A funny thing happened on the bus today.

[Sequoia]

Mind you, I don't live in an exciting town, but the morning the bus picked up a teenage guy and when he got in a black button bounced on the floor so he picks it up and looks at his jacket which is a zip up and he had a t-shirt on but the look on his face was priceless. It was all I could do to keep from bursting out laughing so I faked a cough. However I couldn't look at him the rest of the trip even though he was across from me or I'd just break up. Before I got on there was a bad intersection accident (no one really hurt bad) right smack at the bus stop with CHPs and fire trucks everywhere so maybe on a normal morning this button incident wouldn't have been as funny. Tragity and humor all at once.

[Javaman]

1. I love the bus for moments like that. :)

People all stuck in their cars in traffic miss all of humanities foibles unfolding on a moment by moment basis. All for our entertainment. :)

[Sequoia]

2. Right, like the time an ex-con got on the bus and was

looking over my shoulder at a book I was reading; "I bet you're the smartest person on the bus."

or the time when a sleeping old guy's coffee spilled all over the isle and he was told about it: "I spilled my coffee, AGAIN?"

or driver to passenger: "Mamn, you'll have to dump the beer before you get on my bus." "But, I'm not driving."

Yeah, all sorts.

[skygazer]

3. I used to ride the bus regularly

I was riding "over the hill" - that is, from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos one day and the guy behind me got talking to me. When I told him I lived in Los Gatos, he said, "Oh, you must be rich then."

Well, Los Gatos IS a wealthy town but I'm certainly NOT rich and if I was, I wouldn't have been on that bus because the service is so lousy it takes close to 3 hours to make a 20 minute trip.

But I flippantly replied, "Yeah, I am" figuring he was kidding. He wasn't.

"Really?" he said in awe. "Why are you riding the bus?"

"Well," I told him, "The limo's in the shop and sometimes I just like to mingle with the little people, you know?"

It was a strange ride...

[Sequoia]

4. You are such a bad boy(girl)!

[marzipanni]

5. Many years ago I was riding on a bus on Market Street in San Francisco

and saw a gorilla (well, a man in a gorilla suit) playing a trumpet on the sidewalk near one of the stops. I thought it was amusing, and looked around to see if anyone else noticed so I could share the laugh with them but everyone else either didn't notice, or pretended not to.