Hey guys! I'm magical. Want proof?

You are now hearing the headline sung as a catchy jingle ala Folgers coffee.

_{you also just lost the game.}

Not a catchy jingle.

Your new CTA - Now offering door to door wall service!

better than Folgers

Saw the overhead shot from the traffic-copter on TV this AM. Still can't figure out how the bus driver did this.

As effective as a cup of coffee, without the crash or jitters!

You might crap yourself, though.

/at least 3 CTA passengers agree

Next stop, Kitchen

That doesn't rhyme. : (

/submitted that with a better, etc.....

Hollyfeld: Still can't figure out how the bus driver did this.

DWF - Driving While Female

As someone that almost gets run over by CTA buses at least once every other week, this is not a shock. They make Chicago cab drivers seem safe. Couple the CTA drivers with the idiotic wastes of space Traffic Management people that stand on the corner and get paid to do nothing but possibly get pedestrians run over and I get all kinds of Walkers Rage. I have even shaken my fist... the horror.

/Chicago, our corruption is more obvious than yours, but we get away with it.
//still love Chicago

Oldiron_79: OH YEEEEEEAAH

Hahahaha. I was in the middle of photoshoping the kool-aid man onto the rear logo.

gorgor: HEY KOOLFlavor-AIDE!
http://tinyurl.com/ycy4k2c
(copy and paste)

(stickler for historic accuracy -- please forgive me gorgor)

p the boiler: As someone that almost gets run over by CTA buses at least once every other week, this is not a shock. They make Chicago cab drivers seem safe. Couple the CTA drivers with the idiotic wastes of space Traffic Management people that stand on the corner and get paid to do nothing but possibly get pedestrians run over and I get all kinds of Walkers Rage. I have even shaken my fist... the horror.

/Chicago, our corruption is more obvious than yours, but we get away with it.
//still love Chicago

my girlfriend moved to chicago in the fall, so I'm getting familiar with the city. I like the public library very much. I dislike pretty much everything else. (and here I thought boston was corrupt)

p the boiler: As someone that almost gets run over by CTA buses at least once every other week, this is not a shock. They make Chicago cab drivers seem safe. Couple the CTA drivers with the idiotic wastes of space Traffic Management people that stand on the corner and get paid to do nothing but possibly get pedestrians run over and I get all kinds of Walkers Rage. I have even shaken my fist... the horror.

What's the saying?...When you are driving you hate pedestrians. When you are walking you hate drivers. But everyone hates bikers.

Ha! Had to think about it for a moment.....But then I got it!

/MMMM....Coffee

FTA There were about six people in the house in the 11400 block of South Vincennes but none was hurt

How about trying.. "no one was hurt" or "none were hurt"

I'm thinking some journalists are walking around with great jobs.. and rugburned knees

Funny how vehicles into buildings make subbers think of classic coffee commercials.
Link (new window)

gilby_jr: Funny how vehicles into buildings make subbers think of classic coffee commercials.
Link (new window)

I know. I did not want to emulate that. That one had me laughing for days, so whomever submitted that, kudos to you.

gorgor: HEY KOOL-AIDE!
http://tinyurl.com/ycy4k2c
(copy and paste)

wow, I've actually been able to look at gorgor links today and still keep my lunch down.

"Myles said about three passengers were on the bus"
It's hard to count them when they keep moving.

mayble: "Myles said about three passengers were on the bus"
It's hard to count them when they keep moving.

It's hard to count them when 1387 people show up at hospital emergency rooms claiming they were on the bus.

netringer: mayble: "Myles said about three passengers were on the bus"
It's hard to count them when they keep moving.

It's hard to count them when 1387 people show up at hospital emergency rooms claiming they were on the bus.

Then they'll turn around and vote.
Twice.

TsukasaK: Hey guys! I'm magical. Want proof?

You are now hearing the headline sung as a catchy jingle ala Folgers coffee.

you also just lost the game.

You son of a biatch!

People don't realize you can't see everything when you're driving a 40+ foot bus. I was on a bus one time and it pulled the front end over to pickup a passengers. Took about 3 or so minutes for all passengers to board.

When the drive swung out some idiot had parked his car towards the back of the bus and all you heard was the crunching metal sound.

And in recent years RIPTA has run over a few people too. It's not that the drivers are homicidal, just that you can't see EVERYTHING from the drivers seat.

kd1s: People don't realize you can't see everything when you're driving a 40+ foot bus. I was on a bus one time and it pulled the front end over to pickup a passengers. Took about 3 or so minutes for all passengers to board.

