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Degag · 26-05-2010 04:09PM #1

I remember that a few years ago, you couldn't go on a journey without seeing 5 or 6 people trying to thumb lifts on the road. Most of them would get a lift to wherever they were going too. These days it's alot rarer to see people doing this though and more often than not, people don't stop stop for them anymore.

Today was the first time in a long time that i saw someone stop to pick up a person. So AH, do you stop to pick up thumbers or do you engage in this practice tourself?

krudler · 26-05-2010 04:09PM

Aw, I thought something new and fun had replacing fingering.

molloyjazz · 26-05-2010 04:10PM

i did it 6 months ago from roscommon to athlone, got picked up by the 1st car that stopped!..

Mr Benevolent · 26-05-2010 04:10PM

Nah. Too many films about hitchhikers getting bludgeoned to death or doing the bludgeoning.

PK2008 · 26-05-2010 04:10PM

Nah, seen way too many horror flicks

Edit: Confab??

*Twilight music*

o1s1n · 26-05-2010 04:11PM

Only attractive young women.

I don't have a car though. I just pick them up and run away.

Ruu_Old · 26-05-2010 04:14PM

Too many of them carrying axes, chainsaws and other blunt objects, think they would cop on!

PK2008 · 26-05-2010 04:14PM

I always stop to give lifts:

orourkeda · 26-05-2010 04:16PM

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/11/28/633635072704415042-Hitchhikers.jpg

Cheap Thrills! · 26-05-2010 04:17PM

krudler wrote: »

Aw, I thought something new and fun had replacing fingering.

That's not new! :cool:

*hobbles off like a Cowboy*

alwaysadub · 26-05-2010 04:20PM

Very rarely see them,but i usually drive alone so wouldn't stop to pick them up anyway!

Demonon · 26-05-2010 04:21PM

molloyjazz wrote: »

i did it 6 months ago from roscommon to athlone, got picked up by the 1st car that stopped!..

As opposed to getting picked up by the cars that didn't stop ?

RoyalMarine · 26-05-2010 04:21PM

scene from jay and silent bob comes to mind!

SV · 26-05-2010 04:23PM

Demonon wrote: »

As opposed to getting picked up by the cars that didn't stop ?

some stop and wait till the person gets right to the door then drive off again..

quite cruel..bit funny though

Kasabian · 26-05-2010 04:30PM

I pick up hitchhikers when I can , it reminds me of the days when thumbing was my only form of transport.

Loopy · 26-05-2010 04:32PM

I remember when prince played in cork and my mate and I decided to hitch down from Dublin with fuck all money and no tickets :rolleyes:
Jesus, when I think of it now - we were still in school at the time and totally fearless.
We were in trucks and lorrys and all sorts and eventually got a lift off 2 real nerdy guys. On the motorway this real sporty car was beside us containing 2 really hawt guys and we were sticking our tongues out etc and we signalled for them to pull in.. Out we jump from the nerds car and into the other car.
What a night... They brought us back to Dublin too..

Banned Account · 26-05-2010 04:36PM

I used to thumb a lot when i were a nipper, always swore that when i got a car, i'd pick up everyone.

Now, most of my driving time is work-related. I work for a financial institution and have to take calls on the hands-free a lot so can't have a stranger in the car.

I feel guilty when I pass them though:(

Loopy · 26-05-2010 04:40PM

My brother used to always stop for hitch hikers, and wait a good bit ahead. He'd watch them run to the car and then very abruptly ask them the time and promptly drive off...

pickarooney · 26-05-2010 04:45PM

I used to hitchhike a bit, often on a whim. I went out to get a beer once and ended up 1300km away in Germany. I was pretty thirsty by the time I got there.

I would pick up hikers if I were going more than 5km and if I didn't have two car seats hogging all the space.

evolutionqy7 · 26-05-2010 05:22PM

it used to depend...havent thumbed in over a year now

but sometimes it used to be very quick...to few hours...

i never have picked up a hitch-hiker...i want to pick up hitch hikers but i only realised that i had to stop 2km after i passed one lol...then i feel very bad all day lol

The Hill Billy · 26-05-2010 05:44PM

krudler wrote: »

Aw, I thought something new and fun had replacing fingering.

What you are thinking of is indeed fun, but certainly not new. Very 80's in fact.

sam34 · 26-05-2010 06:36PM

wouldnt thumb or pick up a hitchhiker, not worth the risk to my personal safety, imo

oppenheimer1 · 26-05-2010 07:21PM

molloyjazz wrote: »

i did it 6 months ago from roscommon to athlone, got picked up by the 1st car that stopped!..

It would have been odd if you were picked up by the first car that was still moving!

davrho · 26-05-2010 07:27PM

Still get this a lot on the Maynooth to Kilcock old road as there are only a couple of buses a day. I would normally stop as its only a few mins journey.

mikom · 26-05-2010 07:28PM

I'm the hitcher
Let me put you in the picture
Creeping in your room in the dead of night
With me solo polo vision

Macsimus · 26-05-2010 07:37PM

yrs ago a mate of mine who's always a disaster lit up a smoke on the last dart and got me thrown off with him - we were at Landesdowne rd and walked up to jury's in ballsbridge discussing what to do

I suggested we try and thumb a lift - he said that it wasn't worth the effort and that there was no chance of someone stopping for us 2 - scoby looking teens that we were in them days

Anyways, i stick out my thumb and the first car that we encounter pulls over. The door opens, and 'people are strange' by the Doors is blaring out.

We get into the car and he says 'do you know how to roll a joint' - at this stage i'm thinking this is too good to be true -

anyways long story short - i roll the fella nice bifty - and my inebriated mate in the back takes one blow of it and proceeds to puke all over the back of his car..

He still drove us home to our door - 15+ miles out of his way - some people are too nice for their own good

CrazyRabbit · 26-05-2010 07:40PM

sam34 wrote: »

wouldnt thumb or pick up a hitchhiker, not worth the risk to my personal safety, imo

To be fair, I wouldn't get into a car with you either

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 26-05-2010 07:47PM

This is mad, I was thinking of starting a hitchhiking thread myself!

Used to hitch everywhere, in and out of school (always missed the bus), up and down from college, outta town on nights out.

Wouldn't do it now though, more for pride reasons than anything else

evolutionqy7 · 26-05-2010 08:16PM

Pearl Puny Barracuda wrote: »

This is mad, I was thinking of starting a hitchhiking thread myself!

Used to hitch everywhere, in and out of school (always missed the bus), up and down from college, outta town on nights out.

Wouldn't do it now though, more for pride reasons than anything else

hmm same here

used to do it when was in school

after finishing work sometimes couldnt get a life so would have to hitchike...especially coming out from a garage with dirty clothes seeing you standing beside the street is kinda de moralising

remembering · 26-05-2010 09:45PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Only attractive young women.

I don't have a car though. I just pick them up and run away.

So funny, that gave me a laugh!! Posters on here are just so witty! lol

:D:D

Chet Zar · 26-05-2010 10:17PM

Ha that's mad - never realised it but I never see anyone hitching any more!! Guess we have more motorways now??

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