Exercises in Seinfelt

Elaine is taking the bus back across town, again, with arm-loads of Peterman’s dry cleaning. At every stop, she tries to get off, saying “excuse me” from behind all the pressed suits but none of the other passengers can hear her, and, trying not to wrinkle Peterman’s suits, Elaine resigns herself to a spot at the back of the bus until later in the morning when the morning commute rush has died down. She’s crossed town four times so far.

In front of Tom’s Restaurant, George and Jerry get onto Elaine’s bus. George hates public transit and is unwilling to touch anything or anyone but Jerry, who he keeps jostling in clumsy attempts to avoid contacting any other bus passenger, bus seat, or bus rail.

“Germs Jerry! Germs!”

At the next stop, Jerry, increasingly annoyed with George, spots an empty seat and takes it.

Elaine makes no attempt to get their attention because it’s more fun to watch George bouncing from surface to surface in the confined bus, screaming about germs and annoying .

Kramer

November 10th, 2013 5:23pm