tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post8932031330355257982..comments2023-06-02T17:54:44.641+02:00Comments on Connaissances: French Particularities No. 15: Les TaxisJonathan Wonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-83016308782394362392007-09-19T01:46:00.000+02:002007-09-19T01:46:00.000+02:00Ha Ha to both of you! I think Tom Waites would be...Ha Ha to both of you! I think Tom Waites would be OK at 5.30 in the morning if you hadn't been to bed from the night before. I am not a morning person so any music when I'm not awake yet is a problem.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936827823041832459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-86732021994836910262007-09-19T01:11:00.000+02:002007-09-19T01:11:00.000+02:00Bee - it's funny because most taxis I've been in d...Bee - it's funny because most taxis I've been in don't have music playing. Quite a lot are listening to RTL Sport radio. I like Tom Waits as well but perhaps not at 5.30 in the morning. I'm thinking, for example, of his recent track: 'Don't go into that Barn'. For sunny motoring melodies I prefer <A HREF="http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/" REL="nofollow">Kirsty MacColl</A>.<BR/><BR/>Stuart - Yes, I can imagine that. Probably it would be a one way trip.Jonathan Wonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-87100751671216274782007-09-18T16:34:00.000+02:002007-09-18T16:34:00.000+02:00How about Tom Waits AS your taxi driver? (See the ...How about Tom Waits AS your taxi driver? (See the Jim Jarmusch movie Night on Earth for details!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-74550616669296559642007-09-17T15:41:00.000+02:002007-09-17T15:41:00.000+02:00Why is it that taxi drivers never play the right k...Why is it that taxi drivers never play the right kind of music? Maybe Bob Dylan or Tom Waites (the right kind for me) is not good driving music...Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936827823041832459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-37247708906782768742007-09-14T23:19:00.000+02:002007-09-14T23:19:00.000+02:00Hello StuartI suppose taxi driver logic runs along...Hello Stuart<BR/><BR/>I suppose taxi driver logic runs along the lines of: the faster I drive, the more pick ups I can take, the more money I make. Which is great in theory, until you see the hundreds of taxis waiting around at CDG and Orly airports...<BR/><BR/>And yet the queue for Paris taxis at Orly around 7pm still stretches a hundred yards...<BR/><BR/>Fortunately for me, Orly has a special queue for 'banlieu' which is generally only about two people long.Jonathan Wonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-2857168470034981642007-09-14T09:22:00.000+02:002007-09-14T09:22:00.000+02:00Ah, yes. It's not the first time I've climbed out ...Ah, yes. It's not the first time I've climbed out of a French taxi, especially one coming in from the airport at Roissy, and muttered a secular prayer of gratitude for the fact that I was still alive.<BR/><BR/>Once, my wife made the foolish mistake of asking a taxi driver to drive more slowly. NOT a good idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com