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There are some things that you just take for granted - but actually, they're rather odd.

Our taxis, for instance, all look kind of like this:




Legally, they have to be painted like that. All over Melbourne.


But, as it happens, they used to be painted in whatever colours the cab companies wanted to paint them. And all the cab company names pre-date the yellow paint jobs.

Thus, we have all these taxis that are bright yellow, but called "Black Cabs", and "Silver Top Taxis", and other similarly inappropriate names. And no-one bats an eye.




It just occured to me today...

Date: 2010-07-27 07:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
And that one says "13 cabs" even though it's clearly just one.

Date: 2010-07-27 07:22 am (UTC)
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Heh.

That's actually the phone number for the cab company. "13" numbers down here always seem to be businesses - like pizza companies...

Date: 2010-07-27 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iosef.livejournal.com
The 13 numbers use an exchange directory to connect to the "closest" or local representative.

Kennett brought in the universality of paint scheme, after the New York scheme, and also the drivers uniforms, alnog with certain powers for the Taxi Directorate.

Date: 2010-07-27 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com
It's the oddities that make life worth living.



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