Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Promotion of homeless people as pet owners

TM

[DUCK-HERE COMES THE LIGHTNING] I agree with TM on this part of the issue.

Generally I'm no fan of people bugging me for my hardearned cash (and that lack of fandom starts with the Democrats, runs down to the IRS and ends with the homeless and telemarketers, with the members of the democratic party who are homeless telemarketers for the IRS being the bottom of the barrel), and I either ignore them, as that pisses them off the most or tell them to fuck off. Bah humbug indeed.

Generally.

But, I have a soft spot for pets, and I will usually give the homeless people with pets some cashish. And from what I can see they are very caring with their pets. There is one dude in particular who I see with his dog once or twice a week, to whom I always give money. Cash money. American.

And I don't think his dogs have fleas.

So the lesson is, if you are homeless and want a free lunch from Penske, get a pet. Although if I smell heroin on you, all bets are off, I hate the homeless heroin addicts who litter the street here more than I hate the IRS. But slightly less so than my hatred for Hillary.

That's all.

Carry on.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
[DUCK-HERE COMES THE LIGHTNING] I agree with TM on this part of the issue. blah blah blah.

There you go. The fact that Peske agrees should be reason enough for you TM.

Edited to add that I don't believe for a second that you give money to anyone for anything other than Carl the Crank dealer on Main Street.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Plus, I will bet you that the dog sitting next to the bum on 23rd street is happier spending his whole day with someone who cares for them than the dog left in the apartment of the associate who sees it roughly 2 hours every other day.

Being outside in the cold sucks, but that sucks for everyone on the street. Adults, children, dogs and cats.

Norm McDonald would disagree with you. Have you ever seen his bit where he says he feels sorry for the dogs who hang with the homeless? Something like, "Did you ever see a homeless person with a dog? The dog's probably thinking, "Hey, I don't need this guy. I can do this by myself.'"

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The talkers never win.

Hey, I was a trash talker...what are you trying to say?!?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
There you go. The fact that Peske agrees should be reason enough for you TM.

The Displaced Dog hates all other dogs, and he used to patrol the perimeter of the grounds of the Displaced Manse to ensure that we weren't invaded by interlopers. We used to live on a fairly major thoroughfare for homeless people. Because of all the homeless dogs that would accompany their masters, the Displaced Dog developed a Pavlovian barking frenzy to the sound of shopping carts, and I got to recognize a lot of the homeless dogs and their owners as I explained to the Displaced Dog that security did not need to be defended so vigorously. All of the homeless dogs that we got to know were in good health, very well loved, and well provided for.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this. I will not spend the next hour googling this.


Sidd(I will run off with the stripper I met this weekend instead. I will....)Finch

What an amazing coincidence. I met a stripper last weekend as well. And I think she really likes me.

str8.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
All of the homeless dogs that we got to know were in good health, very well loved, and well provided for.

This may or may not be true. In general, I ignore animals as much as possible.

However, I think it is bizarre that a person who cannot take care of himself would have a pet. I find it even more bizarre that these pets are well provided for. I no longer give any money to a person begging for it, and will certainly not give them any money to feed their pets. I imagine I am paying the food and vet tabs for the pets of many welfare recipients, just like I am paying to raise their obnoxious kids. But I do this very, very grudingly and because the government says I have to.

Also, there is no reason for a sane able-bodied person to be a beggar. Get a fucking job. You are not above McDonalds.

Don't even get me started on drug addicts.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
What an amazing coincidence. I met a stripper last weekend as well. And I think she really likes me.

str8.

But will she let you shoot her with paintballs?

Edited to add, that I so regret being the setup for such an obvious obvious comeback line. Please resist.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
What an amazing coincidence. I met a stripper last weekend as well. And I think she really likes me.

str8.

Str8, I'm sure you know this by now, but they all really like you until the song ends and the $$$ run out...

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

My vote for "city with most aggressive panhandlers" is New Orleans. Even worse than London (the Scots come down south for the winter and, boy, they can be rough).

Nicest? The panhandlers in Chicago actually were pretty docile. But I might have to give my vote to Witchita, Kansas, where they are very corn-fed and laid back seeming. (If that counts as a major city.)

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Str8, I'm sure you know this by now, but they all really like you until the song ends and the $$$ run out...

No dude, this one's different. She REALLY likes me.

str8

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
No dude, this one's different. She REALLY likes me.

str8

If so, I'm happy for you (and a bit jealous)...

Just don't want you to end up being the deluded middle-aged guy going to the strip club by himself who thinks all the ladies like him for his charm. Don't be that guy.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The talkers never win. And, continuing the TdF discussion, Allessandro Pettachi truly seems to be the heir to Super Mario. The only thing missing were the zebra-stripped shorts.

Frightening thought, but Petacchi seems faster than Cipo.

No one can beat Mario coming off his wheel because he has the high sustained speed, but Petacchi blows people away coming from behind and sweeping across with no lead out.

He's scary fast.

Even(I preferred the flayed body suit and the lion suit)Odds

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
There you go. The fact that Peske agrees should be reason enough for you TM.

Edited to add that I don't believe for a second that you give money to anyone for anything other than Carl the Crank dealer on Main Street.

1. Its PeNske, damnit!; and

B. You are from here, so maybe you know the guy of whom I speak. I usually see him on the west side of 1st Ave., somewhere between Union and Seneca, most often right at corner of 1st and Seneca, where the 99 off ramp is.

When you are next in Seattle, stake out that area for a couple of days and you'll see him. He's the panhandler with a dog. go up and ask him if a boyishly good looking metrosexual drops him 5-10 once a week.

Oh the humanity indeed!

[SlaveNoMore]

Bad_Rich_Chic
My vote for "city with most aggressive panhandlers" is New Orleans.

Those guys asking you to give them your shirt were not, repeat NOT panhandlers.

not7y(Got Beads?)S