to want all these floating people hosed off the streets

[magzjobes45]

The first time I saw one it was kinda interesting, but now they are everywhere and a real eyesore. They seem to operate in gangs. Why don't the police do something to get rid of them?

Um, sorry, what are floating people?

I've googled but am still none the wiser

Ghosts?

What are they?

What now?

What floating people?

Definitely if they are ghosts get well rid of them. Goddamn ghosts

The street performers with hidden platform? Yes, they are often operating in gangs but other activities are much more concerning than the street performance aspect. The gang who daily run gambling cons on Westminster Bridge are a nightmare although they do also operate as street performers at night.

Are they those annoying living statue things, standing on a platform? Saw them in London, by the time I'd crossed Trafalgar Square I'd forgotten them.

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If yo mean these then I agree... They creep me out and they seem to be everywhere.

Why hosing?

They've got wise and worked out that they can earn just as much in big Northern cities, but live on a third of the income, so Liverpool is becoming overrun with them.

Thankfully our ones don't seem as aggressive as the ones that I've encountered in London.

I agree that street entertainers should have their methods checked and possibly be regulated.

I know the gambling con people shouldn't be there, but they are much harder to get rid of as they can pack up in seconds.

These floating people have a lot of heavy kit so would be much easier to get rid of. They litter so many international cities.

Eww. They look creepy, I don't like that sort of thing at all.

Mildly amusing the first time as you work out how, then boring as all hell. No, I'm not going to give you money for just sitting there all day.

Don't they have to have permits or something? Surely they should be limiting the numbers - there were at least twenty in Trafalgar Sq last time I tried to get through (and the trick bicycle with reverse steering mob)

And they won't let the police use water cannon...

Never seen a floating person...how do they appear to be floating?

They are meant to have permits but many of the ones you see that are clearly rubbish are operating illegally. They are a problem in many places, but I have only experienced them in London. They used to use the back entrance to our flats to hide from police hence why I saw their faces and knew they were running both the gambling con and the street performance. The police would come and move them on or arrest if they had evidence but there were usually about 40 of them at any time. The police asked our block to contact them any time we saw them as they were also pick pocketing tourists, nasty bunch. I should say this is all based on the gang who operate on Westminster Bridge so a very small sample!

Ooooh is it like the floating monsters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? If so, I don't think hosing will work.....

I don't like them but if they have their permits I guess it's ok. I can't believe anyone actually gives them money.

There's a crap one in Leicester who sits on a badly disguised stool.
Creepy and rubbish!

HERE's a recent and vaguely informative article about them. Unfortunately it's a daily Mail article with it usual anti-immigrant slant.

Chester had a terrible one....wasn't floating but he was a statue. He had the cheapest white outfit made from a sheet, terrible kids white face paint and a creepy face. He would hold out unwrapped lollies to kids...parents would be and it was annoying as small kids were disapointed when you snatched them away.

I don't understand how they do it I stood and watched one recently and just couldn't work out how they managed it. Sorry, missing the main point of the thread here.

In our nearest city they'd need a permit and could only be there for two hours. It's quite firmly policed apparently.