Irish Taxi Driver
A British passenger in a taxi in Dublin leaned over to ask
the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The
driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus,
drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from the
edge of the bridge over the Liffey River.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then
the still-shaking driver said, "I'm sorry, but you scared
the devil out of me."
The frightened Brit apologized to the driver and said he
didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten an
Irishman so much.
The driver replied, "Will the saints in Heaven forgive me --
it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab.
I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."
A British passenger in a taxi in Dublin leaned over to ask
the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The
driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus,
drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from the
edge of the bridge over the Liffey River.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then
the still-shaking driver said, "I'm sorry, but you scared
the devil out of me."
The frightened Brit apologized to the driver and said he
didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten an
Irishman so much.
The driver replied, "Will the saints in Heaven forgive me --
it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab.
I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."