"So you were less surprised at getting hit by a bus than at me getting engaged?!"
― Anna (Anna), Monday, 2 February 2004 18:00 (twenty years ago) link
Prof.:...and that's when man found out he had idle time to do whatever he pleased.Student: Oh, yeah! That's where they fry the codfish!
WTF?! Mind you, this little exchange was all in Spanish.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
(whilst walking down polk st. in san francisco)"I dont give a fuck, I'm just tryin' to eat the pussy"
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:11 (twenty years ago) link
Not really. It was just complete nonsense as far as I'm concerned. Maybe she was into Dada.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:47 (twenty years ago) link
"So welcome to the team. We'll have some laughs! But it'll be hard work, too."
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
later, to be completed by my friend--
"when you stab a starving baby, it doesn't scream, it just dies! Huh? huh?"
― chris dewolf (Chris DeWolf), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 02:34 (twenty years ago) link
As most of you know, I am proud mother to a rather precociouus 6 year old boy. I have never been more proud than when I overheard this just now:
Zoe (the dog): barks, jumps on bed, walks aroundS: "Zoe, get off me, you're stepping on my balls!"
Fin.
― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 07:27 (twenty years ago) link
Middle aged, average looking woman to middle aged husband(Shouting. Loud. From back of bus to front, holding up mobile phone as if by way of explantion and utter deadpan, with no hint of irony at all...)
IAN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF I ASKED YOU WHO'S THE DADDY NOW?
― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 18:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link
"..you're a bastard, and now you're even making me smell men's piss!"
― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:22 (twenty years ago) link
12 year old Kid on Bus #1: you shit!
12 year old Kid on Bus #2: you wanker!
12 year old Kid on Bus #1: you bastard!
12 year old Kid on Bus #2: you asshole!
12 year old Kid on Bus #1: you paedophile!
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 12:45 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:20 (twenty years ago) link
Chubby Kid (to friend): Yo...DUCK, son!
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
The restaurant lull didn't last long enough for me to hear what came next, and I almost made a thread asking ILE to guess, cause I keep making guesses myself.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 27 February 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 27 February 2004 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 27 February 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 27 February 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
― winterland, Saturday, 28 February 2004 10:43 (twenty years ago) link
WTF this woman was in her 20s.
― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 28 February 2004 11:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 29 February 2004 10:40 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Sunday, 29 February 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link
A family at Old Country Buffet, on a separate occasion: Boy (to teenage girl): Boy, you sure like salt.Girl: Not as much as your aunt does.Boy (to woman): Why do you like salt so much?Woman: I need it for my ears. It keeps the water out of em.
― kirsten (kirsten), Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
Taller, okder gay guy: Yeah. My mom uses this cleaner that's really good.
Shorter, younger gay guy: Would it work.
Tall: Oh yeah. It's really good. It has a nice smell too.
Short: What is it?!! Really?
Tall: I'm not sure?
Short: Where does she get it?
Tall: I think at work.
Short: Wouldn't it be great if we could use it?
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
"Hi this is CB from [magazine]. We're trying to build a unicycle and we wondered if you had any spanners?"
― Anna (Anna), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link
incredibly high scratchy scouse accents.
voice1:Look at these olives.voice2:Olives!voice1:Dese ones are stuffed with pimento!voice2:Woz pimento?voice1:Don't fuckin' know.
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
"It's not swearing if you say ship. Ship! Ship! See, it's alright. I said Ship! SHIP!"
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
"It's like everybody has a computer now.""I know. It's crazy."
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:24 (twenty years ago) link
And then...A: Why do they call it a sweet tooth? If you had a tooth that was actually sweet, you probably wouldn't want to eat candy. It'd just be too much.(silence from B)
And, finally, sparked by the [usually painfully simple] Who Am I trivia game that plays every few minutes on the bus televisions:A: JFK.B: Um, that's Jesse Jackson.A: Oh. (pause) Haha, you know presidential faces. You're a loser.
― kirsten (kirsten), Sunday, 18 April 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago) link
― kirsten (kirsten), Monday, 19 April 2004 03:00 (twenty years ago) link
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Monday, 19 April 2004 03:02 (twenty years ago) link
Actually I remember being the same age as those guys and making the same argument about Sylvia Plath.
― Nellie (nellskies), Monday, 19 April 2004 03:10 (twenty years ago) link
citykid 1: [...]crackheads in my building, not even living there, just like on the stairs.citykid 2: where did you live?citykid 1: franklin & park. i used to pour water on them, to wake them up, like in the middle of winter. and they'd run around outside. cracksicles!citykid 2: cracksicles! dude you probably killed somebody.citykid 1: whatever. it's not like they really had a life.
― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 19 April 2004 03:55 (twenty years ago) link
(this is what i wrote down at the time, wish i could remember more of it)
"no, i just make love 'cause i feel a connection, a connection that's cute, and so i make love. you know?...can we just go back to being lovers without all the hocus pocus?...no, i just didn't know what you were talking about. that must be an issue of yours from a previous relationship....i have to tell you, when i first met you, i broke one of your wine glasses, and then i hid it. open communication, boy, that's hard! whew. forgive me father, for i have sinned. will you spank me now?"
― g--ff (gcannon), Friday, 7 May 2004 16:50 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
This is just beautiful.
― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:08 (twenty years ago) link
One time - girl on phone "Oh good news! You're not a daddy! Six days late"
then later in the same conversation:
"Ben and Laura! On MY sofa! It was disgusting! They didn't quite reach 4th base but they certainly reached 3rd!"
Then on a different occasion, some kids were describing a party at their school.
"Mrs Johnson caught me on my knees with Darren"
"What were you doing?"
"What do you mean, what I was I doing? I was ON MY KNEES"
wonder if other ppl who've used this bus a lot in the past (e.g. Liz D, Carsmile) have also overheard stuff of a similar nature?
― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 8 May 2004 10:19 (twenty years ago) link
― m. (mitchlnw), Saturday, 8 May 2004 10:58 (twenty years ago) link
"don't go there, or i'll KILL YOU DEAD! I'LL KILL YOU DEEEEEEEEEAD!"
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 8 May 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago) link
"This is Ashok. he's a Brahmin"
"Oh right....they've demolished the Bullring now, haven't they? And I can never remember which is which out of New St and Moor St stations. Bournville's lovely...I think Chocolate World must be one of my favourite museums in the whole country"
"No not Brummie, Brahmin!"
― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 8 May 2004 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 8 May 2004 22:19 (twenty years ago) link
Him: Do you want to get off at this stop?Me: No, I don't like walking under that bridge.Him: Why? Because of the troll?Me: Well, I never have any change.... Him: I went down to the Sainsbury's and got some Troll Chow, so I keep some on me, you know, just in case.Me: I don't believe a thing you're saying.Him: You don't?Me: No. You're not the kind of person who has the foresight to buy Troll Chow.Him: .....
― Catty (Catty), Saturday, 8 May 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link