Increase in Gypsies?

[Scunner]

Are those people with the crappy flashing lighters and keyrings really deaf and dumb?

[stuart]

how long ago was it the kalepark resteaunt area used to be a gypsy village?

[Scunner]

What is the relevance of that Stuart?

[laffa]

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

Are those people with the crappy flashing lighters and keyrings really deaf and dumb?

Hard to say, I know people who have tried to catch them out.

[Scunner]

I've been trying for years

[Old Daffodil]

I was in the old town centre part of town last year when a man came along with a group of about five young boys all with weighing scales and sent them off to various "pitches". They all seemed pretty cheerful about it but it was like watching Fagin from Oliver sending his "boys" out to collect money.

[rwr]

Reading this topic has jogged my memory as to how the Turkish shop owners would hassle you to death whenever you walked passed there shops a few years back.Even follow you up the road trying to sell you their goods. Then there was of course the dreaded market stall holders.Anyone else remember those good old days.

[puma]

remember them well, hubbies bartering got too much for them in altinkum and they threw him out

[heather07]

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

I've been trying for years

They are hardly going to answer you!!!!!!!!!!!
If it is a con it is happening in many other countries.  I have been sold things in Crete and Tunisia.

I watched the guy in Tunisia speaking to the waiters and they were as fluent in Makaton as he was.  I was embarrased as i was working with special needs at the time and their signing was far superior to my efforts.

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by heather07

They are hardly going to answer you!!!!!!!!!!!

Well you never know, someone reckoned they are trained for weeks on end in the art of non-reaction.