# When Was the Last Time You Picked Up a Hitchhiker?

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**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-picked-up-a-hitchhiker/835385 "2019-06-11T17:28:28Z")\
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[Genius.com](http://Genius.com), the first Google result I found in looking for the lyrics, has it as “sweet family.”

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I have only ever picked up one hitch hiker, but I knew him. Dropped him off at the interstate on-ramp near my destination. He still had an hour’s ride to hitch, but that was in the 55 mph limit days.

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-picked-up-a-hitchhiker/835385/83 "2019-06-23T04:11:07Z")

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Hmm, in the late 80s I picked up a teenager who had driven into a flooded section of the road and his car died. I took him home.

More recently, when the commuter train was really late I offered a ride to the nearest subway. I’ve bummed rides from fellow commuters, too, including into the city, and home when i didn’t have a car in the lot. Now it’s easy to grab a Lyft, though, so I’m less likely to ask a stranger to drive me home from the train station.

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