"Oh really, where at and what will you be doing?"
"I am going into business for myself! I will be a rich entrepreneur!"
"Okay, but where at and doing what?" asked the father.
"At the street corner by the mall! I'll be the one on the corner holding up a sign! I know some people who make about $1000.00 per day just standing there holding up a sign and so I have decided to go into that business."
"That's called panhandling, and it's against the law!"
"Well, I call it working for myself, and being an entrepreneur. I'll sing for them if they want! You know, I'll be like that 'Naked Cowboy from New York' with his guitar and hat!"
"That's not a real job, Son! You'll get arrested!"
"It's a real job in this day and age Dad - you're just getting old and behind the times! And they don't arrest you for panhandling, only give you a ticket and suggest better locations to you!"
Street Kids and Streetscapes: Panhandling, Politics, and Prophecies
PANHANDLING LAW; ; ACLU: CITY CAN'T PUT LIMITS ON ASKING FOR ALMS.(Main): An article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
The beggar's handbook: A guide to successful panhandling
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