is always limping, and he doesn't talk.

A woman that's always dressing head to toe like it's winter time and is always talking to herself.

And the worst one is this older guy who's got gray hair and a gray beard, comes into the store and smells even worse than the first guy I mentioned. Everytime he leaves we have to go through every aisle he was in spraying febreeze and lysol.

 

[terry78]

Tell me about it, and we always get bums coming in and out of Walgreens. Same ones everyday.

There's this one guy, not quite sure if he's homeless or not, but he has a long beard and stinks like cigarettes and year old piss. And also, it looks like he hasn't cut his fingernails in over 20 years; the man literally has claws.

Another hangs outside the store shaking his cup for change. He wears glasses and is always limping, and he doesn't talk.

A woman that's always dressing head to toe like it's winter time and is always talking to herself.

And the worst one is this older guy who's got gray hair and a gray beard, comes into the store and smells even worse than the first guy I mentioned. Everytime he leaves we have to go through every aisle he was in spraying febreeze and lysol.

Dude, have you seen the guy that walks around with a shopping cart and is covered in a black plastic bag from head to toe? Me and my boy saw him the other day when it was like 80 degrees out and we were like, this ***** got to be hot as hell.

 

[PyroChamber]

^I haven't seen that one, but the ones that get me are the ones that are just laying there in front of a store. You don't know if they're sleeping or dead.

I remember seeing one guy a week ago walk in the middle of the street and laid down. Then a minute later he got back up and started walking.

Also, there's this overweight white girl who walks around begging for change that I see occasionally. I'm thinking she must be new.

 

[NickSox]

The bums in my town like to hang out downtown where all the bars are.(college town) This one has a sign that says I have a small penis please help. And on the other side it says I dont give a s*** I'm ******ed give me money.

 

[SuBe]

#1. PC term is Urban Outdoorsman

#2. Dayton has some interesting Urban Outdoorsman, we have this guy called "The Muffin Man". He'll walk around asking for Crack-muffins 'cause it's his birtday. Everyday is his birthday. Plus, in Dayton, to Pan-Handle, you have to have a permit. So, they got these guys that walk around asking for Crack-Muffins, and they have this permit around their neck. It's pretty awesome.

 

[Captain Planet!]

I had to walk over a bum when I was going to the circus when I was 5. There's one I used to see that had one arm, he would walk around near Camden Yards. There's this one dude that looks real clean (un-hoboish), He covers about 5 miles a day.

 

[Crook]

Not necessarily a bum, but have you guys (especially in the NY area) tuned into the news? There's a guy climbing the NY Times building right this second, he's already halfway up.

 

[PyroChamber]

That's the "spiderman" he does that all the time.