When the New Depression hits, what are you going to keep in your hobo bindle?

[LostInAnomie]

I'm keeping a can of baked beans, a pocket knife, and another bindle as a back-up.

[leftyclimber]

1. My climbing gear and a Swiss Army knife.

I can whop people upside the head with the climbing gear, then use the Swiss Army knife to open the cans of baked beans I steal. :evilgrin:

[Inchworm]

2. Rice, salt, cinnamon extract, and a toothbrush

I'll keep pocket knife in my pocket :D

:hi:

[darkstar]

3. Some beef jerky, some Off,

some sterno (for use or barter), and a shiv

[Inchworm]

5. Trade you a couple drops of cinnamon for some sterno

I need to heat up my ratmeat :P

:hi:

[darkstar]

10. Throw in some salt an you gotta deal.

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

38. Hey, I'll trade you some pepper for the rat's rib cage and backbone...

unless you plan to eat those parts too. If you throw in a tad bit of Sterno, I'll tell you why.

Damn, it just occurred to me, this would make a kickass video game.

[Arugula Latte]

31. I read that quickly as "beef jerk Off"

:yoiks:

[sasquatch]

4. A pocket knife, pots, pans, a bottle of whiskey, and directions to Midlo's house

So I can get a job scrubbing toilets in her McMansion.

[LeftyMom]

6. You would steal Brenda's job?

:O

[sasquatch]

9. Nah, she'll be cleaning the fridge while I confront the toilets

:(

[KG]

7. my laptop and blackberry.

maybe some hard candy....

[emilyg]

8. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.

[harmonicon]

11. ukulele, multi-tool, roll of toilet paper, and maybe some fig newtons

[Jamastiene]

22. Make that a guitar, and you got a buddy for life.

:D

[harmonicon]

25. silly!

A guitar won't fit in a bindle!!

[Jamastiene]

35. A Martin Backpacker might.

I mean, maybe it would. It would be worth a try. I can't play the ukulele. How would we spend all out time?

[harmonicon]

42. a martin backpacker might fit

but I think it's a crappy guitar, and I love my ukulele - its easy to play. If you know how to play guitar, you can pick up uke in a day. I didn't play guitar until recently, but knowing uke helped a lot.

I think we would spend our time composing and singing hobo songs, and making hobo housewares and tools out of scraps of wood and and discarded bits of metal.

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. NoHo Bindies in my hobo bindle.

Only bindies made in North Hollywood in my hobo bindle.

[XemaSab]

13. Tapatio, lens cleaner, and a field guide

I intend to spend the next depression as an itinerant birder/Mexican food connoisseur.

[sasquatch]

16. I got a bottle of Tapatio in my kitchen right now

:)

[flvegan]

14. Warren Buffet's Platinum Amex.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. I am not going anywhere. I am going to sit on my front porch and

watch my crops grow.

[Shiver]

56. I'm gonna drop my bindle at her place

...and offer my services in the field and elsewhere in exchange for food and board.

The bindle will contain my laptop, cigarettes, a pair of clean socks for bartering, my bike lock, choice pieces from my knife collection, and map to where the treasure is buried.

[Shiver]

59. I drew a picture of myself in a post-apocalyptic future

While very badly scanned, I think I can use the look for the New Depression as well. I can use the knives very well, so i can help defend the farm from bandits and drunken hobo assaults.

[DarkTirade]

17. Rabid weasels.

Make sure nobody goes pokin' around in my hobo bindle.

Damn government aliens trying to get at my cheese.

[Symarip]

18. Nothin' but a tin pan.

THERES GOLD IN THEM THERE HILLS!!!!

[crim son]

19. Toothbrush, hairbrush

Bugspray, a pen

[MrCoffee]

20. All the nickels I can get my hands on.

When the revolution comes, and the only food left is in vending machines, the man who holds the nickels has all the power.

[lost-in-nj]

64. I'll just us a rock

to open them...


ppfffttttt
there won't be any electricity anyway!!!
:rofl:


:hi:


lost

[Z_I_Peevey]

21. Drugs, and lots of 'em.

Maybe some hard tack.

[moriah]

26. Seconded, along with some cigarettes.

Great trade items.

