February 17, 2010 9:58 am

Old white guy knocks out black guy on an Oakland bus

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Premise: A loud-mouthed ghetto guy starts verbally sparring with a white guy claiming to be 67-years-old. The old white guy tries to move away, not wanting things to escalate with the black guy. They continue exchanging words and…well, as Al Michaels once said, DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?

I’m not sure what the deal is with fighting on a Bay Area bus; first it was a black lady and a Chinese lady, now a black guy and an old white guy. It’s like the Mod Squad was having a secret Fight Club in the basement. But look at that video above and the one I linked in this paragraph…what’s the common denominator? Think really hard. That’s right: Buses. Buses are always starting problems, what with their loud engines and big mufflers and how they’re noisy when you’re trying to watch a movie.

Anyway, good for that old guy. He’s proving that old people can do more than soil themselves and passively remind us of our own mortality. They can also remind us of our mortality by beating us about the face until we taste our own blood. Empowerment!

UPDATE: According to Reddit, the elderly guy is a Vietnam vet named Thomas Bruso with a history of violent behavior, even once getting tased and dragged out of an Oakland A’s game. That said, he still did punch that guy pretty good. You take the good with the bad.