Hitchikers

Overheal · 03-05-2009 12:58AM #1

Would you? Do you? Have you?

I was running some errands this evening when I noticed a lad hitchiking on the side of the road. My immediate thought was No. I mean, I'm running errands around town so if he needs to get far, he has his feet, it was great weather and town was only a mile out. And if you need to go farther someone else can get you there.

So then I find him 30-40 mins later by the grocers, he's bought a case of mountain dew and a bag of shyte. The saddest part is I can't tell if he walked there or got the ride and spent the extra 15 minutes he saved debating whether to spend his dole on ho hos or twinkie puffs.

So I mean he's looking at me with his damn thumb out for a second time. I just looked back on him with contempt on my face. You're a grown man. You seem harmless enough, you're not going to stab me, but when you can't walk down the street to get your twinkie fix or be bothered your ass to enjoy the warm sunset and a calm breeze, I hope you rot and die in front of a nintendo somewhere.

Is there ever a time and place to pick up a hitchhiker?

Terry · 03-05-2009 01:02AM

Obama gives people in America dole?

Senna · 03-05-2009 01:03AM

Overheal wrote: »

I hope you rot and die in front of a nintendo somewhere.

Jesus he was only looking for a lift.

I prefer to slow down as i pass them, stop about 100 yards up the road, wait till they walk/run to within a foot of the door handle, then speed off. They dont like that for some reason, not sure why.

Shacklebolt · 03-05-2009 01:03AM

Overheal wrote: »

Is there ever a time and place to pick up a hitchhiker?

Just make sure they don't start telling you about 7 minute abs.

Overheal · 03-05-2009 01:04AM

Terry wrote: »

Obama gives people in America dole?

Trans: Unemployment Benefits.

minidazzler · 03-05-2009 01:04AM

I have hitched a few time's, once for a week and a bit while travelling around Ireland camping. I would definitely do it again. Never come across an assh0le, maybe a few crazies but no assh0les.

One guy gave me a lift from Galway to Limerick, A Cornbeef sandwich (Homemade Cornbeef!!), and €20 when I was talking to him and he realised I was broke!!! Sound out fella!!!

If I could drive and I was on my own going somewhere, I would most definitely pick up a hitcher without a doubt.

I also plan to do another trip sometime, don't know when though.

tl;dr, yes I have, Yes I would again.

javaboy · 03-05-2009 01:05AM

Merge with the driving through puddles thread?

O'Coonassa · 03-05-2009 01:06AM

Senna wrote: »

Jesus he was only looking for a lift.

I prefer to slow down as i pass them, stop about 100 yards up the road, wait till they walk/run to within a foot of the door handle, then speed off. They dont like that for some reason, not sure why.

Carry a heavy ball bearing in my right pocket for your back window lol :P

seanybiker · 03-05-2009 01:07AM

I never picked anyone up. I stopped to pick em up a few times but the normally crap themselves about getting on the back of a bike. Dont carry a spare lid with me often though so it dont happen that much.

Just out of curiosity but how do you know he was on the dole?. I know plenty of people with jobs who dont have cars or bikes.

Senna · 03-05-2009 01:09AM

O'Coonassa wrote: »

Carry a heavy ball bearing in my right pocket for your back window lol :P

From now on i'll just reverse over them as they approach the car, just in case its you:D

Schism · 03-05-2009 01:11AM

Never

Pete P Peterson · 03-05-2009 01:12AM

Overheal wrote: »

Would you? Do you? Have you?

Yeah ... sometimes. But if I'm honest, all that hiking makes their flesh a bit chewy.

cautioner · 03-05-2009 01:17AM

Maybe not around somewhere I'm not familiar with. But anywhere in a half an hour radius of where I live, I'd pick up one. I've done my fair share of it before I started driving so I like to.

phasers · 03-05-2009 01:25AM

... would this hitchiker be hot?

Overheal · 03-05-2009 03:18AM

phasers wrote: »

... would this hitchiker be hot?

Just reminded me of the time we hitched from Killadysert to Lahinch. Theres was me my brother and 2 very fine women with us. They ran about 20 meters ahead to flag down the car of some bloke who looked very disappointed when he realized it was a package deal.

03-05-2009 03:37AM

Women should never pickup hitchhikers (no matter how cute the lad may be)! And they should not stop for women hitchhikers either, because she may have a bloke hiding nearby, and once you stop, opening your door, you are toast! (Car hijackers in the States sometimes work in teams and use a girl "honey trap" to con drivers to stop).

