High Hopes

The economy is bad. Fact. But is it really this bad?

I’m on my way home from work. Where’s work? It’s downtown DC next to a bunch of international organizations and blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda.

Anyway, I’m on my way home from work (I’ve never said this before, lie? ). I just happen to pass this man that’s begging, normal occurrence in DC. But, this wasn’t your ordinary bum beggar, no no no. Forget the usual, “anybody have any change.” You weren’t going to get, “Can you help me get something to eat,” from this guy. Not even an, “I need a bed.” (I’ve been asked for a bed before, they have really high hopes)

This clever man’s schtick was, “Anybody got a euro, I just need one euro, any spare euro.”

Sir, are you really begging for foreign currency? Even so, if you got the “one euro” you really needed so bad, what next? At some point I think it would behoov my bummy bretheren to beg for some US bucks, perhaps?

Give us your take. Until next time, take care.

4 Comments

  • 1
    Splakattack
    November 14, 2008 - 4:59 pm | Permalink

    him waan six kick

  • 2
    Ada
    November 14, 2008 - 6:08 pm | Permalink

    LMAO! That man was S-M-A-R-T. Someone should have given him a euro just for his audacity to hope for such a thing… Pun intended…

  • 3
    Bakedgood
    November 14, 2008 - 10:50 pm | Permalink

    HILARE! Ada, if I’m not mistaken you are in the position to help this man…

  • 4
    Ada
    November 15, 2008 - 4:54 pm | Permalink

    Bien sur I am in the position to help the man. The question is whether or not I feel like flying to DC to give a bum one of my euros…

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