{"id":1745,"date":"2013-08-01T15:24:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T19:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2013-08-01T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T19:24:53","slug":"im-on-a-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1745","title":{"rendered":"I’m on a bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I was on a bus. A school bus.<\/p>\n

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Now this would not be something of note if I was, say, between the ages of 5 and 17. But at my age (ahem) this is a rarity. Well, it is infrequent to say the least. The last time I was on one was exactly 1 year and 8 days prior. I know because the dates were of note, well actually last year’s date was of note as it was my birthday and this year it was 8 days after my birthday.<\/p>\n

Anyways, the reason I am bringing this up was not really the fact that i was on the bus (or that i drank continuously for almost 8 hour after I got off of said bus) but it is beacause of this:<\/p>\n

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Yes, that is a reset button. For what? you may ask. And I would not have an answer for you. And that is the thing I am really writing about.<\/p>\n

It was located at the back of the bus above the last seat on the left hand side. It’s placement seemed to be pretty random. In a position of little importance but possibly in the place of highest importance. Yes it was close the the rear emergence exit (that was tied close by a white nylon rope) by where the cool kid are (that is me!) but it was far away from people of authority you would possibly use said button.<\/p>\n

But what did it reset?<\/p>\n

Was it like the Omega 13? Did it rearrange the known universe to undo 13 seconds so that a mistake could be corrected?<\/p>\n

Did it reset the bus to factory settings? Gum stuck under the seat desolves into thin air, tears in fabric magically mend, windows are raised and closed by invisible hands.<\/p>\n

Maybe the bus is actually the Continumtransfunctioner in disguise and pushing the button ensure the safety of the universe for another millennium.<\/p>\n

Did it reset alarms set off by foolish students who would “accidentally” open the emergency exit at the back? I doubt it would be something so pedestrian.<\/p>\n

I really should have just pushed it to find out. But with my luck it was probably mislabeled and is really a self destruct button and I would not be around to tell you all about it.<\/p>\n

Alas, bit of me were strewn across the street, splattered on windows, or clogging drain pipes. So here you are reading about me being on a bus.<\/p>\n

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