In New York City, they used to post timetables at each bus stop. Apparently the Metropolitan Transportation Authority heard that New Yorkers enjoy fantasy fiction.
Whenever you get to the station/there’s no need to be angry or vexed;/you’ll always be late for the previous [bus]/and always in time for the next! – Piet Hein, Grooks (edited slightly for context)
Jml58 2 months ago
You are never late for the bus. You are sometimes very early for the next one.
Ratkin Premium Member 2 months ago
Sounds like a Yogiism.
Doug K 2 months ago
Is the bus that is usually here at about this time ahead of schedule?
Did it leave earlier than usual? Did we miss it?Gent 2 months ago
Real photograph as background in comics is cheating me theenks.
PraiseofFolly 2 months ago
Frank and Ernest have become ‘unstuck in Time’ and get confused as to the sequence of events.
Ned Snipes 2 months ago
Must be OC Transpo riders
InTraining Premium Member 2 months ago
Why, yes, but you can catch it going the other way in about 15 minutes…!
sandpiper 2 months ago
Question answers itself. Frank just isn’t listening.
Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member 2 months ago
I think the real background is clever!
CountOlaf2 Premium Member 2 months ago
yes
charlp Premium Member 2 months ago
Okay, maybe I haven’t had enough caffeine yet: is the joke that the next bus, by definition, can’t possibly have come by yet?
KEA 2 months ago
sometimes, there’s just no way to answer a question
uniquename 2 months ago
It’s it Schrodinger’s bus?
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member 2 months ago
In New York City, they used to post timetables at each bus stop. Apparently the Metropolitan Transportation Authority heard that New Yorkers enjoy fantasy fiction.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 2 months ago
When I was in college I drove school bus. The one thing the company pounded into me from Day 1 was “DON’T BE EARLY!!!”
Smeagol 2 months ago
Get on the bus Gus.
John W. Vinson Premium Member 2 months ago
Whenever you get to the station/there’s no need to be angry or vexed;/you’ll always be late for the previous [bus]/and always in time for the next! – Piet Hein, Grooks (edited slightly for context)
Strawberry King 2 months ago
Taxi! Follow that bus!