From the nations oldest public transit system

[minoanmiss]

I left my brain somewhere today and that has been the root of all my problems.


I am on the bus. Having lost an hour of my life because I assumed the orange line replacement shuttle bus would go to all orange line stopsps. I am an idiot. I also forgot about the existence of a green line stop that would have helpeded.


I may never return. Just like Charlie.

Comments

[lb_lee]

So what you're saying is, you left your brain on the orange line.

I will light candles in your memory. :P

Mori

[james]

Hopefully your brain is chipped and whoever finds it will be able to return it.

;-)

[minoanmiss]

*gigglr*

[bikergeek]

It may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston
It’s the brain that never returned

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

<3

[kayre]

I've always wondered why Charlie's wife didn't put a few nickels in one of the sandwiches. :)

And now I'll be singing all evening....

[brooksmoses]

I think kiya explains that conundrum with the observation that the Scollay Square station, where his wife meets him with the sandwiches, was Boston's "red light" district at the time of the song....

[cjsmith]

Right? And ohhhh earworm...!

[julian]

The MBTA's peculiarities (and it is QUITE peculiar that the shuttle doesn't go to all the stops) do not mean you are an idiot. Just for the record.

Also. Song. Waugh.

[gingicat]

The area that's being skipped is disallowed to tour buses, which is what the shuttles are, because it's the original narrow streets. (Think Freedom Trail.)

[julian]

Yah, I did find that out in the original spurt of information about the skippage.

I just think it's incumbent on the MBTA to find solutions so as to serve the areas they usually serve.

[princessofgeeks]

And his fate is still unlearned! He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston!

[stranger]

You beat me to it! This may replace my previous earworm (Rossini opera) now that it has been evoked. Just as well. Filks are so *immediate*, based on stuff I know about. I have in fact ridden a train under the streets of Boston, at least once, although I returned to my starting point just fine.

[jjhunter]

Oh no, I did exactly that the first week of this nonsense when I was coming back from out of state, and ended up taking an extra ride to Oak Grove because I didn't realize that Government Center would be the last stop for the orange line shuttle going from North Station.

It felt distinctly like drawing one of the worst cards in a board game and not only losing all my progress but going multiple stops back before where I started.

All my sympathy for the extra hour of transit cost. :(

[jjhunter]

p.s. for any of your readers who have not yet encountered it, I feel obligated to present the earworm that is the updated Charlie (Baker) on the MBTA version.

[minoanmiss]

You have made me feel SO much better.

*grateful hug*

[acelightning73]

I could PayPal you ten cents...

[ororo]

Now you citizens of Boston don't you think it's a scandal
that the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien!
Get Charlie off the MTAaaaayyyyyyy....