Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 06-06-19 11:10 <=-

The other day, in a fey mood, I saw a guy standing on a street corner
with his crude home-made cardboard sign "Homeless - Hungry - Anything
Helps". So I ducked through a Mickey D's drive-thru lane and brought
him a couple McDoubles. And got a really wierd look and a very faint
mumbled "Thanks" for my trouble. Bv)=

Guess he didn't care all that much for the Clown... ;)

Or he was a scammer ..... we seem to get a lot of those in my area.

Or possibly both.... ;)

And it's tacky, as well as an eyesore. Many of the so-called homeless
and desperate beggars I see on the street corners are entirely too
sleek and well-fed to be convincing. And there is an older woman posts herself at busy intersection on the upmarket side of town with her two mutts and a sign saying "Shelters won't allow pets".
Which is true - as far as it goes. Shelters do not allow pets. But the motel (formerly a Holiday Inn) she lives at certainly does. I have a
shop to which I make deliveries near there and I've seen her leaving
her room with the pooches and her traps ready to go scam another day's takings from the unsuspecting public.

Busted. ;) The most I'd generally do would be to hand out a coupon for
the local homeless mission, in case there's more truth to the story than
meets the eye...

ttyl neb

... I haven't lost my mind...it's backed-up somewhere!

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