Thursday, March 19, 2009

Winter is almost gone!



...and you know what that means!! All the bums will be flocking back into the city for the 2009 year. Today is going to be 61 degrees, and I think you know what that means...

That's right, a bum sighting! This fellow was not the hardest to locate, since he was literally sleeping on the ground in front of my office on 20th and Market. He decided to call it a night directly in the middle of the sidewalk, on one of the busiest intersections in Center City. I love it! Can't wait for more bums with the coming nicer weather!!

Friday, January 9, 2009

GI Hobo!

First bum of 2009, and probably one of the best! As Mike and I are walking back from the Irish Pub, we see a winner relaxing in the street. Mike goes, "I'm going to pretend to put money in this bum's cup." As we walk by, I try my best to get a shot of the event which was about to take place. Below is the final outcome.


As you can see, Mike is clearly extending his arm to put "money" into the bum's yellow cup. After the bum realized Mike, in fact, did not put anything in his cup, the bum began to yell, "Assssss-hoooole" at him as we were walking away. He repeated this comment 6-7 times after we left.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Change?


This comfortable bum was just relaxing next to a sewer manhole looking for some change. Sadly, I declined giving him my hard earned money.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Charles Underwood




Yes, it is his real name. We met this delectable man tailgating at the Eagles game Sunday morning. He was going around asking to wash people's car windows.. Classic! We kindly said no. Then he asked for change, and we kindly said no again. We did give him a Miller Lite, which he gladly took.

I don't remember how we came across asking for his name, but he showed us a newspaper article and sure enough had a picture of him and his name underneath it. I am guessing that was his form of ID. What a wonderful specimen. I wish I asked him to read the article, but he was making all of us a little uncomfortable. For example, he decided to tell us he was in prison before, has done smack, and also hates certain types of people because he does not trust them... what a guy!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

National Hobo Museum


So there is a museum dedicated to hoboes. Go figure.

National Hobo Museum

2 areas on the site to check out:
The above 2 pages are great. Definitely worth visiting!

Action Shot!



Another action shot. This bum was moving at an incredible rate so I had to be quick. These shots aren't the best, but given his tremendous speed, they came in crystal clear!

700 Hobo Names

For whatever reason I randomly came across this website today on John Hodgman's (The I'm a PC guy in the Apple commercials) website. I believe he started the idea for the website.. Looks like we have something in common!



The 700 Hoboes Project

The gallery/list of hoboes can be seen here: http://e-hobo.com/hoboes/list/

Good stuff!