The engine is dead.

I was on a commuter rail train from Boston to the sticks the other day when the train came to an abrupt stop. I was pretty absorbed in my smutty magazine/Ipod so didn't think much of it until ten minutes or so had passed.  Another ten go by before the train man comes on and says the engine is dead, hold on folks! I immediately thought about how I had to pee because really, when do I not have to pee.  Ten minutes later and people are getting awfully antsy, putting in phone calls to get picked up, all that jazz.  Train man comes on to say that the engine is very dead and he'll be in touch with more info.  Every fifteen minutes or so he'd come on and basically say the same thing.  After an hour we switch trains.  I sit down next to some college kid who works for the duck tours and is chatting to me about Adam Sandler being a dick, customer service hoopla, and how he refuses to work on the weekends. I told him that I had to go to the bathroom, not sure why, and also how I always end up sitting backwards on trains. I never can get a seat going forward.  It's very life representing life, like a metaphor or something.  He gets off and a girl sits next to me who I also felt the need to tell that I had to pee. Once again, not sure why. Evidently to me this is the equivalent to talking about the weather. But seriously, does no one else have to pee on this train?? I find this very difficult to believe.  Anyway.  The girl is happy she is alive because one time she was on a plane that caught on fire and she was fairly certain the train was going to explode.  I told her maybe our bad luck canceled each other out.  I also told her that at least she has a story to tell now, she could write a book.  She was into the idea, said she'd get on it when she got home.  In five minutes, we pepped each other up and about our lives.  Lots of: It was good to meet you. Yeah, life is totally good, it's fine. We're good. Things are going to work out! Nice talk! Good talk! It'll all work out.  No problem! Yup, have a good night! I hope you get to find a bathroom! Thanks! I'd like to go to the bathroom at some point! 


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