A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the

shoulder to ask him a question. The driver

screamed, lost control of car, nearly hit a

bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped

centimeters from a shop window.

For a second everything went quiet in the cab,

Bthen the driver said, "look mate, don't ever do

that again, You scared the daylights out of me!"

The passenger aploogized and said, I didn't

realize that a little tap would scared you so much.

"The driver replied, "sorry, it's not really your fault.

Today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been

driving a funeral van for the last 25 year."