Well did you ever ?

Sean Flaherty was a born taxi driver. A very successful one too, he had the knowledge alright and a whole lot more. He'd his own fleet of cabs now and they did schmooze about the town in bright red Mercadian splendour.
" Flaherty will get you Everywhere ", said the dazzling yellow letters on each one. And so it was , if you wanted to get there, Flaherty and his drivers would surely deliver you.

One thing that Flaherty could not find however was a soul mate , a significant other , one true and certain love. Oh he had all the trappings of success you know, detached seven bedrooms , on suite and off suite this , on piste and off piste that, a bed the size of the back garden of the house he grew up in, big telly on the wall, big fecking dogs ..... too much really too much, and he'd rattle about that big house sometimes and wonder ..... " What the feck good is all this to me ? "

And you know what good it was to him ? Feck all is what.

Tom Dooley is my name, and I drive a Flaherty Cab. Not my real name in case the taxman is reading this. Oh and if you are reading fine Sir Mr Taxman , I want to say that I only drive cabs on a voluntary basis anyway. I get a lot of satisfaction from delivering the bladdered and impatient to their destinations. I go home from a few hours of selfless cabbying, rejuvenated in the knowledge I have delivered some drunken gobshite or other safely into the arms of their beloved, what can I say , call me an altruist if you really must.

Good shift Dooley ?

Ah not so bad Mr Flaherty sir, uneventful. 25 years a cabby and still haven't been called upon to deliver a baby.

God in His infinite wisdom Dooley, does not pass unto us any burdens beyond our capabilities.

Modesty almost prevents me from saying I am very good in an emergency, Mr Flaherty.

Are you shite !


I had if truth be known , often felt like lamping Mr high and frigging mighty Flaherty. So what stopped me ?

( Singing in the distance and growing louder ......' There's three pubs in Bohola ......' )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyN1qPXVSSA

Ah feck here comes Tansey , Flaherty's star cabby , and ' a man you don't meet everyday ', praise be to God ..............