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Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “Pink and Purple”

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Posted December 8th, 2009 by Nick the Cabbie - 1 comment

The two girls in the back seat are dressed almost identically with short little skirts and hats…except one of them is predominantly purple and the other is the Sheriff of Pinktown. And, in case you weren’t aware, things are not okay in Pinktown. There must have been a jailbreak or something, but I think she’d be crying if her Deputy had been killed. Maybe it’s only cattle rustlers…or maybe she’s cold and heartless. It’s difficult to tell sometimes. (They don’t give me enough information to work with so I’m purely speculating, of course. I’m sure you understand.)

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “Step on it.”

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Posted November 25th, 2009 by Nick the Cabbie - 2 comments

Instead of getting in my cab, this guy walks around to my window and says, “Can you get me to the airport in ten minutes?”

I quickly consider a multitude of factors like (A) where I am,1 (B) which route I will take,2 (C) how long it normally takes from here,3 (D) what day it is,4 (E) what time it is,5 (F) how much traffic will there be,6 (G) how much I want this ride,7 (H) what I need to say to get it,8 (I) what will happen if I take longer than ten minutes,9 (J) how big my tip will be if I miraculously get him there in time,10 (K) what are the most important details of this story that I may forget to mention,11 and (L) which trenchant author I will need to rip off when I finally write this down.12

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “A is for Africa”

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Posted August 6th, 2009 by Nick the Cabbie - Add comment

The five girls that are about to get into my taxi don’t look like part of a bachelorette group (mainly because I don’t see any penis-shaped accessories), but they give off that bachelorette vibe. And they’re certainly loud enough. I immediately put my guard up. Many people don’t realize this, but, much like other wild creatures that you don’t want to encounter in large numbers, packs of girls in Las Vegas are dangerous. Like wolves and piranha…or Africanized bees.

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “The Hard, the Rock and the Frowsy”

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Posted June 21st, 2009 by Nick the Cabbie - 1 comment

It’s still dark when I pick up the three guys from the Hard Rock Casino, but I can tell that the sun is not far away. They tell me to drive towards the MGM, but it isn’t clear if this will be the actual destination. I discover that they recently met at Body English and have been there drinking and having fun all night.

Curiously, the guy with the thick German accent in the front seat looks like he just got ready to go out…except he decided to put on the clothes from the day before.

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Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “Pink and Purple”

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “Step on it.”

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “A is for Africa”

Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “The Hard, the Rock and the Frowsy”

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