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, Wed 26 May 2004, 21:44)
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Thought of another one...After spilling out of a club me, my mate and 2 birds we knew got into a mini-cab to take us quite a long way. We hustled and got him down to £25 (a bargain) when we were on our way we were quizzing him about what his name was, why he drives a mini-cab, calling him an illegal immigrant etc... He was taking it all well, laughing and joking with us. When we were nearing our destination one of the girls with us (a copper) pulled out her warrant card & I.D. and the bloke shit an absolute brick and went completely quite. Needless to say he let us off the fare.
(, Thu 27 May 2004, 16:06, Reply)
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