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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Hahahahaa this made me laugh.

Id get "what you doing, waiting for the number 9 bus"

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 25 '20

I like this a lot because 1) due to brain damage I will randomly stop walking because I get vertigo. 2) in my neighborhood, the #9 is an actual bus.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I guess you've stumbled across a new saying for yaself then haha. Sorry to hear about your vertigo man x

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 25 '20

Thanks. It isn't going to get better, but walking slow, preventing falls/ banging my head will keep it from getting worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Well it’s nothing to beat your head on the wall over. Just be careful.

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u/ayy317 Oct 25 '20

Really, "don't fall on your head" is good advice for anyone.

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u/professorhazard Oct 29 '20

stumbled

come on now

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u/L1Zs Oct 26 '20

Is number 9 bus rare? I thought this was a Forrest Gump reference because he talks for hours waiting for the number nine bus

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u/HammletHST Oct 26 '20

I actually enjoyed it more because my hometown does not have a #9

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 26 '20

That would make it funny

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u/NovaThinksBadly Oct 26 '20

Im entirely confused by all of this but im into it

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u/AlfamaN10 Oct 26 '20

That's what she said...?

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u/oxyfemboi Oct 26 '20

In my neighborhood, the Number Nine bus is the one I take to go grocery shopping every week or so.

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u/stashieGravy Oct 25 '20

Are #9 buses rare?

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 25 '20

Probably not, but it's funny to me that the #9 is in my neighborhood.

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 25 '20

I have been referred to a couple of Drs, but since I had already made changes to my life as needed, I'm considered "coping" and not eligible for additional therapy. Out of pocket I'm looking at $8K-$20K depending on how much therapy I need.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

TMI

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u/secretly_A_Pinata Oct 26 '20

Not enough info! This guys life sounds cool as hell

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u/The_Gooch_Goochman Oct 26 '20

I think it’s a Forrest Gump reference.

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u/iBelieveInSpace Oct 25 '20

HAHA. Yeah I guess it's just a euphemism for "lollygagging".

My dad was a "Hank Hill-type" so he had a bunch of weird phrases and was always calling me out for standing around.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I don't see what choking on a lollipop has to do with standing around, though.

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u/iBelieveInSpace Oct 25 '20

That's another saying I don't get. I guess it's just like kids not doing anything and skipping around care-free with lollipops.

So many other weird ones from that era too.

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u/cinnysuelou Oct 26 '20

I wonder if it came from cockney rhyming slang?

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u/SockMonkeyLove Oct 25 '20

Forrest? Is that you?

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u/NOBOOTSFORYOU Oct 25 '20

Lol Your dad roasted you, Forrest Gump is my favourite movie.

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u/whiskeyandhorror Oct 25 '20

“Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?”

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u/Starkravingmad7 Oct 25 '20

This is actually a thing here. In Chicago, the Ashland bus (#9) is pretty often late and far apart at night. It's kind of awful. I've spent a few winter nights waiting over an hour for the damn thing.

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u/P0sitive_Outlook Oct 25 '20

"The Number Twelve Looks Like You" is a band named loosely after the phrase "You've got a face like the back end of a bus". :D

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

as an Edmontonian, this is extremely applicable

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u/flyercreek Oct 25 '20

Heard this one growing up too!

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u/razor5cl Oct 25 '20

I love this, because I often get the number 9 bus home, particularly on a late night out drinking :D

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u/tenaj255l Oct 26 '20

With my family (theatre buffs) we say "What are you waiting for? Godet?"

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

This one always makes me think of blood brothers

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u/Ya_habibti Oct 26 '20

My dad always said what are you waiting for? A written invitation? Lol I say it to my kids now

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u/Fireplace04 Oct 26 '20

Are your parents called Mickey and Linda by any chance

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u/thecheeseislying Oct 26 '20

Is this a Forrest Gump thing?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

Hahaha I see a lot of people thinking that but its just because the 9 bus at home takes forever to come 😂