So, how do I occupy myself on my upcoming bus trip?

[Dommin]

I'm moving from Maine to Georgia...on a bus. Yeah. This brings so many problems in and of itself it's amazing, but here's the main problem:

I'm going to be on a bus for a day and six hours, and I don't trust my fellow riders enough to sleep. What the fuck do I do? I have no laptop, portable DVD player, or any portable music devices. All I can think of is to pack a few books.

Any other ideas?

[Mockery]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/greyhound-bus-beheading-s_n_172224.html
:picklehat

[Dommin]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/greyhound-bus-beheading-s_n_172224.html
:picklehat

Okay, so...

THE GREAT BIG LIST OF THINGS TO DO ON THE BUS.

1) Behead People.

[Zhukov]

26 hours on a plane squeezed in between a Spaniard and an Italian with no book was a very uncomfortable flight.

The return flight I packed a few books. I couldn't read the same book from cover to cover but I did manage to finish one with breaks, and reading other things.

Books.

[Zomboid]

Ha, yeah, the beheading. I was on a Greyhound bus around that time, too. The Canadian media had fun with that one.

[Guitar Woman]

Why not read the books I am currently reading, and in doing so vicariously live as Guitar Woman for a day and a quarter!

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Fear and Loathing: Campaign Trail '72 By Hunter S. Thompson
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Failing that, you could always ingest copious amounts of psychoactive drugs to tide you over during your travels. Kratom is pretty awesome if you have a spare 30 dollars lying around. Buy it at your local herbarium!

[Tadao]

I was on a 30 hour Greyhound once. I'm sure you're gonna sleep most the time whether you like it or not.

[Fathom Zero]

I was on a thirty-six hour bus to Chicago this year for Lollapalooza. I was afraid to sleep. It was $235, roundtrip.

PRO-TIP: A plane costs exactly the same amount. I could've gotten it next-day. If I had the money far enough ahead, I could've gotten a round trip plane to Chicago Midway for $97.

[Wiffles]

sing 9999999 bottles of beer on the wall, you'll be there before the song is done ^.^

[Tadao]

One way to not have a problem on the bus is to NOT LOOK LIKE A CRY BABY VICTIM.

[captain516]

I like to doodle on long trips. Try that.

[Zhukov]

One way to not have a problem on the bus is to NOT LOOK LIKE A CRY BABY VICTIM.

:lol


Also, why are people taking buses when there are other options available? Idiocy.

[Tadao]

IDK how FZ paid so much, greyhound had a thing that was 85 bucks anywhere in the U.S. I took the bus to see my dad cause I had to leave the car for my wife to use and a plane ticket was gonna be 600 round trip. The smaller the airport the more expensive it is :(

[Evil Robot]

Just make sure you sit in the right section of the bus once you get to eorgia, you know how them peoples is.

[Dommin]

:lol


Also, why are people taking buses when there are other options available? Idiocy.

Because the bus only costs 70 bucks. I'm a poor bastard.

[Evil Robot]

You could walk with a bindle.

[Fathom Zero]

IDK how FZ paid so much, greyhound had a thing that was 85 bucks anywhere in the U.S. I took the bus to see my dad cause I had to leave the car for my wife to use and a plane ticket was gonna be 600 round trip. The smaller the airport the more expensive it is :(

$235. With a 10% discount for having military ID. The plane would've cost me as much if I went up to the counter and bought one right before it left. >:

[Tadao]

Greyhound or was it someone else like Amtrak?

[Esuohlim]

I was on a 27-hour bus ride to Florida once.

And I'm a pussy who gets carsick reading books.

It fucking sucked. Just fall asleep, seriously. Even if you do get killed you'll never know it happened anyway.

[Fathom Zero]

Greyhound or was it someone else like Amtrak?

Greyhound with the worst fucking people in the universe. They all wanted to act like we're a team, since they were gonna be on the bus two, but I was like fuck you.

[ChrisGlass]

My ex once wanted to save a buck or two. Instead of flying from Calgary to Seattle, she flew from Calgary to Vancouver, and took a bus from Vancouver to Seattle.

