lack of scumbags?

^CwAzY^

Is it just me or has the amount of scumbags (You know the type, white tracksuits, cheap gold jewelry) in Dublin city centre gotten smaller? Im in town every day of the week, and lately (past 6-8 weeks) ive noticed how few of them there is..
Before christmas you would walk by 1 every couple of minutes.. but now they seem to have disappeared?! Im not complaining i think this is a great thing! just unusual is all...

Kali

maybe they've got new tracksuits to blend in.

Samson

Don't get too excited, they are just hibernating (tracksuits not really suitable for the cold weather).
Re-infestation in the spring.

Jim

strange that, i thought with the spike goin up there be alot more of them. somethin that big and shiny is bound to attract herds of skangers

Tusky

I HAET SCUME BAOGS !

yossarin

maybe the style has changed ?

they're all wearing polonecks and drinking frappés in the 'Bar.

Riamfada

I figure, around Crimbo they all converge anywhere within a mile radius of Claire's Accessories . During the Winter they are working off the price of that plastic ring " day got dayor burd",or their child. :P

Big Chief

having to work in D1 i still see shìtloads of them everyday...

and there has been a general increase in the amount of them hanging about/around the estate i stay on in D6 :mad:

no wonder i woke up a good few mondays ago to no saddle/front wheel on my bike

Tyrrial

one solution,

over piced while track suits laced with anthrax, that should sort them out

Caesar_Bojangle

Where have you guys been? skanger fashion has evolved. Its no longer tracksuits, but a pair of really tight faded blue levi's or wranglers with a pair of big white trainers and an umbro jumper.


I was walking down henry street with a lady friend, when three skangers approached me asking me for "sum munnie". So i gave them 25cent, and remarkably they moved along to the next guy. God i love dublin, i can see why irish people when they actually make some money, flee the country in pursuit of life without skangers.

Mutz

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
...when three skangers approached me asking me for "sum munnie". So i gave them 25cent....

Don't encourage them... PLEASE! :eek: We'll never have any peace

Mewzel

Originally posted by Tyrrial
track suits laced with anthrax, that should sort them out

Where have you guys been? skanger fashion has evolved.

well itd at least sort out the retro skangers

SantaHoe

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
I was walking down henry street with a lady friend, when three skangers approached me asking me for "sum munnie". So i gave them 25cent, and remarkably they moved along to the next guy.

Nice move
Might try monopoly money next time tho.

pork99

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
Where have you guys been? skanger fashion has evolved. Its no longer tracksuits, but a pair of really tight faded blue levi's or wranglers with a pair of big white trainers and an umbro jumper.

sounds more like skanger fashion c1986!

(except then it used to be plaid jeans with hoodies - the mental picture of which brings back a few nightmares from my youth)

MDR

jesus I just wonder where the hell they all come from,
thankfully most of em grow out of it by about 22ish ....

having gone to school with a bucket load of em on the northside,
I can now thankfully say most of them have matured out of it.

Horsefumbler

Your wrong they don't were umbro tops anymore now its Carbrini hoodies

Speaking of the ones who ask for money, I HATE THOSE ****S! "Eh i'm sorry bud , i don't mean ta be rude but I just come back from England and I'm just looking to raise the price of a hot meal. Haveya got any spare change?" And then he says the same thing the next day:)

Maybe they should put them to good use and let doctors do experiments on them or something so it can observed what nutrients can be extracted from them for our own personal use.

This has been my 100th post special!:D

Big Chief

i preffered your afro style avatar tbh caesar..

seemed to suit you alot more

MDR

I was in town a couple of months ago, and was waiting to meet someone outside the virgin megastore on the quays. From nowhere this guy walks straight up to me, real close, his face in mine and did the whole spare some change 'cos I am homeless routine, I dug my hand in my pocket and gave him what I later estimated to be around €4.

As he was walking away for me counting his ill-gotten loot, he turned around to smile at me and give me a thumbs up, it was only then I noticed the bastard was wearing a white tracksuit, it must be very difficult keeping clean living on the streets and all ... :mad:

D

They've all moved to limerick.

Caesar_Bojangle

i preffered your afro style avatar tbh caesar..

Yeah, i decided to change when to my dismay is seen ironbrew with the same avatar :mad:. I chopped off my afro and came to terms with being white, so i feel as if this new avatar suits and resembles me more.

oeNeo

Nooooooo!

Don't give them money! Just avoid making eye-contact and walk away from them as fast as possible. Giving them money will just encourage them (as Mutz already said).

Horsefumbler

the most i ever gave was 20 cent - I didn't mean to b that stingy but i didn't want to spend too much time rooting in my wallet with him there gawking right at me in case he noticed the wad of orange bills that was too lazy to deposit in the bank:D
Anyway the ****er didn't even say thanks after it! Some people , so ungratefull :cool:
Speaking of beggers the worst one is on the millenium footbridge. He hurls abuse at u when u try to avoid him. you'd think he'd b used to it by now.

