A Little Help

[BloodChuckZ]

Time runs out, fail the mission....

[Scum]

Old thread, I know. But I just can't help but wonder why exactly did Gary ask Jimmy if the Hobo 'wet his pants'. Was because of the rumours that the Hobo is Jimmy's dad? Or was it that in the beta there was a mission in which Jimmy meets the Hobo before Gary decided to pay him a visit?

[BloodChuckZ]

IDK, why would the Hobo be Jimmy's Father ?  No mention of that is made in the game, or inference.  I would think it more likely that the hobo was Crabblesnitch's Father or relative.  How else or why else would the moldy old fuck be allowed to stay on school grounds ?

[Scum]

Wasn't there dialogue that indicates that he was a teacher in Bullworth once. Maybe that's the reason.

[BloodChuckZ]

Never seen the dialogue, but heard that somewhere.  Still, him being allowed to stay on the school grounds has to come from high up.

[Mike_W]

Yeah, there is smalltalk dialogue where a student talks about rumors that involve the hobo being a previous teacher.

[Hayley]

Do you happen to know who says that?

[Mike_W]

Nah, I can't remember. I know for a fact that a student said it.

[Scum]

I couldn't help but wiki it and found this.

'At an unknown point in time the Hobo was a member of the Bullworth faculty. He occasionally says he should go back to teaching, and calls Dr. Crabblesnitch a spineless weasel. The nerds mention that he was a former teacher in smalltalk. Miss Danvers occasionally announces over the PA system that "contrary to rumor, the old drunk by the school bus is not a former teacher at Bullworth". The exact nature of the Hobo's relationship to the school and its staff is unknown, however.

The Hobo's last name is Grant. One of the townswomen has a line of dialogue that states about a Mr. Grant and the Korean War, and in fact the game's data files list his name as Mr. Grant. It is vaguely hinted by putting various lines of dialogue together that Mr. Hattrick was responsible for the friendly fire incident in Korea.'

[Al Arlington]

Damn it, I was gonna post that! XD

[BloodChuckZ]

Interesting.  Thankx for digging that up.

[Scum]

Haha, sorry JVF1

No problem, Chuckz.

[Mike_W]

OMG! That makes total sense! I've heard Pedro say "Did you know Mr. Hattrick was a sniper in Korea?"

[Scum]

I wonder why the Hobo didn't do something about it..

[BloodChuckZ]

It seems strange that they would reference the Korean War (1950-53) as to Grant the Hobo and Hattrick the Teacher to be involved in.  At the very minimum, it would make these 2 guys over 70 years old in 2006, when the game is set, and neither looks quite that old !