Taxi archives: Brainwashed Columbus
Written by Julen Madariaga on December 2nd, 2008
The other day it was too cold to get my Linder started, so I had to go and flag a cab instead. I got one of the green chubby ones.
Green cabs are well known for being stubborn, having a true passion for History and polishing their nails 5 times a day. Remember: never never sit in a green cab during the morning rush hour.
Conversation between me and the GReeN Taxi:
ULN – Hello. Please take me to Yueyanglu.
GRN – Yuyuanlu?
ULN – Of course.
<… flag pull and commercial …>
GRN – Your Chinese is Amazing! <..lah-didah..> hm, what’s your country?
ULN – I’m from Spain.
GRN – Barcelona-Real Madrid-Ronaldinho: Good football!
ULN – <?> And don’t forget bullfighting.
GRN – Ahahaha! Yes, yes, Spain has bulfighting!!!
ULN – You saw it before?
GRN – On television..
ULN – Hm.
<… swerve, honk at cyclist …>
GRN – What else does Spain do?
ULN – What?!?
GRN – In History. What is famous of Spanish history?
ULN – Ah. Er… Spain… discovered America?
GRN – Haha, You mean that Spain WAS discovered by America.
ULN – No, no. I mean Spain discovered America. Sort of…
GRN – Ha! Spain is a very little country.
ULN – It is if you compare it with China.
GRN – You know, you shouldn’t always believe what your government says
ULN – ?
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Cool taxi !!
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Haha, every nationality has its own problems in the Chinese taxis
How many times they didn’t even believed me when I was saying “I am not very fond of Napoléon” or “I like the Americans”…
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Yes taxis are cool, and they teach you Chinese.
I just thought I would start a little series with the funny things that taxi guys tell me, it is a great way to check the opinion of laobaixing. Also, I find it very funny the way everyone in Shanghai classifies taxies by company and when you are new to the city they say things like: watch out, never get a dark red taxi, those are known for…
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