by Joe Butch on January 19, 2009
Amber and I were walking towards the Eiffel Tower and a woman walking towards us in the other directions finds a gold ring on the floor. She acted very excited and said, “Wow! Is this yours? No? Today must be my lucky day! Do you think it’s real gold?” I took a look at it and looked like a gold wedding band for a man. I replied “I’m not sure.”
We started walking away and five seconds later she says, “It doesn’t fit. Here you can have it. I replied “wow thanks” and walked away. Five seconds later she says, “Could you give me a few euros so I could buy a sandwich.” I was like yeah sorry I don’t have anything and that I was actually looking for an ATM (lie). I offered the ring back and told her to sell it to buy some food.
She didn’t want the ring back and asked if I had any change at all. I pulled out 50 cents and gave it to her and when she realized thats all she was getting out of me she took the ring back.
As she walked away amber asked if we could have our change back.
by Joe Butch on January 18, 2009
Amber and I took the Thayls train from Amsterdam to Paris. When we stepped out of the train station this middle aged woman comes up to me and asks me If I spoke English. When I told her I did she asked If I could read this note.
The hand written note read:
Dear Ladies and Gentlement I am from Bosnia and came to Paris 2 months ago I am broke….(this is where I stopped reading)
Since begging in french is pointless I guess the bums here give you letters in english instead.
Here is a photo of the view from our hotel room.
Eiffel Tower
by Joe Butch on September 24, 2008
The other day i decided I would feast on some delicious KFC. On my way home I hit the drive-thru and a lady on the speaker says, “One second please.”
A bum approaches my car who was standing in the bushes prior. He comes to my window and says, “Excuse me sir but I am very hungry could you get me a drumstick or anything please?” Unfortunetly for him when I see a bum my mind automatically prepares to start saying no and to look down or away. I quickly replied, “Sorry I’m poor.” The bum gave me a look of disgust. Perhaps it was because I turned him down but probably because he was laughing at the fact that I said I was poor when it was obvious I wasn’t.
Back when I was in the slammer, I was listening to some bums talking and the bum was giving out tips.
Bum Tip
Stand near the drive-thru lane and ask for food. Nobody will turn you down because they feel bad and they know you will actually eat the food. If you panhandle they think you’re going to spend the money on booze.
Thats a tip I’m going to remember when I am living on the streets.
[ ] I’m Nice To People
[x] bums
[x] KFC Taste Good Sometimes
