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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 02:28 PM
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Is riding the bus a sport?
If this is a sport


and this is a sport


and even this is considered a sport


Why not this?


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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 02:29 PM
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1. If you're hanging from the back of the bus...
...then it's definitely a sport.

Sitting inside, reading the paper? Not so much.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 02:32 PM
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2. No, but catching it can be
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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 03:44 PM
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3. When you’re standing in the aisle
And the driver puts the pedal too the metal and the slams on the brakes at every stop, you need the athletic ability of a gymnastic star!
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 04:09 PM
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4. I'll ask my hubby who buses to work and back every day. He has had some interesting rides.
WIth some interesting passengers. A few times the driver has gotten "funny" and are just "not taking it any more." Not good when that happens...
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 04:20 PM
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5. Managing to stay upright on some of the rattlecages the CTA calls "buses" ought to. n/t
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 08:38 PM
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6. Well, maybe if you ride this bus ...
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 08:47 PM
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7. Eating can be a sport
Edited on Sun Sep-30-07 08:47 PM by Generic Brad
Pass the cake, please. I'm in training.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 09:09 PM
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8. Not a sport
but can be quite the hobby. :popcorn:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 09:13 PM
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9. Yeah, and in Pierce County, Washington, it's a blood sport.
:scared:
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