"get off the bus" threads: when did you get off the bus?

Blimey, between 2004 and 2010, 8 polls!

it's the sudden acceleration in the timeline that's worth noting

I propose a change where the server code appends ": When Did You Get Off The Bus?" to every thread title

You wait for a bus, then three come at once!

(soz)

voted for getting off the fucking bus, obv

also let's nuke ILM from orbit

plop

Bands That Only Lamers Cared About In The First Place - When Did You Get Off The Bus?

Get Off The Bus threads were pretty cool, but I think I'm starting to go off them now.

perpetua motion: thread to get off the community bus

Rupert Pupkin: "I can't believe this...I gotta go--I gotta catch a bus." Rupert Pupkin never got off the bus for anybody! (Ditto Kris Kross, who just missed theirs altogether.)

More srs...

There's only a select few that you could qualify for this kinda thread.

The Beatles : people stayed on for the duration, or were never on it.

The Stones: Wayyyy too long a career.

The majority: Sold a few of the debut, more of the third, then the next sold bigtime, then the next about half, then they disappeared, saleswise.

You could do Eminem, I suppose...

http://img.youtube.com/vi/l2q4NPa56v0/0.jpg

*rings bell*

Dec 18 2007: when Mark G got off the 'writing 'bus' with an apostrophe' bus

Black Sabbath: Seventh Star
Blue Oyster Cult: the firing of Al Bouchard
Rush: Signals
Iron Maiden: Blaze Bailey
Deep Purple: anything made during and after their '84 reunion
Alice Cooper: after he lost the original band

When did people start talking about getting 'thrown under the bus'? There's been a disturbing increase in the use of this phrase over the past 5 years.

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Urban Dictionary: throw under the bus7 posts - 7 authors - Last post: 10 Mar
to sacrifice some other person, usually one who is undeserving or at least vulnerable, to make personal gain.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...throw+under...bus - Cached - Similar

Beats me, is ths a replacement for "take one for the team" ?

no

I guess this is an American thing. I'm so fucking tired of hearing people use this phrase. And it's almost always stated by attention-seeking lowlifes.

Yeah, over here it's more about having back-up for your job role "what if you fell under a bus, where would we be then, ay?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijD5WLTGnYY

When did get off the bus threads jump the shark?

THIS IS THE ILM BUS

Hush that fuss. Everybody move to the back of the bus.

the Who: when did you get off the Magic Bus?

nice

When did people start talking about getting 'thrown under the bus'? There's been a disturbing increase in the use of this phrase over the past 5 years.
--Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res)

I noticed this too! I heard it first on Rock Of Love. I think reality tv contestants have been perpetuating this one

08 primaries

it's business-speak creeping into the wider lexicon, guys

that phrase has been floating around offices as a way of complaining about being someone's scapegoat for over a decade

started life as "thrown under a boss"

i feel like i heard rappers say "thrown under a bus" way before i heard office workers and reality show contestants say it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t6c9F5JE34

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The Police (featuring Sting, search enjin..) - When did you get off the bus?

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