Saw this old bloke today

Gummy Panda · 21-08-2009 05:44PM

Long Onion wrote: »

Players? PLAYERS?

Degsy you cheapskate, could you not have bought the chap a decent packet of smokes for godsake.

well it was either them or a sandwich and we all know Degsy's feelings on sandwiches.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 21-08-2009 05:48PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

hmmm... annoy degsy, get free stuff!

That's why there are so many student immigrants on the dole...eating sandwiches.

White_Feather · 21-08-2009 05:51PM

just out of interest degsy, what did the old guy say when you gave them to him?

antodeco · 21-08-2009 07:00PM

Maybe he was a dentist and needed the butts to replace the expensive cotton buds they put in your mouth. Just be thankful it wasn't a substitute for mouthwash he needed :PAC:

Handsome Bob · 21-08-2009 07:26PM

Very classy of you Degsy, I always give the spare change that I have to Beggars but even I wouldn't have gone out of my way to buy them something from the shop! :pac:

seanybiker · 21-08-2009 07:32PM

themilkyone wrote: »

Must feel really good about yourself putting the already dying man to a quicker death

How do we know your man is dying?

phasers · 21-08-2009 07:36PM

Fair play Degsy, I'd say you made that guy's week.

Piste, he could be barely scraping by for food at the moment and has probably been smoking for many years. It's a hard thing to quit. Surely an elderly gentleman deserves to have one small pleasure?

pikachucheeks · 21-08-2009 09:04PM

phasers wrote: »

Fair play Degsy, I'd say you made that guy's week.

Piste, he could be barely scraping by for food at the moment and has probably been smoking for many years. It's a hard thing to quit. Surely an elderly gentleman deserves to have one small pleasure?

As if masturbation isn't enough!
:pac:

phasers · 21-08-2009 09:06PM

pikachucheeks wrote: »

As if masturbation isn't enough!
:pac:

Maybe he has arthritis

taidghbaby · 21-08-2009 09:17PM

phasers wrote: »

Maybe he has arthritis

he should have given the oul fella a tug instead so

OldGoat · 21-08-2009 09:22PM

Degsy:
Location: To the right of Genghis Chaka Khan
Fixered that for ya.

Next Beers and you see me outside, picking stuff up off the road, I'll have a Habana Romeo Y Julieta double corona please.
Although, as the pub is called Karma, I might have to buy You a pint.

Fulton Crown · 21-08-2009 09:23PM

Degsy wrote: »

I was on my way into work thi smorning when i saw this bloke probably 60+ behaving oddly.He was bending down every couple of minutes and picking something up and whatever it was he was putting into his other hand.
When i got level with him he sort of straightened up and pretended he wasnt doing anything but i saw in his hand..Cigarette Butts..the poor old divil had been scrounging cigarette butts off the street.
I've never actually seen this before..i've seen somebody cadge the occasional half-smoke at a bus-stop but he had a handfull of dog-ends in the twilight of his life and was obvioulsy too proud to beg.
I must be getting old and soft coz i bought him a packet of players eventhough i dont smoke and never give to beggars.
Is the country getting that bad that the senior citizens are reduced to this?

About time you bought your ould fella a few fags you cheap bugger ...hmmm ?

stovelid · 21-08-2009 09:34PM

It was all part of my new reality show called Altruistic Camera.

We plant typically vulnerable citizens on the streets with a hidden camera and film the best acts of kindness that they inspire in the populace so that we can have a good snigger in our South Dublin studio about their PC, do-gooding lameness and essential lack of entrepreneurial fibre.

Our focus groups did advise us that senior citizens were sympathy paydirt, as it were, and we took care to plant the old fogeys in the vicinity of bank-links and shops that stocked Players.

It's all very now and very Dublin and we expect it to really strike a chord with our target market.

Auldloon · 21-08-2009 09:51PM

He was probably cleaning the pathway in front of his house or business. I can imagine him telling everyone that the strangest thing happened to him this morning.

AckwelFoley · 21-08-2009 10:18PM

Piste wrote: »

It's their own fault if they're spending money that could be spend on healthcare or food on smokes, I have no symathy, nobody *needs* to smoke.

the guy has probably no home, hope or life left in him, the least the poor aul fecker can have is a ciggy and enjoy it. Lets not look down our noses on the less fortunate.

I posted this story before here somewhere about the time i left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that cold possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too.

PacManFan · 21-08-2009 10:47PM

Putting aside whether or not cigarettes are a need or a want and all that, I have to say fair play to the OP. It was a really nice thing to do, and I have to say it was very good of you. Fair play again.

Bob_Harris · 21-08-2009 11:45PM

Some guy came to my door looking for donations to a local small charity who help down syndrome kids in the area, he even had a few pictures of the down syndrome kids but I said naaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh.

Carsinian Thau · 21-08-2009 11:56PM

Well done Degsy, that was a very nice thing to do.

Gillo · 22-08-2009 12:01AM

Piste wrote: »

It's their own fault if they're spending money that could be spend on healthcare or food on smokes, I have no symathy, nobody *needs* to smoke.

