Taxi Driver

I am sick and tired of all the news, views and comments on the petrol subsidy fiasco. I need a break. I check my e-mail and got this joke from my ex-schoolmate from Down Under and wish to post it here, just for fun as I got nothing better to do right now :-)

** A passenger in a taxi 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 a large
plate glass window.

For a few moments, everything was silent in the cab, and then the still a
shaken driver said, "I'm sorry but you scared the HELL out of me"

The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't
realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much.

The driver replied " No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my
first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years" **