Filosofy - Buses
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Name / Nick : Hoppy
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Buses, Their Lives And Loves----------------------  
Buses. Why do the always come in three's? Is it because there's safety in numbers? Are buses scared? What would a bus be scared of? Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Why have I thought of this? Do I have too much time on my hands? Why am I speaking in questions? Shall I stop?

    There is a proper scientific reason as to why buses come in threes, and it's not tow-ropes. The first bus is simply travelling along, minding it's own business, when it gets ambushed by heavy traffic and old grannies. The second bus, quite unaware of the first bus' predicament follows it, without really noticing the lack of old grannies (who's only purpose is to keep the buses running on schedule), until it is to late. As does the third. All the buses are now together in a line. This proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that scientists have too much time on their hands.

    However, the real truth is this: the common (or garden) bus (Bastudus Busdriverus) is not a beast of burden. In their native suburban plains great herds of buses roam the roads, looking for the occasional young child to eat. Great stampedes of buses occur in our town centres every day. However, there is one thing buses fear. Queues. Of people. Getting wet. No-one knows why, but whenever there's a bus stop¹ with a queue of people, and it's raining heavily, the bus suddenly feels the urge to flee, and so escapes as quickly as possible, leaving the bemused crowd standing in a growing puddle of rainwater looking more dejected than your average door-to-door window salesman. Now you may think I'm mad (which is true, but entirely coincidental) but I have seen it with my own eyes. I've even seen it with some eyes I borrowed, just to make sure...

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¹Bus stops are always smaller on the inside than out. Fascinating... but entirely true. How many times has a queue of four people been longer than the bus shelter? Bus companies realised this a long time ago, and so have decided, in the interests of fairness, to stop making shelters so everyone gets wet.{short description of image}