The Back of the Bus
The only place the cool kids sat on the bus to and
from school (and on trips to sporting fixtures). In the 70s they would
even smoke up there as the frail and ageing bus driver would
invariably develop selective vision, hearing and sense of smell.
Many an early sexual adventure also took place in this
setting (during what used to be called "heavy petting"!?).
If you didn't belong at the back of the bus you didn't
ever want to be caught even remotely near it! A favorite trick of these cut-throats and thieves on my school bus was to throw
the nerds schoolbag (eg: mine) out the back windows just as the bus
left the bus stop. Ah . . . happy days! |