this is my first real post and i'm a bit nervous. please be patient. In a message dated 98-11-19 18:15:03 EST, you write: << Everyone must also have a story about somebody puking up at the back of a bus on a Saturday evening at 11pm. >> i have a story about when i was the one puking up at the back of a bus. when i was maybe 10 years old i was sent on a 4 hour greyhound bus ride to see my grandparents. it was during a strike so the bus was overcrowded by maybe a dozen of us(the air conditioning was broken during the 109 degree day as well). the bathroom had 3 people taking seats inside and the rest of us were sitting in the aisles. i was in the back of the bus where i met a nice young couple who had just eloped, a young man who was on his way to las vegas and was trying to become a professional boxer, and a recent immigrant from mexico in his 40's who kept trying to get me to marry him so he could get his green card. i didn't know what a green card was then, but the newlyweds and the boxer told me it was a bad idea. we spent the 9 hour ride sharing the peanut butter sandwiches and apples i had brought and washed them down with a bottle each of vodka and whiskey. so there i was 10 years old and silly drunk arriving in to town with my head out the bus window letting loose liquor soaked peanut butter sandwich bits on other cars. it was a funny thing that as soon as i turned around to introduce my new friends to my grandparents, they had disappeared. i always wonder if my boxer friend found his career. *alyssa marie* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+