I wasted a day waiting for her late bus to arrive and she was grumpy from the trip and was moody for like a week because of it.

Anything you save in money is taken otherwise.

Otherwise to occupy your time, on the cheap, I'd read newspaper comics, advice columns, etc. Or go by a Gamestop and get a GameBoy for dirt cheap. (I prefer a PSP, if you can afford it, just because you can load up podcasts, movies, music, games and TV shows on it, but that takes a lot of time and money)

[Fathom Zero]

It's not worth the money to be that miserable wherever you end up going.

[DonkeyRyan]

I knew the guy that was beheaded on the greyhound bus. It happened in my Province!

[Tadao]

I enjoyed my time on the bus, you guys are pussies.

[Babs]

Listen to Billie Holiday and bring some of the spiciest cigars.

[Lord Lonic]

Get plenty of diapers so you won't have to use the toilet

[Darryl]

When I'm travelling, I have a hard time with books. I always get some magazines. That's the only time I ever read magazines. You could even borrow some magazines from your library in Maine and then mail them back when you get to GA.

You could also do some writing.
Try this Story Spinner. Write down a few of the results and then work on them on the trip. All you need is a pen and a 50c notebook.
http://www.bonnieneubauer.com/ssonline.shtml

You could write out some goals. For example, you could write out where you'd like to see yourself in five years, and then work on a plan to get there.

[executioneer]

plan out a d&d campaign, make sure to bring all your sourcebooks

[Evil Robot]

Kick the seat in front of you for a day or so

[Zhukov]

plan out a d&d campaign, make sure to bring all your sourcebooks

Which edition Willie? 3.5 or 4?

[executioneer]

ive only actually got books for ad&d 2nd edition :-[

[ChrisGlass]

Ooh, for books.
http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Endlessly-Engrossing-Bathroom-Reader/dp/1607100363/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261041159&sr=8-1
Get these. Bathroom readers. Tons of mindless shit to read. Short articles hold your attention long enough before ending. I always ask for these for Xmas.

[Babs]

You could decide to decapitate someone on the bus.

[executioneer]

someone made that joke already

[Babs]

Fuck that, I didn't know. DOES NOT COUNT

[kahljorn]

actually i would probably read vonneguht or phillip k dick on a bus cause they're among the only people i can read all day without stopping.
I read flow my tears the policeman said over night and i think i read the second part of the valis trilogy over night ;/

[Tadao]

Hahaha I read Galápagos on one of me Greyhound bus rides.

[kahljorn]

i havent read that one ;/ the most recent one i tried to read was slapstick and i kind of got grossed out by it ;/
also one time i read it out in public and this annoying guy kept looking over my shoulder and reading it and eventually he got up and walked away prolly cause he read some incestuous part.

[Tadao]

I'm supposed to read slapstick one day, I didn't know it was like that. I just heard about his sister and the stairs. Galápagos is probably very tame compared to all of his books, but it's the only one I've read so IDK.

[kahljorn]

the main character (who is a gigantic mongoloid) and his gigantic mongoloid sister have gross sex to become a genius a few times in the book and its described in some detail.
like rubbing their crotches together and drooling everywhere lol.

[Tadao]

:lol

the title is misleading

[Fathom Zero]

Sounds pretty hot.

[Tadao]

I wonder if he had his little adventure yet.

[Fathom Zero]

I was thinking that. It's been almost two weeks since it was started.

[Esuohlim]

Slapstick is the worst novel Vonnegut wrote

[Pram Maven]

1. Pretend to draw word bubbles with your finger around the things other people on the bus say.

2. If someone asks you a question, try to answer with only verbs, numbers, and directions to the nearest place to ask for directions.

3. If what passes for a bathroom is full, urinate into a cup and pretend to drink it after dropping some ice cubes and sugar packets in (stir with a bendy toy).

4. Close one eye with the other open, close the other eye while opening the first eye, and repeat 1440 times per second. If the lady who fetches you cookies n' sh** asks what you're doing, tell her "I'm making you look like a crappy old movie".

5. Hum "Star Guitar" by the Chemical Brothers while whipping your head back and forth in time to the music as you stare out the window.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Coloring book