Top Ten Things Overheard On Swindon's Buses Last Week ; 223

A 1981 VRT in Badgerline livery. 5531 (EWS 739W) at the Bristol Harbourside Rally in May. This picture is used with the kind permission or Rob McCaffery, who's excellent Transport Illustrated site is highly recommended, click here for more.

Click here for the original at this brilliant idea, here's our own version for Swindon's buses from last week.

10. Well it's big enough for the job at hand.

9. I see you getting to the top, turning around and running out through the fire escape.

8. Standby for inaction.

7. They moved them into the left-hand lane, which, since it's being used for a contraflow led to a sudden and unexpected problem.

6. It's a bigger responsibility than when I had to look after them cats for the weekend.

5. Don't sit there, I just saw a rat come out of there.

4. Grab your purse and we'll increase the national debt at lunchtime.

3. She's moving into soft furnishings, which will be a clever move when the weather gets colder.

2. Move your leg before your soles melt on the hot pipe.

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. They only keep asking her out because there's no other girl for 2 floors and 7 departments in the building.

Overheard something we've missed? Then email swindoncentric@gmail.com or leave a comment and your phrase could make it onto next weeks list!

Top Ten Things Overheard On Swindon's Buses Last Week ; 222

The type of bus and colours seen on the Swindon and District bus fleet in Swindon, which was taken over by Stagecoach in the early nineties. Seen here in red and cream a Leyland Titan 110 (GNF 10V) at the Bristol Harbourside Rally in May. This picture is used with the kind permission or Rob McCaffery, who's excellent Transport Illustrated site is highly recommended, click here for more.

Click here for the original at this brilliant idea, here's our own version for Swindon's buses from last week.

10. Take his teeth out and hide them in strategic locations around the house.

9. Don't be so sympathetic, it comes across as desperate.

8. Try and look normal, I know it's hard.

7. You need a theme, you can't just be efficient from now until the day you retire.

6. I said take it outside, which was an ironic thing to say in a tent.

5. 'Morning', that was all I said and she jumps down my throat and slaps me about the chops.

4. It must have been difficult working with an award-winning idiot for two weeks.

3. I expected less cheek, but what can you get from a man that wears those dirty shoes.

2. We've exhausted your appetite for hummus, what next?

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. There seems a distinct lack of interest in my legs, which has never happened before.

Overheard something we've missed? Then email swindoncentric@gmail.com or leave a comment and your phrase could make it onto next weeks list!