I enter with a Ukrop's bag in my hand and take an empty seat. I'm puzzled because five people are standing. Then I learn.It was like an outtake from Crash. The Oscar winner, not the David Cronenberg freakshow of erotic auto accidents.
MAN (seeing bag): Did you go to the supermarket?
ME (unused to people talking to me on the bus): Sorry?
MAN: The supermarket?
ME: Oh, yes. I did. (Note: Bag contains picnic blankets. Not important.)
MAN: Did you talk to Veronica?
ME: No. I didn't.
(Long pause.)
MAN: Did you go to Shaw's?
ME: Yes. I did.
MAN: Yeah, Shaw's. That's where Veronica works.
(Long pause. MAN leans over to HISPANIC MAN beside him.)
MAN: Do you like hombres or chicas?
HISPANIC MAN: What?
MAN: You like chicas?
HISPANIC MAN: Chicas. Sure...
MAN: Chicas. Man, they are great. (to a new passenger:) Hey. Are you Asian?
ASIAN MAN: ...
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The wheels on the bus go round and round
A scene from yesterday's bus ride downtown:
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Haha. This reminds me of our encounter with the gentleman over near Emerson when we were innocently trying to eat our cannoli...
I had a stranger tell me about his experiences with having a stroke, I think I win. But really, those are the people that would make me come back again and ride the bus. That, and the laziness.
I miss Ukrops :(
Hah, the cannoli guy! He's my new favorite... so excited about VA Tech, and he offered to give us money!
WOW! That totally beats my random conversation with a total stranger about what was wrong with her scooter and how to get it fixed. I'm thinkin' we need to start a competition--weirdest T experience gets a donut or a Dharma-and-Greg-esque Duck or something...
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