WTF???
A lot of old people started smoking before there was any knowledge of it being dangerous and got hooked again before it became dangerous. No this guy does need to smoke as such but chances are this is the only comfort the poor guy has is in life.

I'm thirty, I smoke if you want to have a dig at smokers, I'm your target market not some old guy.

By the way Snyper, love the post fair balls to you, it would have been so easy to just walk on and forget the begger.

brummytom · 22-08-2009 12:01AM

snyper wrote: »

the guy has probably no home, hope or life left in him, the least the poor aul fecker can have is a ciggy and enjoy it. Lets not look down our noses on the less fortunate.

I posted this story before here somewhere about the time i left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that cold possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too.

Good man snyper, fair play to you.. you seem to get a slightly bad rep. on here which is a shame.

Next time I walk past a homeless person, I'll be less selfish

Carsinian Thau · 22-08-2009 12:04AM

snyper wrote: »

I posted this story before here somewhere about the time i left the pub one night about 6 years ago, i had just had a fight with my then girlfriend i wasnt in the best of form, this homeless guy sitting on the ground as i walked by asked "spare some change?" i snapped back at him "get a fcuking job!".... he just replied "ok , sorry" by the time i had taken about 10 more steps the feeling of guilt hit me like a stone wall.. who the fcuk was i to say that to him? I knew nothing about him or his past or what he has being through.. my gf wasnt impressed either but i went up to the nearest chipper bought a burger chips and a coffee and walked back to him... i was aware that he was well within his rights to tell me to go fcuk myself as he threw the food back at me, however, i went back to him and apologised to him prefusely.. i think the most humbeling thing of all was his reaction, he was so nice about it and said it happens all the tim, the bit of food i gave him, he received like i gave him a thousand euro he was thrilled, we stayed and chatted and he told me of the circumstances that lead to his current position, i was humbled and learnt a vey valueable life lesson.. never look down on other people, since that time ive had my ups and downs that cold possibly have placed me in a position where i could have ended up on hard times if i didnt have support, ones own head is a very powerful asset, but can be your greatest enemy too.

Post of the year?

Seriously.

Whosbetter? · 22-08-2009 12:15AM

Piste wrote: »

It's their own fault if they're spending money that could be spend on healthcare or food on smokes, I have no symathy, nobody *needs* to smoke.

It's these kinda statements that give anti-smokers their rightly deserved reputation as the real whingers, complainers & wet blankets of the modern world.

I'll bet you're a traffic warden/'elf & sayefty officier/keyboard whinger/pen-jockey, etc.

You couldn't be doing anything useful.:rolleyes:

tbh · 22-08-2009 01:09AM

I bet somewhere in dublin tonight there's a romanian pensioner, feasting on swan, regaling his friends with stories of his "too proud to beg" act, before offering johnny blues all round.

fair play degs, bet it felt good didn't it?

Degsy · 22-08-2009 09:26AM

tbh wrote: »

fair play degs, bet it felt good didn't it?

Not really..the whole situation left me with a feeling of sadness..i mean,he was probably the same age as my parents,had probably reared a family,worked all his life etc and i dont think that he ever imagined when he was my age(30+) that he'd end up picking fag butts up off the ground because he was to broke to buy a smoke.
This poor old bastard could be anyone of us..

tbh · 22-08-2009 09:32AM

Degsy wrote: »

Not really..the whole situation left me with a feeling of sadness..i mean,he was probably the same age as my parents,had probably reared a family,worked all his life etc and i dont think that he ever imagined when he was my age(30+) that he'd end up picking fag butts up off the ground because he was to broke to buy a smoke.
This poor old bastard could be anyone of us..

any poor old bastard could be anyone of us degser. There but for the grace of god - and decent parents - go any of us.

Tzetze · 22-08-2009 09:42AM

Do work for charity, but don't like to talk about it? Smashy and Nicey would approve. :pac:

barakus · 22-08-2009 09:46AM

Its not too hard to end up that way either Id say. Few wrong turns is all it takes.

I remember talking to a homeless guy after the clubs closed in limerick one time and seeing him do the same, the worst thing was to seeing him pick up somebodys apple that only had a couple bites out of it and start munching away. Some of these poor f*ckers are living like animals.

genericguy · 22-08-2009 02:19PM

seanybiker wrote: »

How do we know your man is dying?

we've all been dying since the day we were born, but as you get older it becomes statistically more probable that the four horsemen will come knocking sooner rather than later.

Carsinian Thau · 22-08-2009 02:27PM

Degsy wrote: »

Not really..the whole situation left me with a feeling of sadness..i mean,he was probably the same age as my parents,had probably reared a family,worked all his life etc and i dont think that he ever imagined when he was my age(30+) that he'd end up picking fag butts up off the ground because he was to broke to buy a smoke.
This poor old bastard could be anyone of us..

Well, it is very sad. But what you should remember is that you made his misery a little more bearable. Even if just for the shortest of times, that still means a lot.

DipDab · 22-08-2009 02:46PM

Tanks for the cigs any chance of a lighter next time:p nice ting u did;)

Saw this old bloke today

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