The bus stop!!!

[tosca100]

Following a previous thread, Gary was asking about the bus stop story - so here goes.

On another occasion she brought a baby rabbit in, which I managed to get it off her alive. I put it in my bathroom overnight with a towel to hide in. In the morning when I went for a shave and it was sitting there wide eyed and alert. Whilst shaving I quietly chatted to it and then had breakfast before going to get it to let it go.
I went in to pick it up and gosh, shock, horror, it was as stiff as a board. No it didn't die of the shock of seeing me in the all together having a shave it was the shock of being caught by the cat.
Did I feel a pillock though happily chatting to a dead rabbit!!!!

I'll tell you about the bus stop scenario another time (when I can stop laughing)????
Dave

Firstly you must remember this was many moons ago, when I was a youngster.
Well there was I a young trendy youth in the 70's togged up to the nine pins in my summer gear, shorts, tshirt and those extra special cheap leather "Jesus Creepers" you could get for £2 at Oxfam.

Maybe it was because I was overpowered by the heady scent on my clothes from the Joss Sticks I used to frequently burn in the bedroom, whereupon my dad would shout up the stairs "what the hell are you burning".

Anyway there was I waiting at the bus stop looking well cool with my mirror sunglasses on. There were a couple of other people also waiting for the bus. Eventually after what seemed an eternity waiting in the blazing sun under the bus shelter (yes we had sunny summers) the bus arrived.

As several people were due to get off the bus I decided to lean against the window of the shelter (one of the shelter with full length windows) and look mega cool whilst waiting to get on, only to fall flat on my back as it did not have any window in it.

Needless to say it gave everyone on the bus a giggle and since then I have never worn mirror shades. Come to think of it I cannot find "Jesus Creepers" for two quid either (ah those were the days).

Anyone else got a funny story about themselves (excluding odd shoes).

Dave

[jackiem]

That really made me laugh as the same thing happened to my sister's friend and she was a "super cool" girl too and I still laugh even though it happened about thirty years ago!

On a different note I was once walking to the bus stop from school and it had snowed heavily. Me and my friend were having real difficulty trying to stay upright as it was quite a steep hill. My feet slid from under me and I ended up on my bum. My friend started laughing so much that the same thing happened to her and we were both just sitting on the snow in the middle of the road laughing hysterically. We were getting some really peculiar looks - two teenagers laughing uncontrollably whilst sitting on their bums in the snow. We missed the bus.

[playpen]

Reminds me of the incident in "only Fools and Horses" where Del boy trys to lean on that
part of the pub bar that opens and disapears? behind the bar.(wheres the spell checker?)

He had the same embarrased look on his face as our cat that used to sleep on top of the telly for the warmth.

Unfortunatly he sometimes rolled over in his sleep and disapeared down the back of the telly.

[JoanG]

Not a funny story about me, but my friend who I worked with many years ago, she was a buxom young girl and went to see her doctor about a bad cough. The doctor said to her, "Take your top off and stand over there, I'll be back in a minute".

When he came back my friend was standing on a chair in the middle of the room, with no top on, he said "What on earth are you doing", she thought he had said, "Take your top off and stand on a chair".

Was she red faced and, of course, the office never let her forget it.

[Lily]

I love the bus stop story and it reminded me of something that happened to me in the 70's. I was waiting at the bus stop and was the last person in the queue. When the bus arrived I shuffled along at the back of the queue towards the bus doors. I had just put my foot on the edge of the step when the door slammed shut. Instinctively I moved my foot out of the way. The bus set off but the driver hadn't noticed that my long scarf was trapped in the doors. I was half running and half being dragged along down the road with the bus. I tried to get the scarf off but I had looped it round my neck so I couldn't get out of it and the faster the bus went the tighter the scarf was pulled. Carrots, onions, potatoes and apples were strewn all over the road. It was like a scene from 'Some mothers do ave 'em'. Luckily one of the passengers in the front seat stopped the driver. I felt a right wally. I had a laugh though later on.
Lily

[tosca100]

That must have been frightening at the time, can't imagine how I would be, but I would avoid busses at all costs!! Actually, I already do!

I bet you've had a good laugh out of it since though.

Sara

[radar ears]

I still laugh about this to this day, but I'm not sure if anyone else will find it funny.

My best mate and I used to work together, that's how we first met and became best mates.

One hot day, we went out into the town for lunch and decided to get an ice cream on the way back.

I opted for an ordinary Rossi ice-cream cone (Rossi is the best ice cream in Southend) but my mate, Diane, decided that she wanted one of these high-faluting mint flavoured ones.

These are the ones that are scooped out of a tub and just plonked on top of the cone, they are not "pressed down" on it at all.

Well, we walked away from the kiosk and as she went to take a lick of hers, I don't know what she did, but it suddenly flew off the cone and launched itself into the air, she promptly started to run after it holding the cone outstretched, hoping to catch it on the top of the cone as it landed, but all she succeeded in doing, was batting it towards some poor man who was just walking out of WH Smith's !

The ball of ice cream hit him on the lapel of his raincoat and started to run down the front of it and left green streaks down his coat.

All three of us stood there in suspended animation and when it had hit the floor, Diane came to her senses and couldn't stop apologising to the man, he, fortunately, saw the funny side of it and started laughing and told her not to worry.

All the way back to work she kept saying "I'm never buying one of those posh ones again"!



Jill

[Lins]

I love em all. The true stories are the best.

[tosca100]

I still laugh about this to this day, but I'm not sure if anyone else will find it funny.

My best mate and I used to work together, that's how we first met and became best mates.

One hot day, we went out into the town for lunch and decided to get an ice cream on the way back.

I opted for an ordinary Rossi ice-cream cone (Rossi is the best ice cream in Southend) but my mate, Diane, decided that she wanted one of these high-faluting mint flavoured ones.

These are the ones that are scooped out of a tub and just plonked on top of the cone, they are not "pressed down" on it at all.

Well, we walked away from the kiosk and as she went to take a lick of hers, I don't know what she did, but it suddenly flew off the cone and launched itself into the air, she promptly started to run after it holding the cone outstretched, hoping to catch it on the top of the cone as it landed, but all she succeeded in doing, was batting it towards some poor man who was just walking out of WH Smith's !

The ball of ice cream hit him on the lapel of his raincoat and started to run down the front of it and left green streaks down his coat.

All three of us stood there in suspended animation and when it had hit the floor, Diane came to her senses and couldn't stop apologising to the man, he, fortunately, saw the funny side of it and started laughing and told her not to worry.

All the way back to work she kept saying "I'm never buying one of those posh ones again"!



Jill