Where are they now?

newmills

Where have the friendly roma beggars gone that used to beg on the naas road?
I particulary liked the guy who seemed to be very badly disabled and could only walk with a walking stick - imagine my amazement when he was walking perfectly fine at newlands crossroads a week later (traffic was moving too fast that day to enable me to ask him about the magic cure - my granny would have loved a drop of it!!)
Has the recession even hit the roma beggars?

wudangclan

i'm thinking of heading out to romania and doing a spot of begging out there myself,recession style.
that'll learn 'em

MagicMarker

They're all rich now, moved onto bigger and better things.

They got their ideas from the aliens in Independence Day, use up a piece of shít planet until all the natural resources are depleted.

Smart fúckers.

SV

newmills wrote: »

Has the recession even hit the roma beggars?

Doubt it, but my car will if they tap on my window looking for money again.

prícks.

Mark200

The ones that were in the news for being deported are now living in Donabate I believe. At least there are Romanians that are living there

galwayrush

Some of them borrowed 30 million each from the Anglo Irish Bank and fecked off home.

galwayrush

galwayrush wrote: »

Some of them borrowed 30 million each from the Anglo Irish Bank and fecked off home.

I am sorry, the above statement was very unfair to the Roma beggars. Despite all their faults , they do not deserve to be associated with the scum that actually got the massive loans.I apologise.:D

wudangclan

galwayrush wrote: »

Despite all their faults .:D

you cant fault their musicianship.
i love the saxophonist on georges street.

galwayrush

wudangclan wrote: »

you cant fault their musicianship.
i love the saxophonist on georges street.

The ones we had in Galway were less musical.:rolleyes:

MIN2511

1. The recession hit them
2. They've been deported
3. The Gardai kicked them out of there and threatened them



I remember getting on the Red Line luas and every time they got on there was an announcement "Ladies & Gentlemen, please look after your bags as there are pick pockets on this tram" jeez i can imagine their embarrassment at being labeled "pick pockets" - they probably don't understand English though

Whosbetter?

It's terrible for the ordinary Romanian people.

I work with a Romanian. Totally decent bloke!

His people gettin a bad name cos of these thieving SCUM, makes my blood boil.

We Irish have exported some serious troublemakers to other countries too.

I know how I felt, going into work in the UK sometimes, when our beloved 'patriots' had been up to their tricks in the 80's

connundrum

Whosbetter? wrote: »

I know how I felt, going into work in the UK sometimes, when our beloved 'patriots' had been up to their tricks in the 80's

Several magicians performing under the 'Paddy the Great' banner huh.

Bastards.

I heard they all moved up to Ballina and are providing security to that Shell pipeline.

Whosbetter?

Not frm that neck of the woods.

Could you be a little bit clearer?

AnonoBoy

I'm pretty sure I saw them auditioning for Ireland's Got Talent.

(I know I know - take it to the TV forum AnonoBoy!)

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

More importantly, where the hell is Zig and Zag???

K-9

newmills wrote: »

Where have the friendly roma beggars gone that used to beg on the naas road?
I particulary liked the guy who seemed to be very badly disabled and could only walk with a walking stick - imagine my amazement when he was walking perfectly fine at newlands crossroads a week later (traffic was moving too fast that day to enable me to ask him about the magic cure - my granny would have loved a drop of it!!)
Has the recession even hit the roma beggars?

Whosbetter? wrote: »

It's terrible for the ordinary Romanian people.

I work with a Romanian. Totally decent bloke!

His people gettin a bad name cos of these thieving SCUM, makes my blood boil.

We Irish have exported some serious troublemakers to other countries too.

I know how I felt, going into work in the UK sometimes, when our beloved 'patriots' had been up to their tricks in the 80's

LOL. Not a regular AH reader?*


*Roma does not equal Romania.

Terry

Whosbetter? wrote: »

It's terrible for the ordinary Romanian people.

I work with a Romanian. Totally decent bloke!

His people gettin a bad name cos of these thieving SCUM, makes my blood boil.

We Irish have exported some serious troublemakers to other countries too.

I know how I felt, going into work in the UK sometimes, when our beloved 'patriots' had been up to their tricks in the 80's

In all fairness, you were most likely working on a site.
There was plenty of site work going around for Irish people because the IRA blew the **** out of England.



