Hitchhikers

[saint_stevo]

Would you ever pick one up?

[saint lard]

If they looked like Rutger Hauer,no way pedro.

[Hatch]

I have done a couple of times.

 

I have also hitchhiked to Paris 3 times

[saint_stevo]

If they looked like Rutger Hauer,no way pedro.

 

You know my name how?

[Ponty]

I have done, more than once.

 

Twice, in fact.

[TopGun]

I used to hitch from Liverpool to Soton when I was a student to save cash (occasionally having been sent train fare by my folks) so I have picked up a few hitchers in the past who look like they are today's student generation. They've all been fine but I must admit I do look at them a bit carefully before pulling over! I'm sure everyone is the same.

 

Probably the weirdest one was a very short hitch from middle of manchester to the Trafford Centre. I got a bit uneasy when he asked me whether there were lots of cars parked at the Trafford Centre. :smt087

[saint_stevo]

What was your reasoning behind picking up a total stranger?

[Junction 9]

I have done a couple of times.

 

I have also hitchhiked to Paris 3 times

 

Try Eurostar next time.

[saint lard]

What was your reasoning behind picking up a total stranger?

 

Possibly the same as a taxi driver,just without the financial transaction:rolleyes:

[Ponty]

First time we were in a minibus, 10 of us I think, so it didn't seem to much of a risk. The second time I was heading down to Southampton, from Oxford, with my gf and we'd gone to fill up first. There were two girls at the filling station and one asked my missus if we were heading up North, and could she get a lift. My gf said, "No, down South, sorry, else you could." and the other said, "Great, I'm going South. Mind if I grab a ride?" to which there wasn't much my better half could say.

[Robsk II]

I've picked a few people up. The alst was some crazy english weirdo in france. She was mental, so we got rid of her. By killing her.

 

I have hitch-hiked in france, also, from Ruoms to Nimes. Only about 45 miles as the crow flies but it wasn't as easy as it sounds, particularly as I don't really speak French..

[JohnnyFartPants]

I once picked a bloke up purely as I was really tired and needed sleep. I was hoping the conversation might keep me awake. As it was he didnt talk then fell asleep.

[wheels]

Only if they had a guide to the galaxy :rolleyes:

[Dog]

I hitchhiked to Australia in 1990.

[dubai_phil]

Why is it, that you always see two cute hitch-hikers together.

On the other side of the road?

[PompeyLass]

If they looked like Rutger Hauer,no way pedro.

 

What about Sean Bean ?

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

You know my name how?

 

I think no way Pedro was just an expression. A coincidental expression

[Pancake]

First time we were in a minibus, 10 of us I think, so it didn't seem to much of a risk. The second time I was heading down to Southampton, from Oxford, with my gf and we'd gone to fill up first. There were two girls at the filling station and one asked my missus if we were heading up North, and could she get a lift. My gf said, "No, down South, sorry, else you could." and the other said, "Great, I'm going South. Mind if I grab a ride?" to which there wasn't much my better half could say.

 

That story started with potential, then lost it...

[norwaysaint]

I live on an island connected to the mainland by under-sea tunnel (disappointingly not transparent), which you can't walk or cycle through. So if you haven't got a car (or boat) you're stranded.

 

I've picked up quite a few people and taken them through, including desperate looking teenagers who have missed their school bus. Mostly I don't though as the back seat is taken up by kid seats and the front seat is nearly always covered in junk/bags.

 

Have hitched a couple of times myself, but not alone and not far.

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

Not unless it was a she, and she was fit, and I was alone, and she would have a gobble whilst I drove her to her destination

[Guest Hacienda]

I picked up a few over the years but none recently.

 

I've also hitchhiked around Europe (1985) which was a great experience.

 

Last time I hitched was to get to Soton for the fizzy pop cup game against Stockport.

[saint_stevo]

i live my life like a hitchhiker.

 

 

*hrumph?*

[saint lard]

I think no way Pedro was just an expression. A coincidental expression

 

As in "no way jose"

It will be pure coincidence if "Jose" is your'e middle name

[bridge too far]

I used to hitch hike regularly (with my then b/f) from Southampton to London when I was a student. On two consecutive weekends, we got a lift from the same mad Italian in a Fiat. What are the odds on that (the same guy - not an Italian being mad or driving a Fiat).

 

On another occasion, we went to Great Yarmouth by train but couldn't afford the fare back so we hitched. A taxi stopped and we said 'uh oh we can't afford a taxi fare'. It turned out he was returning TO OUR PART OF LONDON from a fare and just wanted company for the journey!

 

Once my friend and I hitch-hike raced a couple of other girls down to Bournemouth (when we were in the 6th form). We got picked up by an oldish Polish man. When we asked him to drop us, he said 'you can't get out'. !!!!! However, it turned out he'd got child locks on the door and we had misunderstood him.

 

I am not casting aspertions on Polish men BTW.