from SLATE: > John Cleese Takes a $5,000 Taxi Ride
> Ash is disrupting air travel all over Europe, potentially keeping world > leaders away from the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and costing > airlines hundreds of millions of dollars. But it will not strand John Cleese, > who cheerfully booked a $5,100 taxi ride from Oslo to Brussels Friday. > According to the London Times, the comedian was in Norway for a talk show > appearance and wanted to get back to London by Saturday. "We checked every > option, but there were no boats and no train tickets available. That's when > my fabulous assistant determined the easiest thing would be to take a taxi," > Cleese said. The 1,500-kilometer drive will require three taxi drivers, who > will take turns behind the wheel. Once he arrives in Brussels, Cleese will > take the Eurostar train to London, if there are any seats to be had. "It will > be interesting. I'm not in a hurry," Cleese said. "I will think about a joke > you've probably already heard: How do you get God to laugh? Tell him your > plans."! Cleese isn't the only person who's doing OK: Saudi nationals who are stuck in London are being taken care of by the crown prince himself. According to the Saudi Gazette, Crown Prince Sultan ordered the Saudi ambassador to the U.K. to put all the stranded Saudis up in London hotels at the prince's expense.< -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
