"Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944).
“
Bus driver, bus driver, the sirens have gone,
The bombs may come down, but the buses go on;
Bus driver, I know you won't think me a snobIf I whisper: "Bus driver, I don't want your job".
— A. P. Herbert
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Bus driver, bus driver, the sirens have gone,
The bombs may come down, but the buses go on;
Bus driver, I know you won't think me a snobIf I whisper: "Bus driver, I don't want your job"." in the context of ""Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About A. P. Herbert
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971) was an English humorist in many literary forms, a law-reform activist, and an independent M.P. representing Oxford University.
About A. P. Herbert
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971) was an English humorist in many literary forms, a law-reform activist, and an independent M.P. representing Oxford University.
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