Tim (on his birthday last week): I did a good deed today.
Leah: I’m so proud of you!
Tim: I bought a bum a beer.
Leah: Oh…
Tim: He said it was his birthday too and I told him that if he could prove it then I would buy him a beer. He showed me his ID, so I really had no choice.
Leah: Celebrating birthdays, one bum at a time.
Would you have bought the bum a beer on his birthday? What about a joint? What about a crack rock? Is there really a difference if each of which is feeding an unhealthy addiction?
(Just for the record, I would have bought the bum a beer too.)
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I wonder if he was just standing outside the liquor store all day getting people to buy him beer cuz it was his birthday?? Or maybe later he moved onto a cupcake shop for some birthday cupcakes.
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Yep – that’s a good deed.
Bums need beer too – in fact, they need one worse than most. CHEERS!
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i would’ve bought the beer. fo sho
Oh to heck with it. Yes! I would have!! hehe
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I probably would have been scared…
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How do you know that (a) he has an addiction,
and (b) his addiction is to alcohol? Why do you characterize him as a bum?
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I’m with Lauren… fear would have taken over and the answer would have been “NO”.
Remember, the “Where’s Bob???” movie. He could now be lurking around your place…LOL
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do you think he has 364 fake ID’s?
I totally would have bought him a beer, and more than likely I would have sat down and drank one with him, but that is where I draw the line. I would have offered to buy him lunch instead of anything harder.
I’m with Dutchess, he would have gotten a birthday lunch from me. The hardest thing I would have got him is coffee.
I love this. I recently saw a bum with a sign that said “Thinking of a cheeseburger”. I found the nearest fast food restaurant and got him one. I couldn’t help it. I’m always thinking of a cheeseburger!
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The best I ever saw was a bum with a sign that said “need money for booze”
how honest is that!
I would have bought him a beer, and maybe some wings ’cause you always need wings with beer! haha