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- From: matt@cs.city.ac.uk (Matthew G Sillitoe (Matt))
- Subject: Omnibussism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.130209.4507@city.cs>
- Sender: news@city.cs (News)
- Organization: Sometimes Around Rubber Carnivours
- References: <Bxvtop.ApI@cs.dal.ca> <1992Nov18.184205.14676@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <Bxxsqr.7Kv@cs.dal.ca>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 13:02:09 GMT
- Lines: 63
-
- We'll return you to your real peeve in a moment, after this word:
-
- In article <Bxxsqr.7Kv@cs.dal.ca> dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn) writes:
- >Not as funny as, say, one of my personal peeves:
- >
- >1024K
- >
- >286 AWARD BIOS 3.03
- >
- >KEYBOARD ERROR
- >PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE
-
- ObNerdyism: Yes, that is funny. Fancy only having 1M.
-
- ObPeevety: Sad. Soooo sad.
-
- OtherPeeve: Bods who add nothing to the thread.
-
- RecursivePeeve: Bods who complain about bods adding
- nothing to the thread.
-
- PeeveSEGV: Having not enough threads to weave a fabric.
-
- ObBolAlong: Eiduts running* (and I use the term in its loosest
- possible sense, under advice of my lawyer) London Busses, specifically
- the No. 73. This week LB's managers have been auditing the service,
- presumably to allow themselves to get sleep at night safe in the
- knowledge that it was just and proper to get rid of the dead-wood
- (ie. 99.7% of the drivers, engineers, conductors) whilst justfying
- their measly existance. This seems to involve 2-4 lower-management
- types, clipboard in hand, riding up-and-down from Stoke Newington
- to Victoria (~7 miles). All bleeding day long. Counting the busses
- they pass. Jumping out in front of busses so they can count the
- passengers. Talking in huddled groups - "Ok, so you fill the report
- in, and I'll write the same. Never did like ol' Jim**. Always warey
- of these drivers when they you tea. I still take the tea, mind you,
- just I watch 'im. He'll say it was mechanical. Ok, so we'll let
- 'im off this time. Outside number 6; what road? _There?_ huh-huh;
- <nudge-nudge>; <wink-wink>"***.
- Two better school-kids you couldn't ask for. Almost expected one
- to start picking his nose.
-
- ObServe: No, I couldn't. Bloody windows were steamed up and these
- two clowns were sitting in _my_ seat, at the front of the top-deck.
-
- !Peeve: New front light for bike, so I don't have to suffer this
- any more.
-
- m
-
- * into the ground, by the looks of things.
-
- ** "ol' Jim" (name changed to protect the innocent, and also
- because I'm damned if I can remember the real name, looked
- like he was about to drop dead anyhow. Must be nearing 65.
- Another pension saved by LB.
-
- *** Sounds like crap? This went on for the whole 25min journey to
- the Angel from Newington Common. The Common is were these bozos
- hang out. You can tell this by the number of LB PolyTetraEtylCFC-
- "safe for the Ozone honest Guv" cups littering the grass around
- the bus stand. Gawd. And we trust these people to drive us into
- the 21st century?
-