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Although in America, [[The Taxi|taxi]] drivers often have a [[Funny Foreigner]] stereotype, it's quite different (in a sense, the antithesis) in England. Often ex-[[Old
Another stereotype is that cab drivers like to drop the names of celebrity passengers, as in "I 'ad that Liam Gallagher in the back of my cab last Friday".
The test taken to qualify as a Black Cab driver in London is called "The Knowledge<ref>of London Examination</ref>", takes about ''three years'' to study for it, and involves a ridiculously intuitive knowledge of [[One London Thirty Three Boroughs|London geography]]. As [[Bill Bryson]] put it, "[London cabbies] would sooner entrust their teenage daughters to [[Evil Chancellor|Alan]] [[Really Gets Around|Clark]] for a weekend than admit they've never heard of your destination", but chances are they have.
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** And another one in which a sat-nav starts making right-wing comments (this joke has been done in other media).
* The British gangster black comedy ''Underworld'' had a taxi-driver hitman who drove a (plot-significantly) white cab, complete with constant moaning about the state of the country to his passengers, including those who he'd kidnapped or killed.
* When ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' discussed [
** Another time it came up was when the [[Caption Competition]] at the end of the episode pictured the queen sitting in the driver's side of some kind of black vehicle, which Paul interpreted as the city having to take on more part-time drivers during the Christmas season: ''[posh accent]'' "I'm not going south of the river this time of night. You must be jokin'."
** Another example was when it was revealed that Prince Philip owned a black cab, which was a particularly good fit as he is known for making gaffes about other countries' peoples.
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