midnight
Pee-wee shouted . Pretty soon all of us were singing : `` We stood on the bridge at midnight , We stood on the bridge at midnight , We stood on the bridge at midnight . '' Then somebody sang : `` We came near getting a bunk , We came near getting a bunk . '' Then we all sang : `` We stood on the bridge at midnight , We came near getting a bunk ; We came near getting a bunk ; We came -- '' `` We flashed them POTS ! '' Pee-wee yelled . `` Now we 're on our way to Flimdunk , '' Westy said . So pretty soon this is what we were all singing : `` We stood on the bridge at midnight , We came near getting a bunk ; We flashed them POTS for an S -- O -- S , Now we 're on our way to Flimdunk . ''