Did anyone else see that?
In a previous job, I occasionally had to work on Saturday mornings. The bus journey into work was normally rather quiet as any sane person was still in bed at 7.30 a.m, so I was usually sitting on an almost empty bus whilst half asleep.

Approaching a junction just before my stop, a traffic warden signalled for the bus to stop. After sitting for 5 minutes, with no apparent reason for the delay, a man jogged accross the path of the bus in full Santa Claus outfit complete with a sack of toys. I looked around the bus to see if anyone was seeing this or if I was imagining it in my slightly hungover and sleep deprived state. The other two commuters on the bus were both staring out of the window in the opposite direction. I glanced at the driver who seemed completely unfazed by the incident. The traffic warden then waved the bus on, and I was left to believe that my brain had concocted the whole thing.

The next morning, there were pictures in the newspaper of a 'charity Santa run' which had taken place on the Saturday (I assume the guy I had witnessed was in the lead by a fair margine at the time). So it turns out that this event was not 'random' in any way. Certainly the strangest thing I've ever seen on a normally unremarkable commute though.
( greg_evigan is possibly deceased on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 15:43, Reply)