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wbmutbb-digest Wednesday, April 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 121 Topics in this issue: Getting in or getting on Buses Sliding Across the Front Seat [none] Exiting via the passenger door Great quotes In and out of a car, etc. Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #120 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:31:36 -0500 From: "Dan Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Getting in or getting on Paul, I think the difference between getting in a car and getting on a bus is the fact that you can walk on to or off the bus. Therefore leading to the getting on or off part. Whereas with a car you can pretty much just kinda slide into them. Except for maybe minivans and vans and even then if you do any walkn in them it will be a real scrunched over kinda shuffle at best. Now this is strictly a Theory mind ya and this Theory is a registered theory of Gex Productions, a subsidiary of Fly by Night Inc. No animals were harmed in the making of this theory. (altho I might have injured a few brain cells putting on that bucket) any similarity to any other theory living or dead is strictly coincidental. Dapper Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:30:07 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Buses I feel we use the terms getting on and off a bus because you're still standing for some time in both moves rather than sitting right down inside a smaller conveyance. Aunt Bee of Orlando ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:24:11 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sliding Across the Front Seat In a message dated 4/17/2000 10:40:11 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I can remember, as late as the mid-1970s when I was in Driver's Ed., seeing one of those old, brownish-tinted school films on auto safety. According to said film, whenever entering your parallel parked vehicle it's safest to enter on the passanger side and slide over--in those days you didn't see many bucket seats, I guess. >> I remember this safety feature also - but back in the 50's (yes Virginia, we had schools back then AND automobiles). There was a motto to help us dumb kids remember - "Curb side - safe side, Street side - suicide". Just thought I pass on that sage wisdom. Linda - the Goober who hardly ever jaywalks. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:23:22 -0700 From: "Ellen Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] <Now, can someone tell me why we get "in" and "out" of a car, but we get "on" and "off" a bus? I've never figured that one out. - - --Paul> Maybe it has something to do with British double-decker buses which are open on the top level. Ellen Booth ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:22:58 -0400 From: "Diane B. Weller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Exiting via the passenger door << Anyway, here's my question: Why is it that, almost invariably, whomever is driving the patrol car enters and exits by the passenger-side door, sliding across the seat, rather than using the driver-side door? >> The answer that someone posted concerning the possibility of reflecting the cameras in the drivers' window, if the character got out of the car on the drivers' side, does seem reasonable. You may have heard actors poke fun at Clint Eastwood because he apparently insists on making just "one take" of a scene. Well, in one of his movies, I can't remember the name right now, he has a scene where he is talking to another actor who is sitting in the drivers' seat of a car. If you look carefully, you can see the reflection of the camera/cameraman in the drivers' wing-window and in the crome of the rear view mirror on the door. Diane Using Virtual Access 5.01 build 301 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:19:31 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Great quotes Hey guys, I was watching the episode the other night when Andy gets paid the $l,000 for the rights to the story about his life and they all go to Hollywood. They are wondering what to do with all this money. Floyd says to Andy, so slyly, "Andy, you know I was thinking about selling that 2 acres that I own outside of town". Andy, says, "No, Floyd". Floyd says, " Oh Andy, think about it. Fill in that swamp and it would be a paradise!!!". Andy says, " No Floyd". Floyd replys, "Andy, just put on your rubber boots and go see it sometime." My family nearly died laughing. It had been so long since we had seen the color episodes that we forgot that scene. So all of you that don't think the color episodes are as good, please watch them again. Thanks, Nancy from Texas ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:04:02 +0000 From: Richard Kandalec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: In and out of a car, etc. In answer to Paul's question on the 17th of why you get "in" and "out" of a car but "on" and "off" a bus. If you think about the few steps that you need to use to gain access to a bus then it makes sense that you would get up"on" the bus steps but maybe pull yourself "in"to the seat of a car. This also goes for exiting the bus or car, like stepping "off" the bus steps but pulling yourself "out" of the car. Of course, one can argue that with today's tall vans and SUV's that entering and exiting these can be like a bus. Hope this helps. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:12:41 -0700 From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #120 Hello Everyone ! Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I watched one of our favorite shows today. This one was with, Mr Tucker. He was always in a hurry if you will remember. As Andy, Opie, and Aunt Bee where going to the car I noticed a spot on the back of Andy's suit coat. I wonder how many have already seen this ? Have a good day. Say hello to you and yours ! ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #121 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ Visit our sponsor ~ Weaver's Department Store ~ http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/weavers/ ************************************************** You must send your comments to the Digest from the address you used to join WBMUTBB or your message will not be posted. Only members may post to this mailing list. 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