Red Lights of Amsterdam
Say what is that? An iPod. Does it just do music? Yeah, I'm old fashioned. I don't need a phone or video or anything like on the iPhone. Oh wow. I'll have to swipe me one of those later. Hee hee hee. —Man on the Amsterdam tram In Europe I've talked to more homeless people than I ever thought I would. Eating street food alone on a bench or a wall is the best way to draw them out. It also helps to appear poor with a hint of dishevelment. If you can manage all that, so many homeless people will try to talk to you that you'll wish you brought your tin foil hat. They come up and candidly tell you things you never wanted to know ever and never asked about, and they help you with things you did not need help with until you feel like you're pals, and then they spring the question -- "Do you have any change" -- and you feel bad if you don't and taken advantage of if you do, like if a girl shows you a good time and then asks for a check, only the girl is a m...