Friday, February 17, 2012

A new, extreme sport

Riding a Sydney bus during peak hour should be an Olympic sport. Or an extreme sport. Usually you're standing, crammed in with a thousand other commuters, holding onto a pole for dear life with one hand, because you've got your handbag/lunch/jacket/iPod in the other.

What makes it an extreme sport? It's the unexpected jerkiness of slowing down and then speeding up; it's the sudden slamming on of brakes when cars decide to cut in front of buses (why, oh why, do cars cut in front of buses?) and the subsequent falling into a pile with the rest of the passengers; it's the twists and turns as you navigate Sydney roads.

I kid you not: I got off the bus the other morning with the biggest cramp/pain in my right bicep. Don't think I've ever held onto something so tightly.

They could make it an even more difficult sport by blindfolding competitors, or maybe even not allowing them to hold onto anything for balance.

1 comment:

  1. Yep, that's so true. And not only that, trains are much, MUCH smoother. Go trains! Have you seen my study? http://ferretyness.tumblr.com/post/6315891959/a-study-into-the-habits-of-the-trans-city-traveller-in

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