You're The One That I Tip
The woman driving the taxi looked like Olivia Newton John. To be precise, she looked like ONJ playing the part of 'Sandy' in the movie Grease. I thought the resemblance was slight, but the guys on the rank at Aberdeen train station are saying she's a doppelganger. Some of them are texting her about this as she drives me up to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ at Beechgrove Terrace.
"My hair goes like this in the summer, "said Sandy, "but the guys are teasing me because I played a trick on my husband. He's a taxi driver too."
Sandy's hubby, it turned out, is a big Ted Nugent fan.
"Ted Nugent. American rock musician. Most folk in Aberdeen have never heard of him but we were in Glasgow a few weeks ago and my man was wearing a Ted Nugent t-shirt. He was convinced someone in Glasgow would notice it and mention it."
Alas, as it neared the of end the trip, not a single Glaswegian had done either. So they're having a meal in a restaurant and while Sandy's partner nips to the loo she bribes a waitress to make a fuss of her man's t-shirt when the time comes to pay the bill.
"Oh My God!" screams the young waitress, going slightly over the top, "is that a Ted Nugent t-shirt? I just love his music!"
Aberdeen's Number One Nugent fan is delighted and gives Sandy his best I-told-you-so face. She then plays a double bluff to keep the con going.
"I bet you paid that waitress to say that, "she says, "Coz she's obviously faking it."
"No. I swear I didn't. Honestly."
And so it goes on for several hours until finally she caves in and tells him the truth.
"You've really burst my bubble," he tells her, crestfallen.
And that, explains Sandy, is why all the taxi drivers are ganging up on her and teasing her about her ONJ hairstyle.
By now we're at Beechgrove Terrace.
"That was quick, "I tell her and, when I'm safely out of the car, I add one more thing:
"It was liked Greased Lightning."
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