A British passenger in a taxi in Dublin 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 the edge of the bridge
over the Liffey River.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still
shaking driver said, ' Be-Jesus, I ' m sorry, but you scared the devil out
of me. '
The frightened Brit apologized to the driver and said he didn ' t realize
a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten an Irishman so much.
The driver replied, ' Will the Saints in Heaven forgive me, it ' s entirely
my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab...................
I ' ve been driving a hearse for the last 25 years. '

