"Brother, [If I Make You Laugh] Can You Spare a Dime?”

Though homelessness is no laughing matter, consider comedian Chris Rock's spoken-word song No Sex (In the Champagne Room):

"If a homeless person has a funny sign,
He hasn't been homeless that long.
A real homeless person is too hungry to be funny."

To wit:

1. Cut the guy some slack, you know what he means.

2. This guy's brave, that's all we can say.

3. Albus Dumbledore Outed, Fired as Headmaster at Prestigious Hogwarts, Last Seen Panhandling in Kingston upon Thames

4. Gotta love the enthusiasm.

5. Translation? "My life's amok. It really sucks."

6. Working hard or hardly working?

7. Had Jerry Garcia been tone-deaf.

8. When you wish upon a star...

9.  Makes no bones about it, does he?

10. If you could just channel some of that creativity...

Comments

[Funny Guy]

Humorous signs from unlucky persons.

[laighid]

surprised you dont have the pic of my ex partner where his sign says "kick a punk for a buck, ladies kick half price, no soccer players'

[Mikey Mc]

The "why lie" signs make a lot of money...

[falsesaint]

That homeless Bill guy is in Anchorage, AK. I used to see him on my way to work almost everyday.

[maxo]

heres one I saw on the way home from work a couple weeks ago. took the pic with my cell phone camera. absolutely brilliant

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/14890/moblog_d8c7734dd9f40.jpg

[marisa]

There was a beaut in JHB one day... a young man was standing in a busy intersection with a sign that read; Have job have car need girlfriend phone (and a number)

[Solar Coupons]

I once got a business card off a homeless guy that had a picture of the homeless guy on the card holding up a sign that said will work for food.

[Solar Coupons]

I once got a business card off a homeless guy that had a picture of the homeless guy on the card holding up a sign that said will work for food.

[Solar Coupons]

I once got a business card off a homeless guy that had a picture of the homeless guy on the card holding up a sign that said will work for food.

[Solar Coupons]

I once got a business card off a homeless guy that had a picture of the homeless guy on the card holding up a sign that said will work for food.

[Anglictina]

Beautiful a nd coool

[Matt]

Yesterday in Santa Monica, Ca I saw the best one. It was completely blank, and the guy caught me looking inquisitively, and he says 'spare some change so i can buy a pen?'. awesome

[dj41326]

Americans begging for money when they could be taking the jobs that illegal immigrants are doing? The people above are the reason America has an immigration problem and we perpetuate it by giving them money.

[Locke]

Hey thats Homeless Bill!! He 'lives' at Dimond and Old Seward in Anchorage, AK, and no other bums are allowed on his corner.

[Blue]

Matt you tight git its not so black n white just because you've got a home and job dont mean you can kick people for being less well off,You would'nt swap your live with there's
So give em some F88king money NOW there thirsty ...

[Tim nice but dim]

I aggree how would you like it being cold and dirty covered in fleas not knowing where your next drink is coming from or your next fumble with a hooker,These guys need are support
Give them some money or take one home and get him drunk be nice to tramps...

[Smelly Steve]

I'm a tramp and I would love to come and live at your house and drink all
your beer wine anything,Hey give me some money I'll even have a threesome with you and your wife.I'd have to check you's out for any rash or crabs first tho.

[John]

How can you not have the "wife and kids kidnapped by ninjas, need money for kung fu lessons" guy? Best ever.

Saw a guy in town the other day who'd gone and bought a baby bootee, and was sayin "Here's a little shoe... and here's a Big 'ssue!" - ashamed to say I laughed but didn't buy one :(

[The Boxman]

Love this! Check out more bum stories at www.street-people.com

[PoPoDomains]

Great Photos. I May Consider A New Profession. PoPo

[Chloe]

In Seattle the same guy gives flowers for free, just donations.

Another guy there just has a sign that says "SMILE" on it.

[Daniel]

I ABSOLUTELY love the last one. It's the most creative...I would give some money...lol.

Homeless man number 6 is from Madrid, Spain (around either plaza mayor or sol--I forget).

[Hyrum]

Some of those bums are creative.

[Matt]

I wish I had a camera. A few weeks a go there was a kid on the corner with a sign stating that his family was killed by a gang and he needed money for Ninja lessons so he could exact revenge upon the killers.

[Apokolips]

We used to have this guy near me in upstate new york who had a sign "Need food bad Will work hard" but every time we saw him he was eating a sandwich

[rosssss]

interest and funny people it's good to see how money can make many things
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2330673

[diggers]

Just another way to make a living

[tucson]

I live in Tucson AZ, I saw a bum had a sign that said "HOMELESS
HUNGRY
HORNY"

[dual action cleanse]

Hah! I'd definitely give all my change if I was approached with this.

-jake

[Jayle]

Even if the bum hasn't been homeless for long...you can still reward him for his funny.

[Justas]

The last one lol :D Quite great idea

[as]

yra neblogu:)

[peter]

my ex showed off beautiful little breasts with expressive nipples. couldn't help but notice and be charmed by them. on one slightly cold morning at 14th st. and 9th ave. a bum approached us to ask for change. he noticed (and was charmed by) her reaction to the brisk morning and reached into his pocket, then held up ten cents and asked: a dime for two nipples? all three of us laughed so hard we almost cried.

[Simona]

Im sorry for these people. Honestly. But i dont think its so difficult to find a job in America :)

[Jayle]

Carlos and Juan were panhandlers in Los Angelos. Carlos had a Mercedes Benz and plenty of money, while Juan was always scraping together pennies.
Each day Carlos would drop Juan off at an on-ramp and then drive on to the next one to set up shop. At the end of every day Carlos would have a briefcase full of $10 bills while Juan would have about $35 in change.

Juan asked Carlos one day, "How are you making so much money when I can't even make $50 in a day?" Carlos said, "I don't know, let me see your sign." Juan showed him a sign that said, "Homeless, need food for family."

Carlos said, "That's your problem right there, take a look at this." Carlos pulled out his sign and Juan read:

"All I need is $10 to get back to Mexico!"

[anemi]

"Need some Chump Change to out-bid JP Morgan for Bear Sterns"

[vazthespaz]

I realy liked the guy who was honest about pot and the guy from the future.

I gotta be honest i spent a good 4 months homeless, notfun. one day i ended up stranded in a diffrent town, and in desperation walked to the Dunken dounoughts. I walk in and a cute girl was working. I told her that i havent eaten in 2 days (true) and ask for some stale donoughts or something. She hooks me up with food (good food) I thank her and flirt a little bit before i leave the store to go to the free motel room i had for the night. Well i bum a cig of some old dude in the parkinglot, who ends up bring over some beers. A few hours latter were outa beers and he is trying to find a way to scam up some beer money. Well his daughter gets off work (Guess who his daughter is) Dunken dougnoughts girl ends up buying us some more beer, we decided to use my free room because its bigger, DnD girl comments on how nice my room is and she wants to sleep their, i respond iv got two beds. she whispers "We wont need both of them" ohh it was on. Beyond the free cigarets, weed, and this story being homless sucks. Why did i get more free weed then food?