Chicago’s 2010 Hobo Convention a Smashing Success

This years Hobo Convention was held under the Armitage Brown Line stop and brought out many of the major players in the Chicago hobo community.  “It was good to see that so many people could make it out this year,” said organizer Roscoe Washington.  “Since none of these motherfuckers got cell phones I gotta rely on word of mouth.”  The keynote speech was given by Reginald “Mack” McDaniel, who spoke of ways to communalize metal scraps in order to see real profits and how to steal peoples charcoal grills of their back porches.  “See, folks just be leaving the shit laying out, so I figure that’s mine for taking,” said an energized McDaniel.  James “Jingles” Hardaway was in attendance and overall he was impressed with the convention. “Most of the time it’s just a bunch of us standing around comparing shopping carts, but this year we really got some good stuff done.”