Dave, at 13:30 on Jul 16 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

db>> All the couriers in Sydney are far too busy being run over by buses.

BG> Que?

db> There was an incident some weeks ago in Sydney (CBD) of a cyclist courier 
db> being run over by a bus.

Oh, that explains the reference then.  Needless to say, it wasn't exactly
front page news up here, 1000km distant.  :)

db>> I don't know why, but it's every Sydney-sider's preferred means of exit
db>> - to be run over by a bus (listen carefully, whenever someone talks
db>> about their own untimely demise, it's always death by double-decker..).
db> [...]
BG> BTW, not too many dead people get to tell me how they met their end.  :)

db> Not after the event, before it;  for example, a crucial person in an an 
db> organisation's operations might talk about what would happen to the 
db> organisation should that person depart by saying, "If I was run
over by a 
db> bus.."  Think about it - how many people say, "If I was abducted by 
db> aliens.."

True, but then I guess it's considerably more likely that one could be run
over by a bus.  The only alien abduction I've read about lately was a
questionable account in last week's Woman's Day, although there is supposed
to be a halfway decent movie on tomorrow night re this subject.

JFTR, I think there's more than a shred of truth in some of those reports
of alien abductions, but don't tell Rod I said so; he'll just call me a
loony like he does with Bob.  :)

db> Wierd, but true.

As the SBS promo says, "the world is an amazing place"...  :)

Regards, Bill
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