Re: Jerome Jerome

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:44:07 -0600 (MDT)

I once had Lauren Bacall in my cab...I was so excited as we drove
crosstown through central park I hit a curb...she said I could talk with
her but had to keep my eyes on the road...as she signed my change box, I
returned her change from the fare incorrectly and again she had to sternly
remind me to concentrate on the job...let me get this straight though:
with all the wonders of ny swiling around like a kaliedescope, cab drivers
are supposed to look at the road and other cars???

will

On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Tim O'Connor wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 09:12:44AM +1000, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
>  
> > satori (spontaneous understanding) always tends to come at 
> > the most ridiculous time in the most unpredictable way - 
> > yes, even from a cab driver!
> 
> I confess that I lose my mind with laughter whenever I hit the passage
> in Chapter 12, with Horwitz the cabbie.  I absolutely know what it is
> like to be in the back seat with a lunatic cab driver who has his neck 
> craned around to look at the back seat rather than at what's in front of
> the cab.  I can't read that part without laughing out loud!  Three
> cheers for Horwitz (for Chrissakes)!
> 
> --tim
>