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(for those of you just joining, this is an offshoot from a discussion in the general shmooze thread)
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Definitely the Chassidish bus! The Yeshivesh bus will just be singing Abish Brodt songs the whole time and make for a very somber and depressing trip. The Modern bus will probably stuff up the toilet and everyone will be named Avi or Josh so it’ll be a very confusing and the Chassidish bus while being far from perfect will have the best food and nigunim (i could eat gala and matjas herring all day) and they probably will all be wearing baseball caps which look both hilarious and adorable on any Chassid.
Modern. I bet they have the best entertainment 😉
Lemony
The herring? A weeks drive? The smell…
Sacrilege
Taka you’re right! Oh well, you could always freeze dry.
LEMONYSNICKET!!!! I’M OBSESSED WITH A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS!!!!!
emoti
lol you’re not the only one 🙂
pietrasychomollaviadelrechiotemexity!!
(trivia – what does this mean, NO CHEATING!!)
The MO bus. For kicks. That’s why I’m traveling, no?
I vote for the Chassidish bus as well. With such a long trip, the food and song will be very important. If the “catering” that I encounter during my weekly class at Chabad is any example, then the bus trip should be like a wedding banquet. Also by the end of the trip I figure I will have retained many new and lively tunes – perhaps even a few dance steps. I don’t know exactly how much dancing one can do in the aisle of a bus, but where there is a will there is a way. Beeri, beeri, bim, bom – I can hear it all now. When do we leave???
I would say the MO bus. It would be the quietest ride. Everyone would have brought their own entertainment either books, ipods, or dvds. They would all have good personal hygiene so they would all smell good. And they probably had their food packed properly in containers and coolers. Or they are all on diets with only shakes and protein bars so no smelly foods.
So I make that choice now because I am in availus. I am not looking to mingle at this time. I am not looking to be a part of a crowd. I am not looking for noise. I am looking for peace and quiet and to find my inner voice and to reflect on my own thoughts and feelings. And maybe also to relax if that is what the trip is about.
All of a sudden Jews are leaving New York? In that case, I’m staying!
lemony and emoticon- i used to be obsessed with those too then i moved on. (the count was too mean for me:)
BP totty- why bedavka from NY to LA?
After having the taken the NY-Montreal bus on a motzei shabbos, the chassidish bus is definitely out. When you say the yeshivish bus, do you mean guys in yeshiva or guys who left yeshiva full time and have degrees and work at professional companies. I would take the latter but would take MO over the first.
I would take the quiet bus.
I commute with enough annoying people who think that you are plotzing to hear the bass coming out of their ipod. No thanks on a cross country trip.
emoti- i have no idea :p haha
Blinky – lol yup the count is pure evil. Lemony ain’t all that bad though
any bus, a good set of earplugs, and a good book. When are we leaving.
BPT- put me on any bus that you wish, but count me in! I would chose the bus that you and Dr. Pepper are on!
The yeshivish bus would have cigarettes stuffed in the toilet/sink after half an hour.
I definitely wouldn’t want to be on the chassidish bus – I imagine they’d bring cholent and kugel along. A bus full of chassidim eating cholent with only one bathroom? Sorry, not for me!
The modern bus would show a movie during the drive, which I don’t mind.
I was going to say modern because they have the best movies but Sacrilege beat me to it, and I guess one could always watch some on an iPad anywhere anyway! 😉
Phrum
I wont have the Ipad unless *someone* gives it to me before this trip…
SY bus forsure> a bunch of rollers. we”ll get there quicker> oopps the sy’s will private jet there.
im in LA already. No need to make such complicated decisions lol
If I had the choice, I’d rather take a plane with all my friends than travel on a bus full of random people. Or I just wouldn’t go.
lemony – ‘i haven’t the faintest idea of what is going on here’ (her first word back from the hospital, and her comment in the eighth book about klaus’s bedsheet rope situation (? – not sure aobut that last part)
and i didn’t cheat
last read them like 4 years ago
hello! i LOVED count olaf; he was my favorite character!! i was so sad at the end cuz he died…
Sacrilege
So nu? For when is my Shabbos invitation?
