The Girl in The Adjoining Seat

I was chatting with one of my friends the other day. Some days ago, to be exact. And while we were talking one topic popped up- 'Whenever I am travelling, I never find a hot member of the female species sitting next to me'. Okay, I have my expectations high. Lets modify it to 'Whenever I travel, I never find a good looking girl sitting next to me'. Forget about good-looking, I don't remember sitting next to a girl in any of the travels I have been (ages>40 and <16 excluded). And I was glad to know that the same stuff had happened with her too. She complained of the shortage of 'cute looking guys' on the adjoining seat while I go on and on with girls. She once even spotted some 'cute stuff' and was praying to God to bestow him as her companion. Her prayers were answered. God sent a priest to sit alongside her!!! :D (For details, see her blog).

Anyway, I was thinking about it and why it happens. Is it only me it happens to? I once heard that a good looking Assamese movie actress got hitched on a bus ride from point A to point B. I have travelled in the same bus numerous times (not with the express intent of getting hitched, though it'll be welcome ;)) and the only companions I was blessed with were some fat, portly guy smelling of sweat; some guy reeking of alcohol and cigarette smoke (i hate cigarette smoke and i prefer if the smell of alcohol is on my breath! :)) and the like. Nowadays they have made most of the buses 2x1 seaters and single passengers like me always end up being dumped on those single seats. Though it avoids the problem of unwanted companions, I can't help regretting when a real 'babe' boards the bus (and ultimately lands up on a seat right next to a gruesome old guy :(). How unfair!!!

Sometimes it feels like the world is plotting against you. In the words of SRK in OSO (with little modifications, of course): 'Tum agar kisi cheez ki tamanna karo, to saari qaynaat tumhe usse door rakhne me jut jaati hain. Ye bus journeys hamari filmon ki tarah nahi hote mere dost, ant tak kuch bhi thik nahi hota. Aur kyunki kuch bhi thik nahi hota bas yahi aas rahti hai dil me- journeys abhi baaki hai mere dost! Kya pata kab kuch ho jaaye!!!'

Hope you guys have fared better. If not, good luck!