I had to ride a taxi on my way to work, I was running a bit late and
besides...we don't want to tarnish the already checkered attendance
record now do we? Okay, now back to the story. I was on this taxi, a
Hyundai. I don't know why I took note of the car's brand but one thing
I remembered was that it smelled nice for a taxi. One thing I also
liked about that taxi was the airconditioner...I think it goes all the
way up to 11, it was so cold.
A few minutes have gone by into the
ride when the driver decided to put on a cassette tape in his stereo.
Some dude was singing old, slow rock ballads and the thing that caught
my ear was by how he pronounced words. He was saying 'mutts' instead of
'much', I forgot the song but that was all I can remember...'mutts'.
I'm really not that particular about enunciating words because I too am
guilty of it at times.
I think he was so serious and so rapt with
what he was doing that he never really noticed 'mutts' maybe until he
heard the final cut but it was too late to change. Maybe it cost too
'mutts' money to re-record the songs because I bet it was not just one song,
maybe if I heard the whole tape I bet I'll hear 'mutts' more.
Taxies
can be lots of fun once you get past the part about the fare. Talking
to cab drivers can be quite an experience, you hear lots of different
stories that run through the gamut of topics. There's a part of me that
wants to strike up a conversation with a cab driver eveytime I get on a
taxi but the more rational side of me tries to think twice unless I
want people to read headlines that say 'Cab Slams To Wall, Passenger
Just Won't Shut Up - Cabbie'', I know my headline writing skills suck
so bear with me.
I wanted to hear more of the tape but I had to
get off and go to work. It's a slow day but it's cool. Today is Friday
and you know how I love Fridays. Tonight will be the seminar for
Jacob's god-parents. He'll be having his Christening this Sunday and
you know what that means...if you're thinking about food and drinking
and all that other stuff shame on you...there's that but it's a special
day because Little Jack2X is going to be baptised and therefore made a
member of the Catholic church, Jack will then get his membership card 2
weeks after and he'll start to pay his monthly dues and attend
meetings, help in fund raising projects by buying raffle tickets and
such...all the perks of being a full-fledged member.
Just kidding.
I could go on and on but there's nothing 'mutts' I can tell you for now.
I think I remember the song now...'The Great Pretender' and it went a little something like this:
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender...oooh oooh
pretend that I'm doing well..oooh oooh
my need is 'sutts', I pretend too 'mutts'
Thank you very 'mutts'.
