#22

Last bus I went on was full of posh, waxed-jacket people and their dogs. Was absolutely packed.

#24

I thought @plasticniki referred to the new announcements. They are a bit shit.

I use buses all the time. Big fan.

#25

Perhaps @plasticniki should clarify?

#26

Please, tell us more.

#27

Got a coach from Victoria to Nottingham one time (never again) and there was this italian bloke on board who kept asking the driver if we could stop so he could have a cig. The driver kept telling him that he’d only stop a couple of times en route to pick up passengers. The italian guy kept popping to the toilet and was clearly smoking in there. When the bus driver finally told him off after the 5th time he’d been for a tab the italian guy called him a ‘gay nazi cunt’.

#28

Easily my least favourite form of public transport.

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#29

Oh yeah, stories. There’s a small road at Bridgeton Cross (just outside Glasgow) that’s only for busses and taxis. One morning there was a BMW parked at the side of that road, and the driver (who I assume knew he wouldn’t be blamed for it) scraped the side of the bus right along that car, it was great.

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#30

just remembered another bus story

My mate and I both fell asleep on a london night bus once and when we woke up had no clue where we were (deep suburban west london I guess)

We walked around for a bit - then found a mcdonalds that was closed but the staff were still in there cleaning up and stuff. A very nice lad called us a mini cab home and brought us both a cup of tea while we waited

#31

bus wanker, are you?

  • very much so
  • not if i can help it
  • no, never!

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#32

I meant more the experience of being on a bus. I don’t doubt that they’re great in all the ways you stated.

Also: it’s always great being at the top front of a double decker.

My favourite London bus is, however, a single decker.

#33

The best story was when a fellow passenger gave me some cake. The worst was when I had to sit on a old American schoolbus for 9 hours and got DVT and nearly died.

#34

Used to get the bus quite a bit when I was a theatre wanker; only £1.50 to get home from Covvie Gee? Yes pls.

#35

In that case you are totally and utterly wrong, obviously.

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#36

@GEOFF

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#37

Preferred methods of getting from A to B (assuming reasonable distances, ain’t walking from Cambridge to King’s Lynn):

Cycling > train > walking > car >>>>>>> bus

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#38

Least favourite bus routes are the X26 from Glasgow to St Andrews via every costal Fife town that exists, and the X5 between Oxford and Cambridge via St Neots, Bedford and Milton Keynes.

If anyone’s going to draw a distinction between buses and coaches: fuck off.

#39

The buses here are brilliant! :bus: :tada:

#40

Yeah, use them occasionally, mostly at the weekend. They’re not much use for commuting as they’re so slow in London during rush hour. Night buses were great but don’t miss them now we have night tube, even if it does cost a bit more.

Bus related story - I once went to see Master P in Hammersmith. Someone had slung a t-shirt from the merch stand onto the top of a toilet cistern so I hoisted it off. Unbeknownst to me there was a half full beer bottle nestled within, which fell and smashed the bowl. Feet got soaked so I had to leave and get the bus home. Fell asleep and woke up in Enfield and a man in the seat across from me was wanking.

#41

Walking > train >>>>>>>> car >>>>>>> doing forward rolls, naked on hard tarmac >>>>>>>>>>>>>> bus

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#42

Wife-o and her mate got the coach to Paris one time and in his infinite wisdom the driver decided to put the dvd of ‘Taken’ on.

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