~~~ Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Someone should start handing these out to the homeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 One of the homeless guys in Glasgow I know came up to me and said I knew his sister, turns out she works in our office. He just had a family fall out and walked out. See, conclusive proof that all homeless are there voluntarily. Spikes for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Funnily enough, in the original story the paper went to the local council who said they would look into the health and safety aspect of the spikes. The first steamer that walks up to his flat security entrance looking for his keys and falls face first onto the spikes and they're gone. If that was my flats that would be me tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I'm surprised that no one has made a Dry Riser joke thus far, OK, just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I have been homeless before . I did have a car to sleep in though , although November is fucking cold in Scotland . The local homeless office can get you a bed for the night , mostly in hostels which are awful . Then arrange an interview for local housing , which then takes a few months until you're re-housed . The actual guys who kip in doorways are mostly the ones who haven't seeked help or who are beyond help . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelJag Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Dont see why they install a pond instead? Ponds are nicer than spikes and you cant sleep in a pond without drowning. Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Dont see why they install a pond instead? Ponds are nicer than spikes and you cant sleep in a pond without drowning. Idiots. Thats why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Ponds are nicer than spikes and you cant sleep in a pond without drowning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 My experience of flats is that all the homeless person needs to do is press any button and the inhabitant will buzz them in without even asking who it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 While I have every sympathy with people who have no options and end up sleeping rough (when I was down on my luck I had my family to fall back on but I know not everyone does, I'm not trying to be trite) I have no sympathy with chancers. Not all people who sleep rough are the same, same as any group, I'd be pretty pissed off if I walked out my front door and found some fecker kippping there. There really shouldn't be any long term homelessness in a country like ours but we're not alone in having it, call me a NIMBY but the fact that this problem hasn't been 'fixed' doesn't mean that people can just camp out on others property. That we still have a problem with long term homelessness is to our shame, there's a lot of people who have all sorts of issues that are homeless, and its only cost that stops us helping a lot of them. Some folk are irredeemable I suppose and again, I'm not trying to be horrible when I say that but we should be trying to help those that we can 'fix', if only to save money in the long run even if we don't do it for the 'right' reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Similar to the spikes to stop pigeons sitting on window ledges. Our homeless are no better than pigeons. At least the pigeons don't ask for spare change. Mon the pigeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Pigeons shit less in public as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Nothing new here. The Howies Restaurant building at Waterloo Place in Edinburgh has had these for many, many years on it's lovely, comfy, window ledges.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 An arsehole shop owner on the Strand in London hired a mini tanker to spray all the rough sleepers with perfume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Similar to the spikes to stop pigeons sitting on window ledges. Our homeless are no better than pigeons. At least the pigeons don't ask for spare change. Mon the pigeons. Nae soup kitchens needed for pigeons either - they're perfectly happy chowing down on a convenient pile of sick. The homeless seem to be a bit better at retaining both of their feet than your average pigeon though, so fair play to them on that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 An arsehole shop owner on the Strand in London hired a mini tanker to spray all the rough sleepers with perfume. Just because they're homeless doesn't mean they can't smell good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 An arsehole shop owner on the Strand in London hired a mini tanker to spray all the rough sleepers with perfume. Is that where you can buy OF fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McB Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Spikes, homeless folk? Over to you Mr Orwell http://orwell.ru/library/articles/spike/english/e_spike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 The homeless should wear these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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