Terry · 03-05-2009 03:38AM

Overheal wrote: »

Just reminded me of the time we hitched from Killadysert to Lahinch. Theres was me my brother and 2 very fine women with us. They ran about 20 meters ahead to flag down the car of some bloke who looked very disappointed when he realized it was a package deal.

You made up them names.
You also made up the distance. Americans don't recognise the metric system.

S.I.R · 03-05-2009 03:48AM

i give anyone a lift who needs it once they dont smell or talk about my car when they get inside...

its not your ride its mine,

please don't fart when you get inside

Pete P Peterson · 03-05-2009 03:50AM

S.I.R wrote: »

i give anyone a lift who needs it once they dont smell my car when they get inside...

What does it smell like?

Pete P Peterson · 03-05-2009 04:04AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Women should never pickup hitchhikers (no matter how cute the lad may be)! And they should not stop for women hitchhikers either, because she may have a bloke hiding nearby, and once you stop, opening your door, you are toast! (Car hijackers in the States sometimes work in teams and use a girl "honey trap" to con drivers to stop).

That's the most sexist post I've ever come across. As a male frequenter of Route 50, I can tell you now that women hitchhikers suffer 30% less gruesome deaths than men. Sure, there's the rape and disfiguration, but men are the meat and drink of remote, roadside serial killers' bloodlust.

03-05-2009 04:12AM

Pete P Peterson wrote: »

That's the most sexist post I've ever come across.

Geeeeeeez! I cannot address safety for women without being attacked by the PC police? I never brought up a comparison of women and men picking up hitchhickers as pertains to safety. You did. Have a Guinness and chill out!:rolleyes:

Pete P Peterson · 03-05-2009 04:27AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Geeeeeeez! I cannot address safety for women without being attacked by the PC police? I never brought up a comparison of women and men picking up hitchhickers as pertains to safety. You did. Have a Guinness and chill out!:rolleyes:

The PC Brigade are the ones to watch Blue Lagoon, they have all the resources needed for some pretty brutal hitchhiker massacring.

I was once a member of the PC brigade, and roughly around the time we started getting blamed on every single miniscule ill someone had about anything anyone else did in society, we realised we could get away with whatever the hell we wanted. Especially roadside murder.

I still refer to myself as a member of the PC Brigade, because, well, old habits die hard, and that was such an important part of my life. But then when it started to become less about the PC-ness and more about the massacring of folk ... well, that just wasn't me.

neoB · 03-05-2009 05:17AM

If I saw a woman with kids like, I may do so. I know I was out "being green" taking the bus instead of driving with the kiddos, and both of them fell asleep so I had to carry them to my mom in laws house. Only two blocks away and a lady stopped and gave us a lift

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Anything like that, I'd gladly give a lift!

Overheal · 03-05-2009 05:36AM

Terry wrote: »

You made up them names.
You also made up the distance. Americans don't recognise the metric system.

im thinking of the right place arent I?

*checks map*

Oh whoops...Ennistymon.

And why the hell does google spell it Lehinch? Thats new...

And I learned the Metric System!

I like it because its divisible by 10 and boiling/freezing water is much easier to understand! If you read wikipedia and find out what 0 degrees F is - it defies comprehension. Who the fcuk would use such a measure?!

I Shot J.R. · 03-05-2009 08:45AM

My friend Sorcha used to always pick up hitchhikers, but the last one was a young blonde girl in Portugal, ended badly so had to chop her into pieces and hide the parts, blamed the parents and got away with it!!! I wouldn't accept a lift from a yellow punto driver along the N7 now!!

f@%king Naas psycho!!
Gangsta rap made her do it
She champion

Abi · 03-05-2009 10:21AM

I've never hitch-hiked, nor would I ever pick one up. Far too dangerous.

Xiney · 03-05-2009 10:28AM

Strongly considered attempting to get a lift down the road when I had bags and bags of shopping. In the end I just walked it, because it's not far when you're not carrying so much, but my hands were sore after

I have a friend who hitches all over the country at weekends. Sometimes I feel rather dumb for wasting money on the bus.

03-05-2009 10:50AM

used to do it when I was younger, ie 17/18. The people who pick you up seem to be great characters in general and a few weirdos thrown in.

It's rare to see many doing it these days, maybe the recession will see Hitchhikers reborn !

sam34 · 03-05-2009 10:55AM

would never hitchhike or give a lift to a hiker.

way too risky, imo. might turn out ok but im not prepare to take that chance with my personal safety

My name is URL · 03-05-2009 11:18AM

I have picked up hitch-hikers before and probably will again. I don't buy into this paranoid notion that every stranger is out to brutally ass-rape and murder me.
It hasn't happened yet so forms good

minxie · 03-05-2009 11:22AM

i only stop for old people

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