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Why are Egyptian cabbies driven to talk so much?
Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
VICTORIA HAZOU / BLOOMBERG NEWS
Young women walk past cabs in Cairo. Visitors to the city soon learn one thing: Taxi drivers delight in gabbing about politics, religion, the weather, their family, your family, their income, your salary
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Being an American who taxis around Cairo a lot, I'm fed up with discussing Iraq and U.S. tax laws while stuck in Nile- length traffic jams. So I've taken to saying I'm from Bolivia.
That usually works, though almost nothing can stop a Cairo cabbie's urge to chat if he's determined. When I said "Bolivia" the other day, the driver paused for a beat and replied:
"Ah, Bavaria. Wonderful people. My brother works in Munich. What are the chances for a visa?"
None, I said. And can you please turn down the prayers?
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