"Buss Service" joke
The following appeared in Jean Godden's column in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer on December 24, 1990 after an extraordinarily
heavy snowfall crippled transportation services:
Buss service: The Metro bus driver on No. 55 from West Seattle
Friday morning announced over the microphone: "Keep pushing to the
back, folks, make a few friends. Consider this a very crowded
singles bar with bad service."
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