Such Irony!
The eventual bus driver gets splashed on the sidewalk, and it's all the fault of the little boy on the bike. The little boy had a nice Schwinn, did you notice that the back tire was a slick? The bike was a remake, not the original model, but life to that little boy was simple, no worries. That same woman almost runs the little boy down with a city bus, not on purpose though, the little boy is a little too carefree.
"You gonna tax the bathroom?", explains Harold. Not Harold Crick, but Harold the local in the bakery, who quickly informs the IRS agent that 22 is a prime number. Harold really starts living it up when he plays the guitar and sings in front of Ana Pascal, she was indecisive until she heard Harold's rendition of that beautiful tune by The Monkee's. I commend Ana for not pursuing the career path of Law, when her heart was really into baking, she is a great example of living life to the fullest. I thought it was neat that Harold was out running around trying to figure out how not to die, and his girlfriend Ana wasn't calling him on the phone or texting him constantly, he didn't stop to think about that.
At the end of Stanger than Fiction, It was Karen Eiffel who stated, “And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.” (Forster)