That is the name... of a bus stop. I found myself standing under this sign the other day, where I was waiting to transfer from one bus to another. At first, I was happy to have my new Palm so that I could just snap a quick picture of this interesting bus stop name. But then, it got me thinking about how bus stops here are named differently than they are named in the States.
In the States (at least in my experience), bus stops are usually named according to the intersection of streets. So, for example... if you're on a DART bus riding the #452 in Plano, you might get off at Parker and Alma (there's a Starbucks there, by the way). If you were in Santa Monica, riding the Big Blue Bus Line #2, you have a stop at Wilshire and 26th (yes - there is a Starbucks here as well).
Even in Vancouver, Canada, route #5 will stop at Robson and Thurlow (special bonus... there are 2 Starbucks at this intersection, diagonal from each other).
But... here in our fair city, only a few bus stops are named after the intersection where they're situated. The better part of bus stops are named after the building or buildings that are nearest to it. And so, we get cool names like the one I encountered on Sunday.
Passengers, please be willing to give up your seat to the elderly, the disabled, pregnant women, and those holding small children. Please do not smoke or spit on the bus. Next stop, the Nitrogenous Fertilizer Factory.
2 comments:
You really miss Starbucks, I can tell.
Now you got me thinking...doesn't fertilizer, by definition, have to have nitrogen? I'll have to look it up. Sofia and I had a conversation about that yesterday...well, about why it smelled like cow poop during our drive, "what is fertilizer? "what are chemicals? what is nitrogen"...and then she got bored of my answers. You think?!
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