Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
Found this amazingly neato photo set on Flickr the other day. It was shot and assembled by Octoferret, to whom we owe a humble thank you. In light of upcoming Muni lines slated for extinction, we feel this is a moving tribute to the routes that time has forgotten.
This humorous little anecdote arrived in our inbox yesterday from reader Joe:
About 8 years ago, my wife and I were on either the 14 or 49, going from the Mission to the Metreon to see a movie. I think it was a Sunday morning, because the bus was very empty – fewer than 20 passengers the whole trip. At the front of the bus was a mother and her developmentally disabled son. The entire trip, he was talking to himself – nothing crazy, really, just normal stuff. When they got to their stop, the kid turned to the entire bus and yelled, “So long, stink-town! That’s Homer Simpson!”
My wife and I just about fell over laughing – we had just seen the episode of the Simpsons in which Homer says that line. I guess the kid had, too…
If you’ve had funnies happen in front of your eyes on Muni, let us know.
Thanks, 14-Mission. Now Mayor Newsom is never going to funnel money into Muni.
Stay safe, folks. Any moving vehicle on Mission Street (as well as some of the pedestrians) will take more than your mirror off if you zone out too long.
-Tara