PS
Shavua tov to everyone! Where’s the Maleve Malka?
Phrum
It’s a standing open invite!
Sacrilege
Great! I have plans already for Shabbos Mevarchim and I may be in China for the following Shabbos, but if not (and I hope to put that trip off till afterwards) Vayeitzei would work great, with Vayishlach in reserve if needed. Mods, please give Sacrilege my email address. Thanks!
Phrum
China?! Hold on a sec, did you go to Darche Noam?
Sacrilege
I did not. Did you?
Phrum
Not unless I was masquerading as a guy… Although now that I think about it, that doesnt seem like such a bad idea.
BP Totty- the books we are talking about are a series called A tale of unfortunate events or something like that, and the author is Lemony Snicket. Basically it was a story of a family of orphans who live by their mean uncle and a lot of unfortunate things happen to the family- they have it in the library.
Now I have a question- Coke said she’ll go on the bus with you and doc- I thought it is a one gender bus? (Ok maybe your female bec you wear a sh. tichel) but i got the impression that doc. was male- so is it one gender or not cuz if its not i would join coke on your bus;)
BPT- you are very original that you even thought of this one! I like this idea but not the same-gender part of it! I want to be on the bus with you and and doc…. I think that one will have a combination of the best food and the most entertainment. Keep me posted about when we are leaving. I just need a few days notice so I can let my boss know!
Girls’ bus can be quite dull too all they talk about is clothing, shopping….etc.
BPT
Count me in.
Sacrilege
Hence the humor, Yentl!
BPT
Ever drive through the Hamptons? You can spot a few Lamborghinis. Niiiiiice.
Sacrilege
I’m sure the guys must love talking to you on dates, you know your booze and cars.
You’ve got to admit, some muscle cars serve no purpose at all (except to show off- and all you’re showing off is how much money you sank on your car). Anything you can do with your Lambo/Maser/Ferrari/Porsche on public roads, I can do with a Vette or even a Camaro. Ok, you’d beat me out of a light by a fraction of a millisecond, but beyond that you never get to USE any of the vast available power*.
If you’ve got private roads and a private track, fine, that’s different. Go drive as fast as you can in circles.
*Note: I recall a famous political figure was asked about his Ferrari by reporters (assuming that they were cornering him into admitting to breaking traffic laws with it). His clever reply was to the effect of “the law may be you can’t drive faster than 65mph, but it doesn’t say how quickly you can get up to that speed out of a tollbooth”. Nevertheless, the difference between a Ferrari and a Vette in this regard is modest. The price difference is not.
Squeak, Squeak, Squeak…
Youve been living in Brooklyn far too long (do you?)
Imagine driving down the PCH at 120 MPH with the top down…
Besides, I’ll gladly take a Corvette or a Camaro, both of which come in at a cool 50K
WIY
I do try to give guys a good time, dating is stuffy enough as it is… I was going to say that I’ve never gotten in to the topic of booze, but now that I think back, I have! HA.
BPT
There is a place in Chester NJ where for 4 hours (and a meager $1,695) you spend 4 hours driving late-model exotic super cars. You drive 5 cars for 20-30 minutes each on a scenic road course, and then you rotate.
I wanted to get this for my father for his birthday, but unfortunately he works too hard and cant take the time… Hopefully for the big 6-0.
BTW, Blinky. Too bad you were’nt in the car yesterday. I was the only male and the rest of the passengers talked clothing / shopping all the way home from Monsey.
BPT- Gosh how did you manage that? I’m glad i wasn’t in the car!
I did live in Brooklyn, but not for too long (how could anyone live there too long?).
Anyway, you are essentially agreeing with my point. For 50 or 60K you can own as much muscle as you’d ever realistically be able to use. That amount of cash is not so unattainable for middle class folk. (Imagine a girl who works but lives with her parents because she isn’t married yet. A year of savings could buy one shiny black Vette – not red, of course – and completely turn the tables on the shidduch crisis).
BPTotty- maybe you and I will take a spin there one day. Do they allow day memberships?
squeak, jesse ventura said it and camaro is a muscle car.
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