# "I think it was called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330 "2010-08-05T21:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/41 "2010-08-08T12:07:23Z")
Despite the OP’s starting premise, this has moved pretty well away from Cafe Society material, so I’m going to move it over to, um, yanno, the other forum I moderate. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/42 "2010-08-08T17:25:47Z")
My mom used to have a boss who was famous for these… “What do you call those little brown things in chocolate chip cookies?” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/43 "2010-08-08T18:10:22Z")
My mom was giving a buffet. I asked if she was going to get “those frilly things. You know, hors d’oeuvre…uh…uh…” I could think of “hors d’oeuvre” but not “toothpicks.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/44 "2010-08-09T00:38:36Z")
When I was in junior high, my school put on a production of _Our Miss Brooks_. For those not familiar with it, it’s structured around a play-within-a-play: Teacher Miss Brooks and her class are putting on a play. Well, come opening night, one of my classmates forgot her line. The line in question? “I’ve forgotten my line!”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/45 "2010-08-09T00:55:18Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > I forgot “groom” today. I said, “Not the bride, but the guy.” The…um…er…the Broom? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/46 "2010-08-09T01:54:45Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > > [@Dante](#): > > > > Your daughter is an idiot. Everyone knows squid have ten testicles.😃 > > Technically, squid have _two_ testicles and eight, er, whaddaya call 'em… ah… like legs, but they go on the other side… ar-something… arrppendages…? No, not that… armoires? Arachnids? Oh damn, I can’t remember!! Technically only **some** squids have two testicles and **some** squids have no testicles. I’m guessing the average is somewhere around one testicle per squid. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/47 "2010-08-09T02:06:09Z")
Only sort of relavent . . . For reasons forgotten in the mists of time, I was listening to/participating in a discussion of state capitals we had known/lived in/whatever. A comment was made about Minneapolis being the Cool City, and St. Paul being the Capitol City (of Minnesota). Someone else claimed that state capitols are _often_ not the cool city. Guy Three said “Oh really? What about Chicago?” with clear disbelieve that a Chicago native would not claim Chicago to be cool. “Chicago is . . . NOT the capitol of Illinois” Guy Three knew that, really, he’d just forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/48 "2010-08-09T02:59:45Z")
This happened just last week. Still wondering where my brain was: Me (holding up house key): Where’s the other one of these. . .these things? Friend: :dubious: Me: You know, this thing! Friend: You mean, the KEY? Me: Yeah, that’s the word. A few months ago, I had this conversation with another friend: Friend: What percentage is 98 out of 100? Me: You’re kidding, right? Friend: … Me: Let me think. What _per cent_ is 98 out of ONE HUNDRED. . . Friend: :smack::smack: Holy crap. Don’t tell anyone. Yeah, you bet I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/49 "2010-08-09T03:05:32Z")
I worked with a nurse from Belarus and she was studying to get her TOEFL and then her Canadian Nursing exam done. She would ask me about words she encountered and we would explain the meaning to her. Her English was pretty good but some nouns especially had escaped her What is Weeeg? When I figured out she meant “wig” I drew a blank on how to explain it. I kept pointing to my head and saying “but not real” then finally … the definition. A hair hat! ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/50 "2010-08-09T03:35:34Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > > [@Tanbarkie](#): > > > > Technically, squid have _two_ testicles and eight, er, whaddaya call 'em… ah… like legs, but they go on the other side… ar-something… arrppendages…? No, not that… armoires? Arachnids? Oh damn, I can’t remember!! > > Technically only **some** squids have two testicles and **some** squids have no testicles. I’m guessing the average is somewhere around one testicle per squid. I was about to ask, in all seriousness, how many gonads squids _do_ have (I know some lower animals only have one, not sure if cephalopods are among them). What came out of my brain was “In all seriousness, how many squids does a testicle have?”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330/51 "2010-08-09T04:01:38Z")
My coworker and I had apparently attended one too many cable installation classes when we got into a discussion of fruit plants and how they are propagated. Unable to remember the word “grafting,” he got the point across with “…you know, when they splice trees!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-was-called-the-bus-that-couldnt-slow-down/549330.md?page=2)