Brandelyn: Lyrical Contradiction

Okay…we all know about my various adventures on the buses here in the bay area…um…yesterday, I was not actually ON the bus, but it was clear that I was meant to witness this moment in TOMFOOLERY HISTORY…

I was walking down the street, on my way to meet my girl. It was 94 degrees yesterday and I was loving EVERY single moment of it!!! So I’m just walking, letting the sun plant kisses on my face, enjoying the quiet of the Thursday afternoon. There is a bus coming up the street, seemingly minding its own business. All of a sudden, this non-descript white van comes tearing up the street, running a red light and pulls up next to the bus. The driver is cussing and screaming through his passenger window at the bus driver, just acting a fool! SO the van screeches to a halt in the middle of the street, slightly blocking off the bus, all while the driver continues to cuss and scream. The bus driver then slides his window open and in a very calm voice says...

            BUS Driver: “What. are you doing?”

            VAN Driver: “F you! You F’ing Bastard…(screams some other stuff I can’t remember)”

            BD: “Look man, move your car so I can go on about my way.”

            VD: “F You! You F’in Black…”

The world froze at that moment as we waited for him to finish his sentence.

            VD: “Bastard!!!!!”

At this point, the bus turns off, and the bus driver gets off the bus and practically sprints to the driver side of the van. (Mind you this still all going on in the MIDDLE of the street!) He gets to the driver side and tries to open the door. Now of course the man inside has rolled up the windows and locked the door.

            BD: Oh, now you’re scared? Open the door. Come one open the door and face me like a man. I’ll show you what a black bastard is…Come on!

            VD: Mumbles something through the window’s glass.

            BD: Come on!! Come on out. Don’t tell me you’re scared. Come on out!

At this point, it is clear that the van driver has two choices. He can either get out fight this large black man, OR drive away.

            He drove away.

However, the Bus driver was standing near the van and was almost hit by the wheels as the VD tried to drive away. So the driver of the bus kicked the van, extremely hard, no doubt leaving a dent. The Van driver, who had positioned his van in such a way that was blocking the bus in, clipped the bus with his van as he attempted to drive away, leaving his mirror in the middle of the street.  The bus driver then runs back to the bus, gets back inside and takes off.

Now the problem is that this particular bus is supposed to turn on a certain street in order to continue on its route, but apparently, today was not the day. So the bus driver continued going straight up the street, bypassing the street it was supposed to turn on and continued to smash, chasing after the van. And yes, in case you were wondering, there WERE people on the bus.

Um…yes. This is yet another moment in TOMFOOLERY AND BALLYWHO history!