Murphy's Bus Laws

No matter who you sit next to, they will start a cell phone conversation about their Boyfriend or Mothers hospital operation. Sent by Anthony Sullivan

- Anthony Sullivan

Crystal's Law - If you wait for a long bus and decide to leave the station, the bus will arrive just as you're too far away to catch it. Sent by DaeDream28@aol.com

- DaeDream28@aol.com

When walking to a bus stop, if you look back to see if the bus is coming, it won't. If you don't look back, the bus will pass you as you reach the bus stop. Sent by Edson

- Edson

Every dork wants a stupid conversation and won't get off the bus. Sent by pjwmail@ntlworld.com

- pjwmail@ntlworld.com

No one has the correct change. Sent by pjwmail@ntlworld.com

- pjwmail@ntlworld.com

When you're behind time, you always get every learner driver in front of you, and every light is red. Sent by pjwmail@ntlworld.com

- pjwmail@ntlworld.com

The last person on the bus always wants the previous stop. Sent by pjwmail@ntlworld.com

- pjwmail@ntlworld.com

Corollary: Buses traveling in exactly opposite directions go empty. Sent by Swaminathan P.

- Swaminathan P.

Irrespective of time and route, the city buses are always crowded.

If you must take a bus, there's a strike. Sent by dizzy@campus.ie

- dizzy@campus.ie

If you are late to the bus station, the bus will be on time. sent by Henk

- Henk

Corollary: If you are late, the bus will be on time. Sent by Lonnie McLaughlin.

- Lonnie McLaughlin

If you are early, the bus will be late.

The bus schedule should be known as one of the most exquisitely creative and vividly imaginary forms of fiction ever devised by man. Sent by Francoboom.

- Francoboom

Chat with a pretty girl, or light a cigarette, and the bus will arrive immediately. Sent by Francoboom.

- Francoboom

If you light a cigarette to hurry the bus's arrival, it will be late. Sent by Yehuda Dodo.

- Yehuda Dodo

Comment: It also applies to taxis. Comment by Elias Stroulias.

- Elias Stroulias

If you light a cigarette, the bus will come. Sent by Karacourt@aol.com.

- Karacourt@aol.com

You've been waiting for the bus for a long time, so you light a cigarette, and then here comes the bus. Sent by Arthur Caldwell.

- Arthur Caldwell

The more times you ask the driver to tell you when to get off the bus, the greater the chance he won't. Sent by The Sorokman.

- The Sorokman

If you catch the last bus of the day, it leaves two minutes earlier. Sent by The Sorokman.

- The Sorokman

The first bus from your route will always appear in the opposite direction. Sent by The Sorokman.

- The Sorokman

The hotter it is outside, the greater the chance that there is no air conditioning. Sent by The Sorokman.

- The Sorokman

The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes before you reach the bus stop. The bus you take is always ten minutes late. Sent by what'd ya say?

- what'd ya say?

If two or more bus routes go to one stop, at least one of each of the others will arrive before the one you want. Sent by Rene Chenier.

- Rene Chenier