[Lucian]

23. Vittles.

[Danger Mouse]

24. Scalps.

[originalpckelly]

27. I don't think you'll be able go buy tickets in a GD.

[Danger Mouse]

28. I forgot to add that I will also have my scalpin' knife.

[Witchy_Dem]

36. You're my favorite poster

child.

Thanks for the grins lately.

[Danger Mouse]

43. You're welcome. At least somebody finds me amusing =P

So you're from Sarah Palin's hometown??

[Witchy_Dem]

47. Not from but newly transplanted.

Anchorage in the late 90s, Baltimore until this past winter. Wasilla is a new town for us. Interesting to say the least. You all haven't seen Palin Fever until you drive around up here....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Clean underwear, a toothbrush, a Swiss Army knife,

warm socks, kitchen matches, a roll of TP, some Hopi animal hunting fetishes, sunglasses, insect repellent, and a bottle of Glenlivet.

[Faygo Kid]

30. Bush's head.

[Arugula Latte]

32. A tool for making thread 'cuz I think it would be cool to say: "I've got a spindle in my bindle."

[fed_up_mother]

33. Extra pair of comfortable shoes and some extra undies, for starters.

[The Inquisitive]

34. just my rusty hobo shanking knife

[Withywindle]

37. Cigarettes and batteries

When the DU pevs' vibrators start dying I can make a fortune off the batteries.

[Jamastiene]

39. Beanie Weenies, hand hold(for a bow drill), poncho,

harmonica, a salt/pepper travel pack, TP, a roll of fishing line, and some cigarettes. If I'm lucky enough to have a Martin Backpacker finally, I'll carry one of those and my sleeping bag around with me too.

*and some rat ribs if I can barter for them.

[Jamastiene]

41. Forgot to mention my Swiss Army Knife...

[quakerboy]

40. well

any small Shiny valuables I can scrounge. My camping gear, a few extra knives. Extra rope. My passport. Extra undies. Food. If there was room, my good pillow and my wifes guitar.

[InternalDialogue]

44. A copy of Hodgman's "Areas of My Expertise"

'cuz I won't have been a hobo for very long at that point, and I'll need to keep close by the tips and knowledge contained therein.

[LostInAnomie]

48. You'll also have to have a good hobo name.

There are plenty to choose from in there.

[InternalDialogue]

55. I shall take the name Rusty Mandible.

But you can call me Scratchy.

[LisaM]

45. Contact lenses for a year, glasses, a toothbrush

$100 Canadian, and some Kennedy half dollars. I hear they function as currency in Ireland.

[Schema Thing]

46. foam peanuts

[Left Brain]

49. A government-issue, P-14 can opener,

a couple cans o' sterno, a sheet, some string, my handy-dandy crank flash light, adn my inflatable pillow.

[BrotherBuzz]

52. In my 'Mean Green Fighting Machine' days, we called them handy little devices P-38's

[Left Brain]

67. That's it, the one and only.

Can't leave home without it :-)

[old mark]

50. Books, paaperbacks, canned foods of some kind, my 11"

Italian switchblade, and $15,000 in gold coins.

mark

[Generic Brad]

51. It's sitting on the floor to the left of me

I stocked up on canned goods last night. And I'm not sharing.

[mwooldri]

53. We're in our hovel already. nt

[LoveIsNow]

54. I would go with a carpetbag myself

Medium saucepan. Lighter. Crisco. Salt. Pepper. Cinnamon. and plenty of Sterno.

[HEyHEY]

57. A handgun and a trinket from when "Life was good"

[arcadian]

58. The skulls of the vanquished.

and some hand moisturizer.

[billyskank]

60. Chanting beads, and a copy of Jaiva Dharma.

Don't ask.

[redqueen]

61. I don't need much...

an ashtray, and a paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need.

Oh and a remote control.

The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need.

And matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball.

And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

[Shiver]

63. All that?

That's gonna be a big bindle. You should have a cart to carry it in.

[Witchy_Dem]

65. You jerk!

Great flick. Funny scene. Hahahahaha!

[redqueen]

66. Hehe... I was hoping someone would catch the reference!

That's one of my favorite comedies ever. :hi:

[MissMillie]

62. canned beans?

sacrilege!

[greblc]

68. Stones

So I can dupe Investment Bankers into making Stone soup.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

69. A copy of this book

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