When the drive swung out some idiot had parked his car towards the back of the bus and all you heard was the crunching metal sound.

And in recent years RIPTA has run over a few people too. It's not that the drivers are homicidal, just that you can't see EVERYTHING from the drivers seat.

Did you look at the pic in TFA? Or in this thread for that matter? That house didn't sneak up behind the bus while it was picking up passengers. She farking drove head-on into a brick wall! Don't try and defend this driver, there's literally no way this isn't her fault.

I'm predicting a lawsuit, do you know how I came to this conclusion?

The English Major: gilby_jr: Funny how vehicles into buildings make subbers think of classic coffee commercials.
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I know. I did not want to emulate that. That one had me laughing for days, so whomever submitted that, kudos to you.

Thank you, kind sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

/+1 for your headline, too!

HMS_Blinkin: kd1s: People don't realize you can't see everything when you're driving a 40+ foot bus. I was on a bus one time and it pulled the front end over to pickup a passengers. Took about 3 or so minutes for all passengers to board.

When the drive swung out some idiot had parked his car towards the back of the bus and all you heard was the crunching metal sound.

And in recent years RIPTA has run over a few people too. It's not that the drivers are homicidal, just that you can't see EVERYTHING from the drivers seat.

Did you look at the pic in TFA? Or in this thread for that matter? That house didn't sneak up behind the bus while it was picking up passengers. She farking drove head-on into a brick wall! Don't try and defend this driver, there's literally no way this isn't her fault.

Or do you walk to work in a major city every day and have to dodge these idiots that think they own the road - I get it that they can't see everything, but if that is the case you need to hire better, safer drivers. When I have the walk sign and am about to cross the street and a bus decides to turn right as I am three steps from the curb they expect me to jump back because if I don't I become pizza - and not the good Chicago kind - the flat New York style. Or the big f'ing accordion buses decide to cross three lanes to get to the left turn lane and then run the red and come to a dead stop blocking all traffic because they turned the corner too wide and expect other cars in grid lock to back up to let them through and at the same time block the way for pedestrians - yeah, its because they can't see.

KingVJ: do you know how I came to this conclusion?

"We don't have any comment right now"?

-1 for mods for approving of such a badly worded jingle.

I take the CTA every day, and am convinced that someday this will happen to me.

I wonder if the band Chicago was playing on the bus radio at the time of the crash.

I was disappointed that nothing on "The train took my baby" hit the main page last week. Seems the CTA is out to injure children!!! OMG!!! Conspiracy!!!

Damn them. They secretly replaced the bus' regular brake fluid with new Folgers crystals.

I, along with several hundred others I suspect, submitted this with a better headline. But I'm not bitter - just glad it hit front page cause that pic is a gem.

gorgor: HEY KOOL-AIDE!
http://tinyurl.com/ycy4k2c
(copy and paste)

Ikam: I take the CTA every day, and am convinced that someday this will happen to me.

I was on the Diversey bus once when it hit a car. Nobody was hurt on the bus, but they were trying to make us all stick around and give statements. Fark that.

I thought they got rid of CTU last season???

We've secretly replaced his coffee with a damned bus.

fizzix_is_fun: I like the public library very much. I dislike pretty much everything else. (and here I thought boston was corrupt)

You like the library and hate the rest of the place? Seriously?

Shut_up_and_fark_me: I was on the Diversey bus once when it hit a car. Nobody was hurt on the bus, but they were trying to make us all stick around and give statements. Fark that.

I was in a bus accident once too on the CTA. It was very minor, but some idiot started to complain about neck injuries.

Nightsweat: You like the library and hate the rest of the place? Seriously?

Most people don't like the Harold Washington Library.

Just be glad there was a union driver at the wheel.

Union Drivers, Chicago, Government Bussing, Coffee, Corruption, Kool Aid...this thread's got it all!

Shut_up_and_fark_me: Ikam: I take the CTA every day, and am convinced that someday this will happen to me.

I was on the Diversey bus once when it hit a car. Nobody was hurt on the bus, but they were trying to make us all stick around and give statements. Fark that.

The #36 I was riding on took off a car's front bumper last week. I'm about a half hour walk from work, so I normally don't even bother with the CTA. It's nice having two buses and the red line within a couple of blocks, but at $2 a pop, it's generally not worth taking for a mile and a half.

CAT bus crashing into the side of your house?

/poor kitteh
//er, bus