The Brigadier

Has anyone seen the short guy panhandling around Dame St with the card stating that he is deaf and dumb. He comes up with the card and points to his ear?? About 40?? you know the one...


Well I saw him about 2 months ago walking down Dame St at about 3 in the afternoon, chatting away to some woman....


Ill Begotten Spawn Of Some Forsaken Loins!!!

Gordon

Yeah I know the guy. I'd say he probably is deaf though, he could have been lip reading and I think he has a hearing aid.

Although I almost spat out what I was eatihng when he showed me a sign saying "please give me £2". 2 Pounds like!, not just one, or some money - 2. Some balls indeed!

I used to workk in a shop in Temple bar when some guy came in wanting to exchange his coins for notes. He lopped 50 pounds on the counter and I gave him fifty notes and asked if that was a good day. He said quite happily that it was just an hour or two on the ha'penny bridge! Jeez i almost gave up my day job.

I'm sure there must be some in honest need but I don't give anyone money these days as all i can see are people that leave their whisky strewn blankets on the street after a night along with their half eaten food and drink waste. :rolleyes:

The Brigadier

No, I watched this sham for a couple of minutes with a friend of mine. We both discussed him as we watched... He was talking to her as he walked side by side, without making eye contact...

Oh and he has a mobile phone!!!!!!

MDR

the city council should really be doing something serious about this ...

Big Chief

i ran into a guy on grafton street that couldnt speak yet pointed to the phone indicating that he needed money for phone. He couldnt speak as in he COULDNT speak, wtf do you need a phone for..

and no im not joking, never really got over that one.

or the time where a gypsie was asking me for cash and her feckin mobile phone rang. I told her to **** off.....

Horsefumbler

You told her to f*ck off? Fair play to ya:D

The only sight i hate more than a bum is a gypsie. What are they doing here? They came all the way to this country to beg for bleedin money. well i say try england its pretty much the same deal:cool:

MDR

The only sight i hate more than a bum is a gypsie. What are they doing here? They came all the way to this country to beg for bleedin money. well i say try england its pretty much the same deal

eh its more or less their culture to do this,
I have seen em in Solvenia, Germany, UK, France (big style ... bastards are everywhere on the metro) .... not mention Cork, Kells, Galway, Ashbourne, Cavan, Dublin, Belfast, Coleraine etc ...

and they are always begging ....

Syd_Vicious

This is Syd_Vicious speaking...

I've seen that guy who is deaf with the card asking for money. He's always hanging around Crumlin Shopping Centre during the week hounding everybody who walks past him

He's come up to me twice showing me his card asking for money. I've never given him any

Hate that guy (not really hate but he annoys the hell out of me)

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking...

Caesar_Bojangle

Ladies and gentlemen that has been syd vicious.


Come on guys its Dublin, we should have come to terms with the scum by now.

dazberry

The trick is to say "sorry" while doing the Jedi mind trick motion with your hand before they finish asking. That tends to deflect about 80% immediately.

Of course you'll always get someone persistent. That's usually when I drop the "not working at the moment" line.

Last Saturday this homeless guy start giving me an ear-full (I was sitting outside a pub so couldn't escape) about being dragged in by the gardai and having all his money taken - and they wouldn't give him a receipt ;( Strange thing was that he didn't ask for any money.

Then within 5 minutes another guy appears - reasonably well dressed and doing the friendly approach to my immediate suspicion. Eventually he asked for 1 Euro (street theatre?) and I refused (politely). Then he turns on the persistence engine and I just dropped the "not working" line and he was gone in 20 seconds.

But never be intimidated into giving someone money. Its just another tactic.

D.

Horsefumbler

Originally posted by dazberry
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Of course you'll always get someone persistent. That's usually when I drop the "not working at the moment" line.

Thats a good one i'll try that.
If they catch you at the bus stop say 'Sorry bud i only hav a bus ticket' By say 'bud' yur getting down to their level so they'll kind of understand u better. I've been asked so many times at the bus stop now saying bud has now entered into my vocabulary:)

Big Chief

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
Ladies and gentlemen that has been syd vicious.

lol

still think that comment woulda been even wittier with the afro avatar though (dunnno avatars do that sorta thing imo!)

^CwAzY^

Just start screaming at them. It works

Gordon

So I saw the "deaf" guy today. I watched as he forcably pushed into people's lives to take money off them with very little thanks I might add. When he came up to me his sign said "€5 I'm deaf" or something like that. But 5 euro almost floored me, we should pull him up to the Euro price hikes commission! That's almost a 100% rise.

I followed him for a little and once he got some money off another person he went into the bookmaker. I've never been inside a bookmakers so I went in. He placed a bet, hung around, lost the bet, threw his chit on the floor and went back outside pushing into peoples lives to sap some money from their kindness. I decided to go up to him. He realised I had been watching him when I said "lost the bet huh?". He smiled and pointed at the anti war rally and mouthed something to get me off the scent. I asked him if he really was deaf and he mouthed "I'm deaf". I didn't accomplish anything but I certainly won't feel bad about not giving him money next time.

