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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Transportation Well, That Was Close.

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:07 PM

Go, go, go, go, go, go, GO!!!

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What the hell is up with that bus???

Posted by schmacky on October 21, 2009 at 2:09 PM

It's a runaway. Brakes failed at the top of a hill in Perm.

Posted by Suntiger on October 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM

Holy crap I think my heart skipped a beat. O_O

Posted by Dee on October 21, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Ban public transportation!

Posted by shabadoo on October 21, 2009 at 2:38 PM

holy macaroni, too close!

Posted by Josh Bomb

on October 21, 2009 at 2:41 PM

Slog: Surfing the internet 8 hours a day so you don't have to.

Posted by Meatbot 3000 on October 21, 2009 at 2:44 PM

Don't stop in the bus lane in Perm. Their bus drivers play for keeps.

Posted by Toe Tag on October 21, 2009 at 2:46 PM

Perhaps our Olympic track team could use buses as a training aid. It appears that they help you run faster.

Posted by playswithknives on October 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM

Wow! It is a good thing that guy could run fast! I would have been squashed for sure!

Posted by kristinbell

on October 21, 2009 at 2:54 PM

Any bets that the Bus Driver was drunk?

Posted by Shini on October 21, 2009 at 2:54 PM

I'm assuming there was a bomb on the bus and the driver had to go 50 miles per hour at all times to keep it from exploding.

Sorry, need to reference bad action movie fulfilled.

Posted by Freche_Lola on October 21, 2009 at 2:55 PM

The title for this piece should be 'Just Missed the Bus'

Posted by awaywegoo on October 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM

@11 wins!

Posted by Urgutha Forka on October 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM

The guy was running when he hit the street, before he saw the bus wasn't stopping and sped up. This is what I think happened: the light had just turned red for the pedestrian, and he decided to make a dash for it before the cars in the other direction got started. The car in front saw what he was doing and waited, whereas the bus driver (tired, distracted, bored, or drunk) just saw his green light and drove forward.

Posted by rhymeswithlibrarian on October 21, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Love the Babelfish translation of the Russian description of the post on YouTube. "Supposedly the failure of brake system…. Man crossing road, clearly was born in the jacket!!!" Closest I could get on English-speaking Google to what the idiom "born in the jacket" means is "luckiest man alive".

Seems about right. Any Russian speakers here? You guys have any other fun idioms, or can explain where that one comes from?

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on October 21, 2009 at 3:28 PM

everybody in russia is either drunk or hungover.

Posted by SeMe on October 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM

In Soviet Russia, bus misses you!

Posted by Ivanna Humpyou on October 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM

@ 17 for the win

Posted by olechka on October 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM

@15 perhaps "jacket" = "straitjacket"? As in he is crazy? Just a guess.

Posted by Brian Conn on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM

@17 you just made me squirt water out the nose!

Posted by Andy_Squirrel on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM

As someone who walks everywhere, this is going to give me nightmares.

Posted by very bad homo on October 21, 2009 at 6:39 PM

Born in a jacket might be a mistranslation of the expression born in a shirt which refers to being born with the amniotic sack intact. It's supposed to bring you good luck for your whole life.

Posted by temporary on October 21, 2009 at 7:14 PM

@17, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAouch...

Posted by Valkyrie on October 21, 2009 at 7:16 PM

@22 -- Bingo, that's it! Babelfish strikes again. Meanwhile, way more on the subject than I ever wanted to know in the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caul

It's amazing the things you can learn from Slog...

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on October 21, 2009 at 10:40 PM

14 - the crosswalk light doesn't change at all though and the other cars are slowing down even before the pedestrian is visible.

Posted by zzyzx on October 22, 2009 at 5:20 AM