Irresponsible Vagrants.

Pighead

Walking round Dublins Fair City today Pighead couldn't help but notice that most of the tramps around the place seemed to be in possession of dogs.

Yes sure I realise that dog is mans best buddy and life can be lonely as a tramp but is it responsible of them to look after a dog when they can't even look after themselves?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Maybe Pat Mustard has been doing his rounds again.

imeddyhobbs

Pighead wrote:

Walking round Dublins Fair City today Pighead couldn't help but notice that most of the tramps around the place seemed to be in possession of dogs.

Yes sure I realise that dog is mans best buddy and life can be lonely as a tramp but is it responsible of them to look after a dog when they can't even look after themselves?

You must be as selfish as they come.
what do you take care of?

Pighead

imeddyhobbs wrote:

You must be as selfish as they come.
what do you take care of?

My word! Such an outburst. What on earth could have provoked that? Have you been drinking eddy? Perhaps you misread the question in your drunken stupor.

Pigheads simply asking is it right for the tramps to be spending money on dog food when the money would be better spent on a bar of soap or a packet of cigarettes. Or perhaps the tramp isn't even feeding the dog which makes things worse again.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Irresponsible Vagrants.

As opposed to the responsible ones?
He's got a point Ted.

imeddyhobbs

Pighead wrote:

My word! Such an outburst. What on earth could have provoked that? Have you been drinking eddy? Perhaps you misread the question in your drunken stupor.

Pigheads simply asking is it right for the tramps to be spending money on dog food when the money would be better spent on a bar of soap or a packet of cigarettes. Or perhaps the tramp isn't even feeding the dog which makes things worse again.

im pretty sure pighead has net even been out today,pighead wont be out tomorrow nor the next day but the dogs will still walk the streets ,and they will tell their masters what to do,pighead will still be safe righthere.

Pigman II

You got it wrong buddy. It was the dog that had himself a pet human. It's the latest craze. And I think you'll find they don't like you refering to their pets as 'tramps'. Some of those humans are pedigree.

AdMMM

Pighead wrote:

Walking round Dublins Fair City today Pighead couldn't help but notice that most of the tramps around the place seemed to be in possession of dogs.

Yes sure I realise that dog is mans best buddy and life can be lonely as a tramp but is it responsible of them to look after a dog when they can't even look after themselves?

Well it isn't as if they ring a dog breeder and buy a pedigree dog for €1000! They most likely just adopt stray mutts that nobody else wants and I'm sure that having a hobo look after the dog is better than it roaming the streets by itself. Also, it's a mutual agreement - if either dies in their sleep, they can be eaten by the other...

Heisenberg.

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Pighead

imeddyhobbs wrote:

im pretty sure pighead has net even been out today,pighead wont be out tomorrow nor the next day but the dogs will still walk the streets ,and they will tell their masters what to do,pighead will still be safe righthere.

Poor eddys gonna have one hell of a hangover today. Wouldn't like to be in ownership of his noggin today.

Anyway a friend of a friend of a friend told Pighead that the reason tramps usually have a pooch in toe is because the government benefits are higher for beggars with dogs

Rabies

I hope they are neutered..... The dogs of course

Lust4Life

that is extra funny being from a boardsie named Rabies!

But you know, there is an old saying. When it is bitter cold outside, it is a Three Dog Night - as in a family would allow all of their dogs the privelege of sleeping on their bed for the added warmth on a bitter cold night. (Sorry, I'm a big history nerd!)

So... maybe the dogs will help the owners stay warmer in winter?

Black Swan

Spoken like someone who really knows what the word "cold" means during winter.

Kastro

what exactally do you mean by tramps?
women who whore around?
homeless people?
crusties..? coz it seems an awful lot of the crusties this year have dogs.

Lust4Life wrote:

that is extra funny being from a boardsie named Rabies!

But you know, there is an old saying. When it is bitter cold outside, it is a Three Dog Night - as in a family would allow all of their dogs the privelege of sleeping on their bed for the added warmth on a bitter cold night. (Sorry, I'm a big history nerd!)

So... maybe the dogs will help the owners stay warmer in winter?

try sleeping on the streets through 3 winters, wearing cuttoff jeans and still being able to pull yourself out of the hole you were in and get back on your feet.. then you will know what a cold night is.

Endasaurus

Taking care of a pooch is probably the only part of their miserable life with any meaning, it means they're never completely alone.

And people probably give more money if he has a dog to feed.

Pighead

Kastro wrote:

what exactally do you mean by tramps?
women who whore around?
homeless people?
crusties..? coz it seems an awful lot of the crusties this year have dogs.

Eh the title of the thread gives it away don't you think. The tramps Pighead is talking about are of the vagrant variety. Must try harder Kastro.

bluto63

Maybe the dogs are to fulfill their manly needs

LadyJ

Endasaurus wrote:

Taking care of a pooch is probably the only part of their miserable life with any meaning, it means they're never completely alone.

True. And also,someone else mentioned that these could be stray dogs. Now that makes a lot of sense tbh.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but people have a funny way of identifying with animals. I can imagine that if a homeless person meets a stray dog they will identify with it. A stray dog represents something that has been discarded,something that maybe, through no fault of it's own, has been left out in the cold to die.

SimpleSam06

They get a welfare allowance for care of their pet, if I recall correctly. Thats why all the crusties and travellers have masses of mutts.

Pighead

SimpleSam06 wrote:

They get a welfare allowance for care of their pet, if I recall correctly. Thats why all the crusties and travellers have masses of mutts.

Aha. So Pigheads friend of a friend of a friend was right when he passed on this information. Which isn't usually the case in these situations.

So if a tramp was in ownership of 12 dogs does this mean he would get 12 times the allowance or is it just a set payment?

SimpleSam06

Pighead wrote:

So if a tramp was in ownership of 12 dogs does this mean he would get 12 times the allowance or is it just a set payment?

I have no idea, I just remember a friend of mine who was of the crustified persuasion telling me that when she was buying pints with the allowance.