Every time the next stop is announced as "Agrippas-Bippas," I want to start singing "The Name Game." You know, "Agrippas-grippas bo-bippas banana-fanna fo-fippas me-my-mo-mippas, Agrippas."
Today I looked up and saw that Bippas is actually a cross-street of Agrippas.
So disappointing.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Small World
As I got up to get off the bus, a woman tapped me on the shoulder to ask me for directions. It was my best friend's mother.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Little Women
Two young girls, neither one older than about 12 or 13, traveling with empty strollers on their way to pick up siblings from daycare.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Judging Others - a pre-Rosh Hashana post
A mentally disabled man sits down with two other people, greeting the man warmly.
Man: Sit over there. It will be more comfortable.
Woman: [waves her hand in front of her nose in a "he stinks" gesture.]
Disabled man: [waves his hand in a "no big deal" gesture and remains seated]
Man and woman continue to chat while disabled man mumbles to himself.
A few stops later and the bus is now full. A foreign woman gets on the with her arms full of packages. The disabled man gets up and insists that she take his seat.
Man: Sit over there. It will be more comfortable.
Woman: [waves her hand in front of her nose in a "he stinks" gesture.]
Disabled man: [waves his hand in a "no big deal" gesture and remains seated]
Man and woman continue to chat while disabled man mumbles to himself.
A few stops later and the bus is now full. A foreign woman gets on the with her arms full of packages. The disabled man gets up and insists that she take his seat.
Monday, September 19, 2011
What's going on here?
Either there's something wrong with this bus, or the driver has OCD.
The doors open and close 5 times at every single stop.
The doors open and close 5 times at every single stop.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Taking it a Little Too Far
Stuck in traffic about two feet past the bus stop. A guy raps on the door. Driver pretends not to notice him.
A minute later a woman knocks on the door.
Driver: "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Not today, tomorrow!"
(It is illegal for him to stop for people when he's not at a bus stop...)
A minute later a woman knocks on the door.
Driver: "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Not today, tomorrow!"
(It is illegal for him to stop for people when he's not at a bus stop...)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Impressions
A bunch of "shana aleph" (first year) yeshiva boys, straight out of high school, are making fools of themselves and talking loudly enough to disturb everyone in the back half of the bus.
The bus passes under the Calatrava Bridge of Strings, largely debated as not belonging in Jerusalem because it looks too modern compared to the surrounding buildings made of ancient stone.
Yeshiva boy: This bridge is the only nice thing Israel has.
The bus passes under the Calatrava Bridge of Strings, largely debated as not belonging in Jerusalem because it looks too modern compared to the surrounding buildings made of ancient stone.
Yeshiva boy: This bridge is the only nice thing Israel has.
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