There were more signs but I could not cover them all in one shot. Including a couple of signs as reminders to the Bus driver. There was also one that said "Do Not Step In Front of the Bus".
Lorenzo: [Coming to Calogero's defense against the angry gangsters] Calogero! Calogero! [to Sonny] Lorenzo: What happened to my son? Sonny: Drive your bus and get the fuck out of here! Lorenzo: I'll get my fucking bus! [Tries to hit Sonny, but the gangsters grab him] Lorenzo: You put your hands on me, I'll stick you in the fucking ground! [the gangsters punch Lorenzo in the stomach and knock him down] Sonny: Next time find out what's going on before you open your mouth (A Bronx Tale, 1993)
I have a friend who surprisingly is still alive. He called me yesterday, but the last time I saw him was three years ago when I was putting him on a plane back to Pennsylvania to live with and care for his mother. He had a bad drinking problem nearly his whole life, but was always a sweet guy. One time the cops found him completely naked laying on a major Los Angels city street in front of a bus stop where the bus had just barely avoided running him over. He had no recollection of how he got there or why he was naked. He's just lucky he didn't know Obama.
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this! Don't do that! Can't you read the signs?
I'm becoming somewhat good at reading obscure signs. Fer instance, this one time Dr. Zahi Hawass said, "Follow me, I got a surprise for you." and the girl goes, "What? What?" And Dr. Zahi Hawass goes, "Shut up until we get there. You'll see." And they go over the hill and the camera scans a fresh dig that reveals hieroglyphics inscribed in bas relief and as soon as you see the stretched out hare you know immediately it is Wenis so I blurt out Wenis! And sure enough Dr Zahi Hawass go, "Tadaaa, a new uncovered tomb of Wenis II. Now. Tell us, what do the hieroglyphics say?" And I'm getting pissed off because the camera is not steady. The guy refuses to hold steady on the hieroglyphics to sort out exactly what the offerings are and how much. It would be big, yes, but what exactly? And I'm struggling to examine the figures to make out the amounts and the girl goes, "It's an offering." And Dr. Zahi Hawass goes, "Yes!" He actually accepted that for an answer. Well of course it's an offering, what else would it be? And he already told her the name. And that tells me those master's degrees in Egyptology are bunk. I was so disappointed in all of those dummkopfs, I do better than that on my own.
I told you about my deaf friend hit by a bus. I cannot even remember his name. It's like a defense mechanism, forget the name. His name was Bill. I suddenly remembered.
I asked, "Where is Bill? Haven't seen him." The person I asked looked suddenly surprised and horrified and eager to tell me all at the same time,
"Oh! You not know? Bill here right here drink walk out tipsy cold snowy bar close last bus run night shut step out from sidewalk into street in front of bus extend arm command bus stop same Superman bus impact Bill fly forward through air hit street 40 feet ahead of bus dead. You not know? You not know? What?" That's what sign looks like.
It's always exciting to go to Home Depot or Lowe's and there's someone on their cell phone searching through the stuff on the shelves and describing what they see to the person on the other end.
In the old days, if you saw someone having a conversation with themself, you could just go ahead and assume they were crazy.
In the old days, if you saw someone having a conversation with themself, you could just go ahead and assume they were crazy.
Whot? I still do...especially the animated jabberers on smart phones who keep walking and shopping....frequent;ly blocking the aisle, too. Multi-taskers, obviously...they probably eat their lunch whilst sitting on the commode, too. Sigh.
cap, Great bikers in the bar scene in A Bronx Tale. I love it when Sonny locks the door and says, "Now you can't leave." The looks on those biker's faces said it all.
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Lorenzo: [Coming to Calogero's defense against the angry gangsters] Calogero! Calogero!
[to Sonny]
Lorenzo: What happened to my son?
Sonny: Drive your bus and get the fuck out of here!
Lorenzo: I'll get my fucking bus!
[Tries to hit Sonny, but the gangsters grab him]
Lorenzo: You put your hands on me, I'll stick you in the fucking ground!
[the gangsters punch Lorenzo in the stomach and knock him down]
Sonny: Next time find out what's going on before you open your mouth
(A Bronx Tale, 1993)
Always loved the bikers in the bar episode in that film.
"Do Not Step In Front of the Bus".
That really is the only one you need.
I have a friend who surprisingly is still alive. He called me yesterday, but the last time I saw him was three years ago when I was putting him on a plane back to Pennsylvania to live with and care for his mother. He had a bad drinking problem nearly his whole life, but was always a sweet guy. One time the cops found him completely naked laying on a major Los Angels city street in front of a bus stop where the bus had just barely avoided running him over. He had no recollection of how he got there or why he was naked. He's just lucky he didn't know Obama.
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this! Don't do that! Can't you read the signs?
I'm becoming somewhat good at reading obscure signs. Fer instance, this one time Dr. Zahi Hawass said, "Follow me, I got a surprise for you." and the girl goes, "What? What?" And Dr. Zahi Hawass goes, "Shut up until we get there. You'll see." And they go over the hill and the camera scans a fresh dig that reveals hieroglyphics inscribed in bas relief and as soon as you see the stretched out hare you know immediately it is Wenis so I blurt out Wenis! And sure enough Dr Zahi Hawass go, "Tadaaa, a new uncovered tomb of Wenis II. Now. Tell us, what do the hieroglyphics say?" And I'm getting pissed off because the camera is not steady. The guy refuses to hold steady on the hieroglyphics to sort out exactly what the offerings are and how much. It would be big, yes, but what exactly? And I'm struggling to examine the figures to make out the amounts and the girl goes, "It's an offering." And Dr. Zahi Hawass goes, "Yes!" He actually accepted that for an answer. Well of course it's an offering, what else would it be? And he already told her the name. And that tells me those master's degrees in Egyptology are bunk. I was so disappointed in all of those dummkopfs, I do better than that on my own.
I told you about my deaf friend hit by a bus. I cannot even remember his name. It's like a defense mechanism, forget the name. His name was Bill. I suddenly remembered.
I asked, "Where is Bill? Haven't seen him." The person I asked looked suddenly surprised and horrified and eager to tell me all at the same time,
"Oh! You not know? Bill here right here drink walk out tipsy cold snowy bar close last bus run night shut step out from sidewalk into street in front of bus extend arm command bus stop same Superman bus impact Bill fly forward through air hit street 40 feet ahead of bus dead. You not know? You not know? What?" That's what sign looks like.
It's always exciting to go to Home Depot or Lowe's and there's someone on their cell phone searching through the stuff on the shelves and describing what they see to the person on the other end.
In the old days, if you saw someone having a conversation with themself, you could just go ahead and assume they were crazy.
If you've ever commuted, you know that last sign is a biggie.
Respect the sign.
Carts in Home Depot work. Carts in supermarkets pull left or right.
I suggested to the supermarket lady that men working in Home Depot know how to fix stuff and women working in supermarkets don't.
Maybe she should hire a teenaged guy to fix the carts in the summer.
Supermarket lady swallowed her reply.
same supermarket
I saw a menu sign at the Italian festival this past weekend that advertised their pasta bowl dish as "some of eachie." Made me laugh.
Mitchell the Bat said...
In the old days, if you saw someone having a conversation with themself, you could just go ahead and assume they were crazy.
Whot? I still do...especially the animated jabberers on smart phones who keep walking and shopping....frequent;ly blocking the aisle, too. Multi-taskers, obviously...they probably eat their lunch whilst sitting on the commode, too. Sigh.
cap, Great bikers in the bar scene in A Bronx Tale. I love it when Sonny locks the door and says, "Now you can't leave." The looks on those biker's faces said it all.
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