I was riding the bus today after I spotted a flourescent bike parked on Madison Avenue. At one of the stops, a lady was disembarking when she fell down the bus steps LOUDLY -- kind of that heavy sliding and loud thumping you hear when a large person eats it.
And almost everyone stood up and ran over to check it out. A woman she knew who was still on the bus called out to her, "So-n-so are you OK?"
And the bus-ste
p victim called back, "I'm fine. I just hit my spine."
p victim called back, "I'm fine. I just hit my spine."My spine. That's all! All clear over here!
And then the bus driver was going back and forth with her over the whole mess -- long story short, during rush hour everyone riding had to get off and wait for the next bus. Apparently, if someone falls on the bus, it goes out of service until the bus police come make everything right.
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Not only was that a great story that included the bus police (I picture them having to actually get to bus accidents IN a bus, with a giant bus siren on top and then, when they get there, a whole bunch of Keystone bus cops with huge hats running down the steps in a seemingly endless line, just like in the silent movies, until the fat one at the end falls down himself and they have to investigate his case too), but you used "who" instead of "that." You made MY day.
ReplyDeleteWoman falls and the bus goes out of service? You can thank plaintiffs' attorneys like John Edwards for that!
ReplyDeletesomeone is really trying way too hard...
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