its a funny old world

[golden gordon]

1, A passenger in a taxi tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him

something. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a

bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large

plate glass window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab,

then the driver said, "Please, don't ever do that again. You scared the

daylights out of me." The passenger, who was also frightened,

apologised and said he didn't realise that a tap on the shoulder could

frighten him so much, to which the driver replied: "I'm sorry, it's

really not your fault at all. Today is my first day driving a cab. I

have been driving a hearse for the last 25 years!

2, After stopping for a drink at a bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found

that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from

Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence,

the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there

a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital,

telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to

bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days