A group of schoolboys at the bus-stop awaiting the bus home after a week at school. Some horse-play and some jostling for position at the top of the queue.
The bus arrives, fairly full. All get on but not all get a seat.
Jimmy Second-Class was lucky to get a seat. Johnny Fourth-Class did not but was in no way worried. He goes straight over to Jimmy Second-Class saying ‘I am older than you. Give up that seat to me as required by the sign.’
P.S. This caused some discussion at my conversational Irish group – particularly the use of “Tabhair suas”. This is a literal translation of “Give up” but is not an expression used in Irish. I suppose it does get the message across. | “aostach, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). Old person.” “na n-aosach |