Hobos

The plot was about the troubles of a wealthy Santa Barbara family that kept taking in hobos, hiring them to be chauffeurs, and then losing the family silverware to them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kim, the next up for a massage, says she used to think that the homeless were all "hobos" - people who had chosen to break off from society-until she was shocked to find herself among them, and certainly not by choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These types of webbings are evident here in the fall when the hobos are their most dastardly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you're anxious about "hobos" asking you for money, decide how much you can allot per person (a quarter, a buck), carry the cash in your pocket, and give it to every poor person whose hand is out. ❋ E. Jean Carroll (2010)

And Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV) used the word "hobos" to demean those on unemployment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the old days, we called those homeless men words like, "hobos" or worse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hunt is thought to be one of the 'hobos' briefly detained just behind the grassy knoll on the day of the assassination. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"It's estimated that close to 200,000 of those" hobos "are veterans ...." ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's estimated that close to 200,000 of those "hobos" are veterans .... as a military man, I would think you could at least show a little respect for your brethren. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last night I watched the movie Kit Kittredge starring Abigail Breslin; it's a tale of how grim life was in Cincinnati in 1934 when houses were foreclosed, respectable people became outlawed "hobos" and how even the most resilient of spirits could be trampled on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shortly after assuming office, he said he wanted a quarter of a million unemployed young "hobos" working in the forests by summer. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Meanwhile the sheriff and his men were having a fight with the crowd of tramps, but as the posse was determined and the criminals mostly of the class known as "hobos," the battle was not a very severe one. ❋ Victor [pseud.] Appleton (N/A)

I feel more positively towards the guys drinking forties around a small fire under the bridge when I think of them as "hobos" and often stop to let them pet my dogs and chat. ❋ Mark Frauenfelder (2011)

Dean Heller: Is the government creating 'hobos' with benefit extensions? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Should we fault the "hobos" that are now jobless, or the "hobos" in political offices that created the economic mess with their policies? ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said it cut him deeply to hear on the news that a congressman referred to the long-term unemployed as "hobos," citing the belief that jobless benefits encourage idleness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans show a disdain for Americans with comments like that, assuming people would rather be "hobos" on the dole than working. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I'm not a [vagrant]... I'm a hobo. [Big difference]." "Maybe you'll end up like me, a [hobo with a shotgun]." ❋ Natalie Portmanteaux (2021)

Traditional hobos are often romanticized in popular culture, for example in the books "Of Mice and Men" by [John Steinbeck] and "On the Road" by [Jack Kerouac] and in the music of [Woody Guthrie]. The portrayal of modern homeless people, however, is usually much less favourable, with a widespread belief that homelessness is self-inflicted and that these "bums" should "just get jobs". ❋ Backpacker_x2 (2011)

Spare some change guys? no hobo [my feet] are showing through my [socks and shoes], no hobo [I'm cold] an hungry, no hobo ❋ Whitey And Tay (2007)

After [trying] [the houdini] last night, I thought I'd [surprise] my girlfriend in bed tonight by giving her the hobo. ❋ Sean McConnell (2007)

"When I first started hobo'in, I took a [freight train] to be my friend -John [Lee] [Hooker] ❋ Hoboerotic (2004)

[Toan]! [Pull up] [your pants]! We don't like your hoboness! ❋ Ydna Nda Naot (2014)

Boy: Grandpa! What are those [carving] symbols? Grandpa: You see here son, these be hobo signs! This here sign means, there's work for [cornbread] 2 blocks up. [Hobos] LOVE cornbread... ❋ Christopher Ess (2005)

Guy: what up, man. Guy 2: nothing much, just trying to get by. If i dont make this payment on my car, its gonna get repossessed. Then I won't have a way to work and get fired and lose my house and be out on the street and probably start sucking dick to get money...No Homo Guy: yea [i feel you], i feel you....you think i can borrow $[117], No HoBo Guy 2: Alright man i got you, just get it back to me before i hit the [unemployment office] ❋ IllusTreyte (2010)

That hobo just found a whole [bag] of [pies] in our [dumpster]! ❋ Exorph (2004)

nothin beats [the hobo] life [stabbin] folks with my [hobo knife] ❋ Hobo Man (2004)