"Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live…

“Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Home from camping i love the outdoors. paid 18 dollars to live like a homeless person for a night. kinda weird when you think about it” was posted on Twitter by Jason Tabernacki on June 9, 2009.

“Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person” was posted on Twitter by Mark My Words on July 2, 2014. The saying probably originated from an image.

“Camping is just being homeless for fun” is a related saying.

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Jason Tabernacki
@fire413
home from camping i love the outdoors. paid 18 dollars to live like a homeless person for a night. kinda weird when you think about it
7:27 PM - 6 Jun 2009

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braden cote
@Sensei_Lmno
back home from camping…why the hell do we pay to live like a homeless person?
8:54 PM - 6 Jun 2010

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Tweet Game Doink
@ThaScarecro
Camping sucks. why would you want to live like a homeless person on purpose?
7:05 PM - 25 Apr 2011

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Calvary: scriptures
@jesusjoestark
camping where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
6:02 AM - 1 Jul 2014

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Mark My Words 🎸
@Isted_1
Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
11:04 AM - 2 Jul 2014

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miranda morales
@clarkstonchik
Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
8:17 PM - 2 Jul 2014

30 July 2014, Drumheller (Alberta) Mail, “Rumsey District Register” by Patty Steen, pg. B5:
It is a small column this week so I will end it with some quotes: Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

Google Books
The Mourning After
By Darcy Donovan
Published by author
2014
Pg. 158:
Out here, it was like that joke of paying money to live like a homeless person. Most often, I would count down the days until the camping “adventure” ended and I could go home where there was TV and a hot shower.

Google Groups: GayToday
Camping
mokemoke
4/14/16
Camping: Where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Camping:
An activity in which the participants spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
8:13 AM - 16 Sep 2016

Google Books
Title Camping When You Spend a Small Fortune to Live Like a Homeless Person: College Ruled Lined Pages Book 8. 5 X 11 Inch (100+ Pages) for School, Note Taking, Writing Stories, Daily Journaling, Practicing Gratitude and More
Author Floating Leaf Floating Leaf Press
Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018
ISBN 1724655949, 9781724655943
Length 112 pages