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[juldea]

Yes folks, I don't live under a rock, I know that "riding the short bus" is generally used to imply someone is stupid/retarded. Since in most cases handicapped busses are shorter than regular busses, and [sarcasm] of course handicapped people are stupider than regular people. [/sarcasm]

I'm actually kind of insulted that some of you didn't think I knew that, but I'm weird like that. Please assume I have knowledge unless I say otherwise :P

Comments

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

Didn't mean to be insulting or anything, I was just a bit befuddled by the usage. Sorry...

[baronbrian.livejournal.com]

Sorry. No insult intended. *abases self*

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

I figured you knew what it meant. It would be totally weird for you to just magically come up with the phrase on your own.

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

The last line you wrote confuses me, though. How will you know you don't know, to say otherwise?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

um, I'll say "hey guys, I heard this phrase but I don't know what it means..."

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair (if there's any fairness at all in the use of that phrase), the non-handicapped retarded kids from my school district rode the short bus too. I always figure dit was so they didn't get picked on, riding the regular bus.

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

When I was in elementary school, I lived way north of my town in the middle of nowhere. Several other kids lived on the same road as me, so the school had a bus that came to get the country kids. There weren't many of us, so it was a shorter bus. I'm sure there were other short buses that went to other extreme areas to pick up farm kids. Anyway, to make a short story long, I rode a short bus to school. :-)

[eor1312.livejournal.com]

? really? i never saw any non-handicapped kids get off the short bus

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

Well, I remember at least one guy riding on the bus with the wheelchair kid at high school. He was in the Special Ed classes, but he wasn't disabled so far as I could tell. Walked a little funny, but that's it. I just assumed he rode the short bus because he would get made fun of on the regular bus.

[azadam.livejournal.com]

Now I feel bad. I guess I'll just have to ride the short bus by myself until I feel better.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

hahaha
you rule, Adam :)

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

Hey, I think I'll leave one more comment, just to stuff your inbox a little more full.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

it was noticed. *grin*