There is something oddly spooky about being the only person on a bus. A slightly maniacal bus driver probably wouldn't help matters. Nice story, thouugh. :)

That would make a good film scene. It could be funny if he just up and said it without prompting and the lone passenger just started yanking on the "this is my stop" wire (what the hell is that this called?) for dear life. It could be the beginning of a very weird day for the passenger. Hmmm. Short film maybe?

Mike and I had this idea years and years ago about a movie that was just a stream of random things happening that were linked together at the end somehow. We never got very far with it, but that bus scene would probably fit into it perfectly.

I don't remember what we actually came up with, but the opening credits began with two men in a dimly lit room staring intently at a chess board that had not had any moves yet. There would be closeups of them, the board, them from the point of the view of the pieces, etc., etc. Then when the music and opening credits were over, they would continue to sit there quietly staring at the board. Finally, after some quiet and tense moments had passed, one man would slowly reach over and move a single pawn. The other man would grow furious, scream, knock the chess board over, and storm out of the house. He would pass someone sitting on a park bench that would have something happen to him, and it would just keep moving on from character to character until it came back around to the first man at the chess board.

Do you remember that, Mike?

Yes, I remember, but I think when we first envisioned it, lots of people would die in it. Looking back, it's funny that we had never seen "Slacker" before we came up with that, because that's basically what "Slacker" is about.

I thought the really violent one was a different idea. Ah, who knows? There were so many.