This morning a woman boarded the B 61. She was around 40. Hippie-like and had big blond, long curly

posted by mihow on August 7th, 2002

This morning a woman boarded the B 61. She was around 40. Hippie-like and had big blond, long curly hair. She sat down on an outside seat. (I wish people would just move in if the bus is full). But that’s not the point. An elderly man came on at the end of the line. He stood there, looking at her. Just looking. He didn’t say anything, so that was strange, but I just assumed he wanted her to either get up or move over. No big deal, right? Well, she yells,

WHAT?! Do you want to sit down are are you just creepy staring at me and shit! DAMN!
He wanders back and sits elsewhere. It was an odd little morning correspondence. I think she needed coffee or something.

23 Responses to “This morning a woman boarded the B 61. She was around 40. Hippie-like and had big blond, long curly”

  1. freakgirl Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 06:38 AM

    I think we all just need a group hug.

  2. mihow Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 06:46 AM

    The patchouli may have knocked you out. I’m not so sure I wanted to hug her. She was a mean hippie. Who ever heard of a mean hippie? That bitch.

    “What the world

    needs now….

    is love

    sweet love.

    that’s the only thing that there’s just

    too little of.”

  3. freakgirl Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 06:48 AM

    I know one mean hippie. But I think she’s faking being a hippie. She just likes the fashion. But her attitude is pure beeyotch.

  4. tobyjoe Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:01 AM

    she needed a fucking kick in the neck, not coffee.

  5. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:18 AM

    so…did she get struck by lightning at braod daylight right in the bus?

  6. robert Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:20 AM

    “What the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in the head”

    5 points to the first person to name that group.

    I agree with Toby. I will never forget holding open the giant heavy door to Sparks building on PSU for a girl following behind me. She yelled at me that she was capable of holding her own damn door and caused quite the scene, so I started going in and tried holding it open as I walked in but she stood there with her arms crossed until the door closed. I was only 19 at the time so I just walked away, but it is one of those moments I would love to have back.

    Funny thing is Michele, Grandma was visiting then and I told her the story and she said to keep holding doors open, cause that’s how they brought me up. That’s always stuck with me.

  7. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:23 AM

    hmm courtesy versus feminism that should be quite the showdown eh? I always hold doors open and let ladies go first too, my grandma is just like that :-)

  8. mihow Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:25 AM

    Ladies like it. Fuck that Women’s study majoring hoochie mama bitch. She has it all wrong. All wrong.

  9. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:29 AM

    plus theres something extremely powerful about politeness. if someone is being a rude ass turd and you stay polite (or hold the door fopen for her),...ha you’ve got the last laugh.!

  10. freakgirl Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:30 AM

    cracker.

  11. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:31 AM

    thanks. ?!

  12. mihow Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:32 AM

    I think she was talking to me, Dutch boy. :) She’s from Jersey. They’re like that there.

  13. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:33 AM

    oh yeah them jersey people. I am proud to say I a know a few of ‘em. lol.

  14. robert Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:36 AM

    Yeah, if my 30 year old self could be placed back in that situation, I would have just stood there with the door open letting everyone else in. Battle of the wills. And I would have done it with a huge grin because I know it would have eaten her up inside.

    Michele, one of my favorite stories about you is still the Womyn’s Study class you took where the MAN teaching it wanted to fail you because of the presentation you did. I was damn proud when you told me that.

  15. arjen Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:37 AM

    that just cracked me up, that w-s story

  16. Megan Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:37 AM

    Keep holding doors open is right. I read too many studies for my own good, but I recently read that America’s getting more rude. So fuck off all of yous!

  17. robert Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:38 AM

    No, freakgirl was answering the question to the song lyric I posted.

    If she had posted “cracker ass cracker”, that would have been to you.

    Okay, bonus point time:

    The lead singer of Cracker fronted another band before that. What was it?

  18. mihow Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:39 AM

    Camper van Beethoven

    What did I win?

  19. robert Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:41 AM

    The right to come down and help Melissa and I paint the new townhouse. Congrats!!!

    Plus, the bonus of having “Pictures of matchstick men” running through your head for the rest of the day.

  20. tobyjoe Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:49 AM

    we’ll come help you paint.

    i will, anyway.

    because i’m polite.

    and just like the polite thing to do on the bus was to kick the hippie in the neck, the polite thing to do here is to offer my incredibly artistic talent.

    hell, i’ll write a script to paint your house.

    for(int i=0;i<numWalls;i++){ walls[i].paint(); }

  21. mihow Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 07:50 AM

    Never ever ever put ANYTHING into your ear. Never.

    ::shakes head::

  22. Aleppo Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 10:53 AM

    You should hold doors open for men and women. It’s polite, not patronising.

  23. tobyjoe Says:
    August 7th, 2002 at 11:48 AM

    unless you say, “Come on, gimpy. I have the door, douche-bag.”

    then it IS patronizing.

    and TOTALLY what rob should have said to the Judith Butler fanclub member.

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