So I’m on the bus this morning and the kids from down the road get on to go to school. They are about 14 or 15 I’d guess and sit at the back every morning being a source of joy and amusement* to everyone on the top deck. I’ve figured out from the various screaming that the two boys are called ‘Michael’ and ‘Marcus’ and one of the girls is called ‘Emma’. The rest of them I don’t have a clue. This morning they were reviewing for a religion test.
NamelessGirl: So, what’s apocalypse? er, ‘THE’ apocalypse
Marcus: oh yeah, that’s when uh, the 6 fellas on horses come
Michael: Four
Marcus: what?
Michael: There’s only four fellas on horses
Marcus: yeah, and they ride across the sky
Emma: what happens then?
Marcus: the world blows up
Michael: It’s the end of the world
Emma: So apocalypse is the end of the world??
Michael: yeah
Emma: ohhhhh (pause) So it hasn’t happened yet?
*this may not be entirely true
