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Printableconch5184 said: cborgman said: conch5184 said: eee I think you got so lucky Chris. That sounds like something a nut would do right before killing somebody. I would have said at the beginning that I prefer to pray by myself as it's personal or something like that and then moved far away (preferably near the driver). Here's some info I found at the Lifetime website a while back: http://www.lifetimetv.com...s/bus.html
now i am terrified to ride the bus at all Well...if you have any other option it would probably be better to take that. There is a lot of crime on public transportation. If you have no choice, do be smart with the tips above and be able to protect yourself with pepper spray and/or self defense. well, i do have a car, but i hate driving if i don't have to. self defense is not really much of a problem, as much as a pacifist as i am, i have never lost a physical fight, and i, like everyone in my family, am very very freakishly strong. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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do you have a cell phone? | |
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conch5184 said: do you have a cell phone?
no, i kinda hate em. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Well it would be quite possibly life-saving in a bad situation. I can't stand when people talk on them incessantly.. I'd say you should just get the minimum number of minutes on a cheap phone. | |
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cborgman said: AnotherLoverToo said: Anytime a stranger on a bus says "come here", it's not good news.
 yea, i was kinda on my guard. there are some crazy MFs on the bus That's the good thing about living in a country where English is a second language, when u're really good at it... then when the crazies start talking to u u just go "Sorry, don't speak Swedish" and 99 times out of 100 they'll give it a rest  | |
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i woulda doodle whacked him | |
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It seems the times I have run into "religous nuts" is when I had to ride the bus. My car broke down a couple months ago, & my daughter & I had to take the bus to run an errand.
This lady lady got off when we did & told me that I looked familiar. Walked away & then came back & said "I just wanted to tell that the Lord loves u", all I said was "thank u" lol I'm a dork. Back in college a jevovah witness sat next to me when I was in a bad mode & pulled out the little pamplet. I just got up without saying anything & moved to another seat. Another time they came to my house & knocked on my door for a ful ten freaking minutes at 7am, & would'nt leave. Making my dog bark which pissed me off. I opened the door & yelled "Go away". I must have been seriously PMS'ing & not knowing it to do that, because that was so mean of me. I have more tolerence now. "You can judge a man's character by the way he treats those who cannot do anything for him" Anonymous | |
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i would've...mumbled something apologetic and run away  | |
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Teacher said: cborgman said: AnotherLoverToo said: Anytime a stranger on a bus says "come here", it's not good news.
yea, i was kinda on my guard. there are some crazy MFs on the bus That's the good thing about living in a country where English is a second language, when u're really good at it... then when the crazies start talking to u u just go "Sorry, don't speak Swedish" and 99 times out of 100 they'll give it a rest
maybe i should start faking a european accent Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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BlissedAgain said: i woulda doodle whacked him
he probably woulda pulled a crucifix on ya, and started shouting "the power of christ compels you!" Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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TheeBeautiful1 said: It seems the times I have run into "religous nuts" is when I had to ride the bus. My car broke down a couple months ago, & my daughter & I had to take the bus to run an errand.
This lady lady got off when we did & told me that I looked familiar. Walked away & then came back & said "I just wanted to tell that the Lord loves u", all I said was "thank u" lol I'm a dork. Back in college a jevovah witness sat next to me when I was in a bad mode & pulled out the little pamplet. I just got up without saying anything & moved to another seat. Another time they came to my house & knocked on my door for a ful ten freaking minutes at 7am, & would'nt leave. Making my dog bark which pissed me off. I opened the door & yelled "Go away". I must have been seriously PMS'ing & not knowing it to do that, because that was so mean of me. I have more tolerence now. had he pulled a pamphlet, i woulda ended it right there and then. i am fine with it when they are trying to brighten my day, but the second it becomes about converting me, or politics as religion, it gets invasive. i don't push my political beliefs onto unsuspecting strangers, and i expect them to have the same respect. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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XxAxX said: i would've...mumbled something apologetic and run away
tried to explain to him that i am not a religious person, but that didn't stop him. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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by any chance chris...did he look oh i dunno...
like this!?  [This message was edited Sat Jan 17 10:06:36 PST 2004 by Christopher] | |
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Christopher said: by any chance chris...did he look oh i dunno...
like this!?
[This message was edited Sat Jan 17 10:06:36 PST 2004 by Christopher] 
well, yes, but... i think he had a captain's hat on Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Christopher said: by any chance chris...did he look oh i dunno...
like this!?
