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As a prominent
member of the Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers,
Dial-a-Cab driver Jim Rainbird (T25) has met more than his share
of celebrities – especially during the period when London was
bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games and his services were used to
publicise the London Taxi. However, none were quite as strange as his latest passenger/celeb. He was short and green and seemed to have a fear of pigs – especially the female one who was running behind the cab shouting: "Come back darling, I love you! Come back to Miss Piggy!" "I don’t know why she was calling me darling," said Jim, "I’d never met her before!" The frog said nothing and just stayed schtum! So how come young Jim had Kermit as a passenger? We asked him to give Call Sign readers the |
WHAT’S KERMIT DOING IN A DAC TAXI! |
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rebbit, rebbit – er story? "Before you think I'm being harsh to our European neighbours across the channel," said Jim, "I had this frog in the back of my cab the other day! What’s the connection between the two of us in the photo? I know, you can't tell them apart, but I'm the one on the right! And the connection is that Kermit and myself both celebrate our 50th birthdays in 2006." Jim, now in full flow, asked Kermit if he had any folding green - he said that he did have some folding - but not to call him green… "My name is Kermit," he replied with indignation! "Actually," said Jim, "we |
 We believe that Jim is the one on the right! Photo courtesy The Muppets Holding Company LCC
were doing a photo shoot as part of Kermit's
World Tour - he is visiting 50 places on the planet to celebrate
his half-century. He was also helping to promote the charity
Childline, whose runners were taking part in this year's London
Marathon." |
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DAC’S FOOTBALLERS FINISH THIRD |
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DaC 2 v DMV 1 Dial-a-Cab went into their last game of the season knowing that a win would secure third place in the league – an excellent result considering this was our first real season back since that infamous September day in 2001 when then-captain Lee Morland was shown the red card for unbecoming conduct after disputing an incorrectly given penalty. Lee was followed off by Paul Richards, who had jumped in to speak up for his captain and who was then also shown the red card. DaC’s last three players on the pitch - Joe Brazil (K16), Warren Barbieri (K19) and Paul Roma (G70) – then walked off in disgust at the referee’s decision! That was the last match DaC played other than the occasional friendly and a part of last season. Now, with a new (and younger!) team, DaC did the business! After defeating eventual champions ‘the B team’ 5-4 the previous week, DaC had to defeat DMV to finish third. On the other hand, if DMV won, they could still win the league title. The game kicked off at a slow pace with DaC’s 5-man team knocking the ball about and controlling the tempo. But chances were few and far between with both teams realising what was at stake. Steve Carruthers tried his luck from distance a few times but to no avail. The breakthrough finally came when goalkeeper Chad Gomez threw the ball out to Jermaine Ambrose, who knocked the ball against the boards and turned the defender before bulldozing forward to the edge of the area and blasting the ball past the approaching keeper. That goal separated the teams at half time. Early in the second half, the DMV strike force tore the DaC defence down with a brilliantly weighted pass diagonally across the field. Striker |
 Dac's Football Team: Back Row (L-R): Jermaine Ambrose, Steve Carruthers, Wayne Gruby and James Quigley Kneeling: Chad Gomez and substitute Tony Luna SOUTHWARK EARLY EVENING LEAGUE – Final positions Team P W D L F A Pts The B-Team 12 8 1 3 58 29 25 Dynamo DNV 12 7 1 4 42 35 22 Dial-a-Cab 12 7 0 5 39 37 21 Bullsheet 12 6 1 5 40 26 19 Deloitte FC 12 5 1 6 38 30 16 Higham Juniors 12 4 1 7 29 56 13 Higham Spartacus 12 1 3 8 23 56 6 Steve John placed the ball perfectly into
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