Ivan
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 07:42 PM |
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In our neck of the woods women hire babies (a couple of maonths old) for the day to give them more appeal at the street intersections as they beg from
passing cars.  It's kind of like a creche that pays you to look after the child - hire it out to one of them instead of sending it to a
creche. 
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Minicooper
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 08:33 PM |
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They have a dog because your entitled to an allowance for a pet and it's great for sympathy.
As for people who have never been forced on to benefits, you have no idea
David
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 08:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
I did hear a tale, probably an urban myth, about a chap with a ropey looking dog who lived in a nice house with a car, but put on a costume to beg 3
days a week to fund it. The dog obviously to get a bit more sympathy.
I don't think that's an urban myth. I'm pretty sure there was a case in Manchester a few years back, reported in the Manchester
Evening News.
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morcus
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| posted on 18/5/11 at 03:00 AM |
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That kind of thing happens all the time. Someone I went to School with was arrested for it (He was in some sort of gang that made huge money begging
in London). If you make money by begging it doesn't show up either so officially you have no income so you get unemployment benefits and
everything else on top and you can make huge money begging in london, just think how many people there are walking past you, In some spots you could
easilly be passed by 300,000 people in a day and if just 1% gave you a pound you'd make £300.
Back to the OP, If you go around like that beggar your gonna end up getting lamped, and noone will do anything about either because you don't
have an address so you can't press charges.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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