• TheWitchofThornbury
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    7 days ago

    Have refrained from sharing this before, buuuuuuuut …

    Came to work this morning, and found that someone had set up camp in the portico of the building I work in. No-one in sight, but mega debris left behind. I would like to know, from a purely scientific basis, what possible scenario would include :

    • 7-8 empty and semi-empty packets of Dine cat food.
    • 1 broken bottle of cheap sherry.
    • 3 used syringes (capped).
    • a baby soother.
    • many many cigarette butts.
    • the wrappings from at least 2 soap bars.
    • various items of discarded clothing including underwear.
    • 3 empty bottles of hair shampoo.
    • orange peel.
    • 1 cigarette lighter (empty).
    • the supports and foam packing from a small pallet.
    • a secondhand paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice (much used).
    • a couple of packets of jelly babies (broken and contents scattered).
    • a whole onion (undamaged).

    Can anyone enlighten me? And yes, I had to clean it up. Thank god for cheap woollies tongs.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt
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      7 days ago

      This is someone who is most likely shooting ice. The give away is the collection of random shit.

      Take it from me: if you’ve ever lived that life, it makes perfect sense.

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      7 days ago

      I’ve read a bunch of comments from homeless people on reddit saying that after a while they lose respect for society ignoring them, both hoarding what ever is available and leaving garbage anywhere just becomes part of their life.

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        7 days ago

        Me too. I could understand most of it, the cat food, the syringes and butts, jelly babies etc. but the baby soother, and hair shampoo were a bit of a facer. The onion confused me.