[This message was edited Sat Jan 17 10:06:36 PST 2004 by Christopher]
well, yes, but... i think he had a captain's hat on
man, you should've taken a photo of'em! | |
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Christopher said: cborgman said: Christopher said: by any chance chris...did he look oh i dunno...
like this!?
[This message was edited Sat Jan 17 10:06:36 PST 2004 by Christopher]
well, yes, but... i think he had a captain's hat on
man, you should've taken a photo of'em! well, he did give me a CD afterwards... i think it's called "disco magic"  Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: so i got on the bus on my lunchbreak, and was going downtown, and as soon as i ge ton the bus this guy goes "don't i know you?"
i look at him, he is not the least bit familiar, but i meet a lot of people in my life, and generally don't remember people i have only met once. "um, i'm not sure" i say, wanting to say no, but not wanting to be wrong. "well, come here!" he says. i go and sit near him, an empty seat between us. "would you like to say a prayer with me?" "um, i'm not really a religious-" i manage to get out before he grabs my hands and starts praying in a soft voice that i can't really understand what he was saying. the woman i was talking to at the stop and who got on with me looks at me, asking with her eyes if she should step in and save me. i shrug. the guy prays for a good three minutes, squeezing my hands while he does. i alternate between shutting my eyes to make him feel like this means something to me, and looking at the woman from the stop. i see my stop approaching, and i start wondering if i should tell him i need to go, or just miss my stop and let him finish. thankfully, he finished about that time, and he asked if i wanted to say a prayer now too. i told him i had to go and got off at my stop, and had lunch. normally, i hate when religious people, especially strangers, start preaching at me, but this was kinda sweet in a bizarre way, and it didn't involve a bunch of religion as politics, just a simple little prayerto brighten my day. Yet another piece of fiction by our own P.org Soap Opera Queen. My DC Direct wishlist: 1) Bane, 2) Prof Zoom, 3) Superman Blue, 4) Kilowag, 5) Parasite | |
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cborgman said: Christopher said: cborgman said: Christopher said: by any chance chris...did he look oh i dunno...
like this!?
[This message was edited Sat Jan 17 10:06:36 PST 2004 by Christopher]
well, yes, but... i think he had a captain's hat on
man, you should've taken a photo of'em! well, he did give me a CD afterwards... i think it's called "disco magic"
please burn me a copy. i dunno if i could live with one! | |
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AnotherLoverToo said: Yeah, people who only seem to want to pray publically and loudly make me suspect there's a little ego and/or mental illness goin' on...
Yeah, I guess there's a lot of "ego /or mental illness goin' on." There's this guy who comes in the laundromat. When he's around I make sure I'm listening to my Walkman. He's always going on and on with his black power talk. He's not doing it to irk white folk because there usually aren't any/many in the place. But, he'll talk as if he's saying something so profound. Some people will respond. I'm always thinking, tell me something I don't already know. I hate when people think that their ideologies must be my ideology. | |
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funkbible said: cborgman said: so i got on the bus on my lunchbreak, and was going downtown, and as soon as i ge ton the bus this guy goes "don't i know you?"
i look at him, he is not the least bit familiar, but i meet a lot of people in my life, and generally don't remember people i have only met once. "um, i'm not sure" i say, wanting to say no, but not wanting to be wrong. "well, come here!" he says. i go and sit near him, an empty seat between us. "would you like to say a prayer with me?" "um, i'm not really a religious-" i manage to get out before he grabs my hands and starts praying in a soft voice that i can't really understand what he was saying. the woman i was talking to at the stop and who got on with me looks at me, asking with her eyes if she should step in and save me. i shrug. the guy prays for a good three minutes, squeezing my hands while he does. i alternate between shutting my eyes to make him feel like this means something to me, and looking at the woman from the stop. i see my stop approaching, and i start wondering if i should tell him i need to go, or just miss my stop and let him finish. thankfully, he finished about that time, and he asked if i wanted to say a prayer now too. i told him i had to go and got off at my stop, and had lunch. normally, i hate when religious people, especially strangers, start preaching at me, but this was kinda sweet in a bizarre way, and it didn't involve a bunch of religion as politics, just a simple little prayerto brighten my day. Yet another piece of fiction by our own P.org Soap Opera Queen.  "Climb in my fur." | |
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