Every time they had to stop for gas or something, some of the Pranksters would be wandering off and whenever it was time to leave, at least one Prankster could not be found. Hence the metaphor, “You’re either on the bus or off the bus.” Of course, no outsider had any idea what Kesey was talking about when he said that, because you had to have been on the bus that summer to get it… duh!
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