In fact, being deaf was the only reason he ever gave to anyone. Shame that he is deaf if that is true (as I do think he is mostly deaf. The way he mouths is very much the way a deaf person mouths. He could be partially deaf maybe.) shame that he is deaf but no real reason to give anyone money.

Don't be surprised if you see a guy on the street asking for €10 because he is "of average height". I have a cunning plan that could make me some money.

MDR

we should get a photo of him ....

The Brigadier

I'll try and get him with de old digital camera...

innisfree

I always cut them off mid-sentence and say, "Sorry, I've nothing on me". The majority walk straight off and call me something (not directly to me face), such as freak, ****, ****head etc. Nice tactic for sympathy

Oh and I mean that last comment, there's one guy who comes up to me at bus stops and is really polite. He's a full 100% 20 something scumbag though. When I say no he thanks me anyway and walks off. Really makes me want to give him money the next time, even though I know that's his intention.

Horsefumbler

I wouldn't actually mind giving some of the bus-stop beggers some money it's just the whole having to root around in your wallet with them there gawking and people around u probably gawking aswel- it all combines to give u a dose of the jitters. And if the guy sees some nice orange paper in the wallet he might just decide to rob you you never know. And what if he comes back tommorow.....

DJ MJG

The lesson here: Always carry a bus ticket. Or failing that. stab them in the face. repeatedly. WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE.

commuterised

I was just about to comment on how they've just ditched the trackies for the tight jeans and umbro tops but Caesar_Bojangle
beat me to it. Also if you're a girl you have to have those huge goldy hoop earrings. tres skanger!

dazberry

Originally posted by commuterised
Also if you're a girl you have to have those huge goldy hoop earrings. tres skanger!

To use some late 80s/early 90s terminology (screg - never had to write it so dunno how it should be spelt) it was always a fear to meet a fem skanger (aka bird) that was out of uniform and was drop dead gorgeous -> until words were spoken. Such a scenerio I termed as scregalicious

D.
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WaUBleedinLookinAt

Gaffo

Dave McSavage (a comedian in temple bar square) does great impressions of skangers if any of ye miss them that much.

Has nobody noticed that they've just all moved to the boardwalk instead.:p

Horsefumbler

Anyone see that bum who sits between two ATMs in the middle part of Temple Bar? that is low, even for a bum. It's also dumb. The smallest amount of money u can get out of those things is a twenty and who in their right mind is going to give that to a ****ing bum?

Wish there was just one street they'd beg on so we could avoid it and them together

Gordon

Originally posted by Horsefumbler
Anyone see that bum who sits between two ATMs in the middle part of Temple Bar? that is low, even for a bum. It's also dumb. The smallest amount of money u can get out of those things is a twenty and who in their right mind is going to give that to a ****ing bum?

Actually I'd say he does pretty well between ATM's. The principle that he is feeding off is shame and embarrasment. How could you feel good about taking 20 or 50 euro when someone is lying half dead from starvation. I've seen loads of beggars get money from ATM's. I never give them money though, I once gave a guy fruit and he gave it back to me saying "ah no bood, I've got a stomach ulcer, can't eat that." Riiiighht...

Hey Gaffo - is that the guy with the red spangly guitar that attracts masses of people and jokes while singing songs? He should be on stage, he cracks me up.

PiE

And another thing about the guy between the ATM's is you can't really walk away if you're queuing. So you can either stand there and ignore the f*cker and look like a mean bastard (my personal preference), or you can cave in and look all nice and kind.

Dave McSavage? He's the guy who smashed his guitar over a scumnags head a few weeks ago isn't he? Good man.

Winters

If you get the DART anytime after 7pm i find a lot of scumbags around.... well really now its anytime. Damn them

/me shakes fist

Horsefumbler

Originally posted by PiE
And another thing about the guy between the ATM's is you can't really walk away if you're queuing. So you can either stand there and ignore the f*cker and look like a mean bastard (my personal preference), or you can cave in and look all nice and kind.

Yeah those thoughts occured to me when i saw him there so I stopped in my tracks and looked for another ATM. I'm spineless i know...:(

l3rian

I've seen those bums beside the ATMs also. There seems to be a lot of them, or maybe one guy likes a change of scenery every few minutes.

Everytime I see a bum, I really have to hold back from shouting "Get a fcuking job, you lazy bastard". Never actually said it, I think I try and avoid trouble in general, be the bigger man ect.

They could find a job labouring on a site, or cleaning if they tried.

MDR

Yeah those thoughts occured to me when i saw him there so I stopped in my tracks and looked for another ATM. I'm spineless i know

Quite alot of them arn't homeless, there is alot of young girl's who do it (wearing Nike, underneath their blankets), it is a good way to earn good money, with very little effort. Its been going on in Dublin for years, we just seem to be more generous now or something ....