Raced a school bus today
09-09-08, 11:01 AM
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Raced a school bus today
Coming back into East BF today I was waiting at a light when a bus from what must have been the Bill Engvall HS for the Gifted pulled up alongside. The jeers started immediately. From the girls (as I flexed my guads): "Hey baby!", "Hey sweety!". Then one of the guys: "Hey man - what you got in that thing?". That was it. It was only about a mile back to the main East BF intersection and I thought "No way in Hell they're gonna beat me there - not here in Hammerland".
I jumped at the green light and droped, pulling out of ear shot of the bus. I got it to 37 mph, but could not hold and was overtaken and passed with much shouting and jeering from the bus brats. I was totally humiliated.
Take it from me - a mile can be a long way.
I jumped at the green light and droped, pulling out of ear shot of the bus. I got it to 37 mph, but could not hold and was overtaken and passed with much shouting and jeering from the bus brats. I was totally humiliated.
Take it from me - a mile can be a long way.
09-09-08, 11:06 AM
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My son somehow flipped his bike racing a school bus. Those things are dangerous. Be careful.
09-09-08, 11:11 AM
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Did you flip them the bird and call them a bunch of lazy sacks for riding a bus to school instead of riding their bikes?
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09-09-08, 12:26 PM
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09-09-08, 01:08 PM
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It wasn't a fair race. The driver was doping.
09-09-08, 01:17 PM
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Do you know the difference between a school bus and a porcupine?
09-09-08, 01:19 PM
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So why didn't you just DRAFT it and wait for the yellow light to sprint**********
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I like to get behind school buses, so I can check out my reflection in the bottom window of the rear door. I am being entirely honest. 
it is on the perfect level so I can see myself cycling. I have no other such opportunity to see myself riding. I am not so vain as to have someone film me!
it is on the perfect level so I can see myself cycling. I have no other such opportunity to see myself riding. I am not so vain as to have someone film me!
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With a school bus, all the little pricks are on the inside.
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i raced a fedex truck the other day and the driver was apparently so demoralized he stopped at the next house and left them a couple boxes full of what were obviously all his personal belongings.
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