Thursday, May 01, 2003

I just accidently exited the program I was using, so, while it's reinitializing (which takes about five minutes), I'll relate to you this little tale. Several weeks ago I was on the number four bus one evening, heading off to meet friends. The bus was full-ish, so I was standing towards the front as we trundled across the Quesnel bridge. As we reached the south side of the river, the driver got on the PA (usually used for things like "You at the back settle down!!") and asked "What bridge was that that we just crossed?" Since I was standing right beside him, I told him. The driver then asked, once again on the PA, what the name of the river was. I answered him again, feeling slightly perturbed that I was on a bus whose driver apparently did not know where he was. However, the penny dropped when he asked (yes, yes, over the PA) what the next city downriver was - apparently, he had decided to have a round of Trivial Pursuit with his passengers. Anyway, I answered him again, and he said "The gentleman (!?) at the the front wins!" and gave me a lovely keychain. It was just about the nicest thing that's happened to me in a while.

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