Why wasn't House 8 alerted? Boing Boing is looking for 700 illustrators to draw the 700 hobos.
Carl, sharpen thy pencil. Or whatever it is you scribble with... (My personal choice would be #37: Monk the Monkey Man, which is to say, The Man, although #55 Irontrousers The Strong is also pretty good.) Okay, I'm up into the 200s now, and they just keep getting better and better. If you think you can handle it, give it a listen. If you're expecting a child, make sure to take notes.
Flickr gallery of submitted drawings
CAR (WOO!)
RONNIE (WOO!)
CONCRETE (WOO!)
HOSPITAL (WOO!)
Ultimate Cubs fan/hobo, Ronnie "Woo Woo" was hit by a car today near wrigley, but is in good condition. If you've ever been in or around wrigley field during a Cubs game, you've probably heard "Woo Woo" and his infamous "woo" chants.
Hobo Dictionary
Learn how to talk west like a boxcar Willie, and the Boston bums might share their skee with you.
Ah, the hobo community, a subject near and dear to our hearts here at H8.
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Get into Ashlee's pants to help tsunami victims
Wocka wocka wocka! Well, actually, hold the wockas - you can make that literally come true in the UNICEF celebrity auction I've been slaving over. One of the items offered is Ashlee Simpson's pants. Also up for grabs: a week-long internship at TEEN PEOPLE (alert your wealthy friends with teenagers!), a phone call from One Tree Hill's Chad Michael Murray (Pazen, contain yourself) and a visit to the set of Veronica Mars, where you can regale Karen's high school "little sister," series star/Shrine graduate Kristen Bell, with stories of her drunken boob flashing. Oh, and there's some sports stuff that I don't really understand at all. And it all benefits UNICEF's tsunami relief efforts. Yay! Get to bidding!
"Homeless Depot is a one-stop spot for cardboard building supplies, used carpet scraps, filthy woolen blankets, and flattened garbage-can lids."
It's the flash-based, alcohol-fueled, fun-to-say game that's sweepin' the nation. Who cares if you don't read German? This game speaks the international language of "drunk-stumble." Those wacky Swiss!
Prepare to waste your afternoon. Post your personal best stumble in the comments.
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We've been branded Anti-Hoboites
As I was perusing the "Hobo" category, I was reading through some of the old posts...seems that we missed some great comments from a real life wife of a hobo! Check out the posts...
wife of a true hobo, 8/27/03/
"I have been married to a hobo for 33 yrs, he works at his job all year long and takes time out to follow his wanderlust tendecies. True hobo jungles are usually dry, as alcohol impairs judgement when hopping trains and can cause accidents or death." [more]
wife of a hobo, 8/29/03/
"I am a hobos wife and am proud to be. Hobos are NOT homeless people, they are NOT bums, and most of all, they are NOT the crude people you think they are. My husband and I know many hobos from all over this country and not one of them is like you portay them." [more]
Eric Erwin, 30, won't go to jail for setting a sleeping homeless man on fire. The victim spent more than six months in the hospital, has had eight surgeries and is facing more. Erwin claims he was so drunk that he doesn't remember what he did.
I wanna be hip and homeless
The Powers That Be have proposed building a giant metal box at the corner of Division and Clybourn to house displaced Cabrini residents and the city's homeless.
In one of the more ridiculous statements to come out of any mouth in recent memory, Lakefront Supportive Housing (the developer) CEO Jean Butzen waxes poetic:
"We thought it would be a really important statement to make that even people who are homeless, who are the poorest people in our society, deserve to live in a building designed by an internationally famous architect."
Oh my yes! Only the most trendy and hip for our city's homeless will do! Thankfully it will be conveniently close to a Starbucks, too.
Silly me, I'm no President and CEO of a housing development company, but I would've thought it might also be kind of important to HELP THEM TO NO LONGER BE HOMELESS?!?
Pizza Schmizza in Portland has hired homeless people off downtown sidewalks to take part in a marketing campaign. The sign said: "Pizza Schmizza paid me to hold this sign instead of asking for money."
The owner thought to himself: 'What skills could they have?' Holding a sign was an obvious one...
via obscure store
Hobos learn the wonders of mouthwash...not only does it make their shakes go away when they can't buy booze, but it's legal to drink in public, has more alchol content than wine and leaves them w/ minty fresh breath.
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N.Y. considers floating homeless shelters
New York City officials assess the possibility of using retired pleasure cruise ships as homeless shelters.
