$1.35 for cheap entertainment

Yesterday I got caught in the middle of a "You so Ugly, You..." battle between two Jr. High boys in the 92 bus toward Anacostia at 4 in the afternoon (you know the bus if you live in DC). These boys were hilarious - one at the front of the bus and the other at the back, yeah, a safe distance from which to insult somebody - and everyone on the bus was hushed to listen to their banter.

You so ugly, you look like a game that ran outta batteries

You so ugly, your momma don't even wanna look at you

You so ugly, your momma don't even have no baby pictures of you

("Awwwwwww....." the audience provokes.)

Your breath so smelly, your tongue wanna move outta your mouth

Your breath so smelly your toothbrush died

And so the banter went. I was actually listening to my iPod when the battle began... until the short kid standing next to me pointed at me and said "Awwwwwww!!!!!" Everyone around me was looking too, and I realized someone probably shouted something that ended with "...that white girl!" I took out an earbud to ask, "Huh?" but the kid had already gone back to his shouting match. Probably for the best. Anyway, it caught my attention.

Gotta love public transportation. I do. So much!