Mini Cabs From HellWe've all taken a dodgy cab in our time. One guy asked me to give him a back-rub in exchange for letting me off the fare. I was like, "here's the cash mate." Another chappy claimed to be Paddy Patel - a child actor from UK TV series Tuckers Luck - he drove like a speed freak and regaled me with stories that "playing a black Irish boy. England wasn't ready for it." So go on - tell us your worst and we'll tell the world.
[edit: for those confused by the term mini-cab, London has two sorts of taxis: highly regulated, licensed and salt-of-the-earth black cabs that you see in films and a whole bunch of unlicensed, uninsured, random cars driven by nutters who aren't supposed to pick up from the street (you have to phone for them). They are universally rubbish]
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rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Wed 26 May 2004, 21:44)
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not really a taxiI was playing rugby in Fiji and managed to have the fattest bloke on the team (fijians are huge, this guy was like a baby elephant but not nearly as cute) land on my arm... much pain followed. I went off the pitch and recovered in about an hour. Had to go to hospital just in case, and there was an ambulance there anyway for a mate who broke his collar bone.
So we drove for about 2 hours to the hospital with this weird gay (i'm a bloke despite the s/n), pedo type(slight exageration, but he was old and i'm young) ambulance driver touching my leg every 2 minutes. Got to the hospital only to be prodded twice and told i was fine (something i already knew).
Then got driven back to the hotel (another 2 hours) with same driver trying to seduce me once again. Then saw that Jenifer Lopez woman (the one with the big arse) and that boring actor bloke boyfriend, Ben somethingorother, of hers checking in to same hotel. Was worse because the staff wouldn't let me get pissed that night, bastard school trips.
Still nice to see how much worse the NHS could be and actually saw the island (rest of the team not allowed out the hotel because its "dangerous")
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asparagus time Is in Brazil., Wed 26 May 2004, 23:50,
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