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csziggy

(34,120 posts)
15. Now THAT's a bus plunge!
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:05 PM
May 2021

For a while, I think it was back in the 1980s, there were a series of headlines about buses plunging off the sides of mountains, over cliffs, and so forth. I never understood why so many different sources used"plunge" for these accidents, but in my mind it was sort of a running sick joke.

It's still going on! From YouTube:

TOURIST BUS PLUNGES INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN

Dramatic video shows bus plunge off bridge

Bus plunges off cliff in Peru


And more. Yes, I know this is sort of sick, as I said, but the same words in headlines for over thirty years is bizarre.

A billboard for the infrastructure bill. nt yaesu May 2021 #1
Or if you're a Republican, for ANOTHER tax cut for the rich peppertree May 2021 #4
Obviously, Biden broke the bridge to prove a point... Probatim May 2021 #2
I can hear it now: 'Crackgate' peppertree May 2021 #3
GOP will pray the crack away with tax cuts for the wealthy. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #5
It took me more than one article to find out Warpy May 2021 #6
After we get rid of places named for Confederates, we should look at Conquistadors. N/T OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #7
+1 peppertree May 2021 #10
I was gonna say -- "Wait, did anyone ask Native Americans about this ?" nt eppur_se_muova May 2021 #26
Nothing to see here, no need for infrastructure howardmappel May 2021 #8
+1 peppertree May 2021 #11
Now THAT's a bus plunge! csziggy May 2021 #15
I recall that. It was in National Lampoon, if I recall correctly. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 #18
Sure. Bus plunges are almost a fact of daily life in Peru and Bolivia. peppertree May 2021 #21
Neil Bush: Silverado ripoff cost taxpayers $1.6 billion Kid Berwyn May 2021 #9
And like Trump, he too benefited from a corrupt AG: peppertree May 2021 #12
Goes back to Nixon, Prescott Bush's chum. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #19
was not a crack ! whole box beam broke in 2 . slp -get it rite . saw pictures!! monkeyman1 May 2021 #13
Thank you. The media will often downplay these things. peppertree May 2021 #14
yepper ! sick of the media . monkeyman1 May 2021 #17
Video with image of broken beam csziggy May 2021 #16
Good God. peppertree May 2021 #20
Not even a beam, appears to be the tension member of a tied arch Strelnikov_ May 2021 #22
Nevertheless, the Arkansas and Tennessee Congressional delegations will vote against infrastructure. TomSlick May 2021 #23
Absolutely. They're all committed secessionists - theyd rather shoot their moms than help the nation peppertree May 2021 #24
it's easier just flip a damn coin ! monkeyman1 May 2021 #25
Just keep using it until it collapses. Only a couple of hundred people will die for the sake of the keithbvadu2 May 2021 #27
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