Heyyyyy Aqualung!

[Gooch]

So if you've ever listened to the song "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull, you've heard the lyrics describe basically a homeless man who's down on his luck, but has this weird, demented side to him as well.

Do you have anybody like that roam the streets where you live? If so, what are they like, and how have they acted when you seen them?

I've had a few roam around my town. There was this one old guy who died recently that would scrounge together pennies to buy himself cigarettes. He also stole items from people's garages and tried to trade them to other people around town for sandwiches. I actually walked past him once before, and he just mumbled to himself constantly. It was pretty freaky. Almost fits the lyrics to "Aqualung" perfectly.

So Newgrounds, tell me about your Aqualungs.

[misterchees0]

Will you ban me if i say this is the worst thread, ever?

[Kilgorn]

will you ban me if i say this is the best thread ever?

OT: about 30 miles north of my neighbor hood there is a hobo infestation, i dont talk to them because i only ever drive in that direction and never slowdown. even at stoplights. and one of them had a hotdog cart. on a fucking freeway.

[armorwarrior]

I live in a small town with very few homeless people, I've only seen 2. But one really stands out.

He has a bit of a story to him. He was a manager of a factory for almost 25 years, but one day he was hit in the head by a machine, and had permanent damage done to his mind.

So he was fired, but that's not what he's known for, after the accident he started cheating on his wife, I suppose the whole "I'm working late" doesn't work when you're unemployed. So anyways they got a divorce, and she gained custody of the house or something, or maybe he just left, I'm not totally sure. But after he left he started to wander the town, he never begs for money, he just... Roams. You can find him hanging outside of a McDonalds talking to himself, sometimes he gets food, but he doesn't eat it, he saves it for later, I've never seen him actually eat in the places he gets food.

He's known as Slippery Bob because he cheated on his wife after his on the job accident, and then his life was pretty much ruined...

But he always talks to himself, and stares at my mom's ass so I'd say he's kinda like the description you gave.

[gamekillereater]

Not in my town, but in a city close to my house(my town is practically deserted so there are no bums here, only a lot of crackheads).

When I was going out in that town, we walked past a guy who kept talking to himself, so I looked if he was calling or something, but he wasn't. Odd guy, probably crazy, since he didn't look very clean.

And once, like 2 weeks ago, there was a guy in our town, who was drunk beyond any reason, who asked us, incoherently, where he could find a hotel, we gave him directions, but instead of following them he went back to the door where he was banging on before he asked us where to go. The guy wasn't really crazy but I thought I would mention it anyhow.

[SolidLiquid]

there was once this Jamaican lady talkin a whole bunch of Jamaican gibberish by herself and pointing at a fire hydrant saying tru dat tru dat. i went around her and there was no blue tooth

[simon]

Yeah you also learn that he's a pervert too.

[PlaidJoe]

Well I have had a guy like that in my town. Yes definitely have had someone like that near me. I found this out when my school sent home a letter about a child molester in my neck of the woods. Yikes!

(Aqualung is about a child molester or something equivalent to that)

[HighWayStar365]

I live in a box under a bridge in New York City.

Beat that.

[EverReady2Kill]

My town is to small to have any hobos orhomeless. But isn't Aqualung about a peadophile?

We do have an insane ugly woman that likes to burn down old hospitals. I'm pretty sure she has Schizophrenia, as I walked past her one day and she was laughing and muttering to herself.

[linkinpatt]

You mean this Aqualung right? Because this guy is awesome.

[SevenSeize]

We have one that lives under a local bridge and collects fake flowers. (maybe from cemetaries I dunno) and then decorates his spot under the bridge.

[Sensationalism]

I don't know anyone that interesting, but I guess my town is too tiny for that.

[Gooch]

At 10/8/09 10:02 PM, Sensationalism wrote: I don't know anyone that interesting, but I guess my town is too tiny for that.

Hell, your town can't be too much smaller then mine, right? I could be wrong. The population in my town is 1,500. You figure there should be at least one weird character mixed into every town somewhere.

At 10/8/09 10:00 PM, SevenSeize wrote: We have one that lives under a local bridge and collects fake flowers. (maybe from cemetaries I dunno) and then decorates his spot under the bridge.

That is pretty demented if he's collecting those from a cemetary. If that's all he has to do, I feel for the guy.

At 10/8/09 09:58 PM, linkinpatt wrote: You mean this Aqualung right? Because this guy is awesome.

Heh, not quite. I don't think the Aqualung I'm describing even knows what a video game is, nor could he ever afford one. The only thing he likes to play is the little girls frolicing past him on the park bench, eyeing them with bad intent and watching their frilly panties run.

HEYYYYY AQUALUNG!

At 10/8/09 08:11 PM, Kilgorn wrote:

OT: about 30 miles north of my neighbor hood there is a hobo infestation, i dont talk to them because i only ever drive in that direction and never slowdown. even at stoplights. and one of them had a hotdog cart. on a fucking freeway.

Haha. A hotdog cart on a freeway. I guess when you're homeless without any money, the best place to sell hotdogs is a busy freeway. He might get killed one of these times, but at least he knows to hit the right spots. :P