Why do taxi drivers always want to talk politics?

[donnashuggy]

When you are abstaining?

[clair.de.lune · Accepted solution]

They don't know you're abstaining

[cherry*135]

They read  all your political threads on CS over the last few months, and wanted to discuss them with you.

[joz*garage]

what started the driver off, talikng about politics, hmm?

[donnashuggy]

Joz

He was Chinese and upset about the Indians running the taxi ranks

Does that help?

[joz*garage]

nah not really, donna

was it a polly discussion though? just sounds like a whinge racism topic to me

why dont you post a tune or sumthin? 

[donnashuggy]

Oh no! He was definitely discussing politics, that is just where it started.

[poddster]

Taxi drivers are failed pollies and they are getting in some practice 🙂

[not_an_eloi]

the problem with political jokes is that they get elected

george bernard shaw

[acacia_pycnantha · Accepted solution]

Why do taxi drivers always want to talk politics?

Cos they've been told by their boss that sex and religion are taboo subjects for in-cab conversation?