Well, at least he gets 24 hours' notice. That's more than most of us get. All most of us get is 'Mind that bus', 'What bus?', splat! How's he taking it?

A day's warning becomes something to be grateful for in this dark joke. The imagined bus accident makes death sound brutally sudden, leaving almost no time to react. That contrast gives the ordinary language of notice an unsettling edge.

Context reviewed 24 September 2026