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The Taxi Driver
There was this taxi driver. One night he takes on a beautiful model from Australia. Later on he takes on a Russian businessman. They talk for a while about things he'd never dreamed of talking about. A little later he takes on a rock star from America. He is kinda cool so they speak a lot. The Australian model seems a little quiet so the taxi driver guides the conversation in her direction. The Russian businessman falls asleep. A French writer gets on. They're all pretty cramped now in the back of the taxi, but the taxi driver keeps on picking up people. By the end of the night, there are 237 people in his taxi and the Russian businessman has woken up. Everyone is talking. Nothing makes any sense and the taxi driver isn't really sure why he ever let them all on. Surely he must have known it would get this cramped. He tries to shut them up by shouting at them but no-one can hear him anymore. So he keeps on driving through the night. On and on. Every now and then he joins a conversation and tries to reach a conclusion but he never succeeds. Even when he does, the conversation seems to start again, right back at the start. He becomes sleepy. The sun rises. The sun sets. The sun goes down. For years and years he drives and drives...20 years pass by.
Then one day, he stops listening to them. And one by one, they all leave his taxi. The last man to go is the Russian businessman. He stops the taxi and says, "Hey, find somewhere else to sleep!" and the businessman lets himself out. The taxi is now empty. But still he can't find no rest. All those people have been riding around so long with him, that he kinda misses them. So, he goes back and tracks all 237 people down and gives them a ride.
The taxi man is still driving to this day, around the streets of New York.
And if there's room, he'll give you a ride.
posted by PA on Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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