I didn’t know this, but found that hobos had a sort of code of ethics.
http://www.hobo.com/whatisahobo/hobocode.html
I guess I've never met a real "hobo". All I ever seem to see are bums.
The classic is another guy I see regularly with an empty gas can at Safeway asking for "gas money".
I've been so tempted to tell him I'll fill his can, just to see what he'd do. It's a HUGE five gallon size.
Betcha he'd refuse. Who would want to lug around 40 lbs. of gasoline?
I call him "gasbum", which makes my wife angry with me, too.