I'm ****ing joking. Relax.

K-9

newmills wrote: »

Where have the friendly roma beggars gone that used to beg on the naas road?
I particulary liked the guy who seemed to be very badly disabled and could only walk with a walking stick - imagine my amazement when he was walking perfectly fine at newlands crossroads a week later (traffic was moving too fast that day to enable me to ask him about the magic cure - my granny would have loved a drop of it!!)
Has the recession even hit the roma beggars?

We should employ him in A&E.

Get rid of Consultants on €200,000.

Whosbetter?

Terry wrote: »

In all fairness, you were most likely working on a site.
There was plenty of site work going around for Irish people because the IRA blew the **** out of England.

Yep,worked on the sites alright. Hard work too.
Not what I was expecting to have to do, as a qualified mechanical engineer.

Still, them were the times.

Times like now, & with what was said above, I'm kinda glad that some of the 'Tiger Cubs' are gettin a little bitta hardship now...

Rb

Hopefully they're...gone.

afatbollix

was it not becasue it was too wet???

i loved the bit on the news of them on teh m50... holding the babys and complaining and all the tents under a foot of water... idiots...

did the goverment pay for there flights back tho??

phasers

I haven't been hassled for change in ages, it's nice.

There is a downside though, I have nobody to vent my rage at

RaverRo808

I was on the bus the other day and this roma gypsy chap got on,he looked like he hadnt washed or changed his clothes in in 30 years,I never smelt anything as bad as this chap,maybe they have become so smelly they have turned into a pure foul odour that is not visible to the naked eye

Wazdakka

Where are they now?

well two of the ones tied up in my basement are amazingly still alive...

I guess they saw that people would have less disposable income during the recession and moved on to another country.

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Turd Ferguson

Wazdakka wrote: »

I guess they saw that people would have less disposable income during the recession and moved on to another country.

This from the guy thats f*cked off for a year leaving us with jobs to pay super emergency special tax....:rolleyes:

Mhmm...weetabix

RaverRo808 wrote: »

I was on the bus the other day and this roma gypsy chap got on,he looked like he hadnt washed or changed his clothes in in 30 years,I never smelt anything as bad as this chap,maybe they have become so smelly they have turned into a pure foul odour that is not visible to the naked eye

Try getting on a train carriage packed with about 30 of them at 7:30am, 1 girl got off the train in howth junction and spewed all over the platform. Possibly the smelliest 5 minutes of my life, the majority of non gypsies left the carriage and had to push into the other already packed carriages..

gidget

they probably don't understand English though

Oh they are certainly picking up on it alright. I saw a man tell a roma woman where to go with herself in the street a few months ago. She was certainly quick enough to retaliate by shouting at him and by calling him a F***** b****** and started swinging her fists at him. Lucky for her others intervented before he could do anything back.

Wazdakka

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

This from the guy thats f*cked off for a year leaving us with jobs to pay super emergency special tax....:rolleyes:

Well the thing about that is...
*straightens tie*
Umm well...

My god look behind you.. is that a big pile of anglo irish bank stock??

*Runs*

biko

Just yesterday a Moldavian elderly man with a cane came up to me outside Lidl begging (with a card because he didn't have English).

Did I give him money? Hell no!

Wazdakka

biko wrote: »

Just yesterday a Moldavian elderly man with a cane came up to me outside Lidl begging (with a card because he didn't have English).

Did I give him money? Hell no!

You should have stole his card..

AnonoBoy

Jazmin Nice Warhead wrote: »

More importantly, where the hell is Zig and Zag???

Where the hell are Zig and Zag.

No need to thank me - I'm here for the bettermentisation of everyone's writamentations.

Pace2008

newmills wrote: »

Where have the friendly roma beggars gone that used to beg on the naas road?

They're living on my road, sending their kids around to my house every second day with sponsored-walk cards.

silvervixen84

I came across one on the Western Road in Cork one day, had no change to give him, but he proceeded to follow me anyway, mumbling something, jingling his coffee cup, and dragging his leg like a zombie while leaning on his walking stick, a wee bit scary.

I was faster though ftw