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John Cleese versus the Volcano, takes cab home from Norway ($5,000+ taxi fare)
MonstersandCritics.com ^ | Apr 18, 2010, 5:32 GMT | April MacIntyre

Posted on 04/18/2010 6:58:17 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative

he Monty Python legend racked up a $5,000+ taxi fare. Currently there are no flights in the area servicing Britain, and Cleese's assistant figured the stranded star could take a taxi to Brussels, then catch the Eurostar train from there back to London.

Cleese told Norway's TV2 that necessity drove him to it.

"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."

The official total was reported to be £3,300 to take a cab from Oslo to Brussels.

Cleese, 70, said: "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."


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To: surfer
HAHAHA! Diabolical laughter...


21 posted on 04/18/2010 7:46:38 AM PDT by Daffynition ( In the span of one man's lifetime, only the individual has any potential - not the collective.)
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To: Daffynition

Vic, don’t say the baby’s name!!!


22 posted on 04/18/2010 7:58:10 AM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: The Great RJ

That’s what I’ve posted on another forum. It wouldn’t even be necessary to cross the entire Atlantic by ship. If airlines could fly passengers between North America and the Azores or Canary Islands, cruise ships could then take passengers between those points and Europe. This would save time over having to cross entirely by ship. There are bound to be lots of cruise cancellations due to the inability of passengers to reach embarkation points for cruises, so cruise ship owners could use the business.


23 posted on 04/18/2010 8:01:34 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative
"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."

Must have been a 'water taxi' then.

Or am I missing something here?

24 posted on 04/18/2010 8:21:56 AM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (President Zero, walking in the footsteps of Hugo Chavez)
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To: autumnraine
He could have bought a car, driven it home and sold it for less than a $5000 loss.
25 posted on 04/18/2010 8:26:53 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: dennisw

Renting a car for a one way trip is pretty expensive. The way he did it he got a car and driver.


26 posted on 04/18/2010 8:28:20 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: hinckley buzzard

He wanted to get his “dead”parrot home!


27 posted on 04/18/2010 8:34:56 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons

There are ferries that run to and from Norway.


28 posted on 04/18/2010 8:42:48 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: dennisw
He could have rented a car much cheaper.

He tried that.

29 posted on 04/18/2010 8:45:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Paleo Conservative

Looks like life imitated art for Cleese.

BTW this is a great movie if you haven't seen it.

30 posted on 04/18/2010 8:50:52 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Daffynition

Maybe his hovercraft was full of eels.


31 posted on 04/18/2010 8:51:19 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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To: surfer

“.they bought a new car, drove it back home and then sold it.”

Probably didn’t make money on the deal, but one would hope their net loss was something less than $5K.


32 posted on 04/18/2010 8:57:34 AM PDT by DrC
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons
Must have been a 'water taxi' then.
Or am I missing something here?

Yes, you are missing something (grin). The Oresund Bridge-Tunnel was completed in 1999 and connects Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmo, Sweden and thus it is possible to drive from Norway to the rest of Europe. There was a great episode of BBC's "Top Gear" where that link figured largely in a race from England to Norway.

33 posted on 04/18/2010 9:10:11 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: DrC

They were losing a lot more stuck in Vegas while their business remained unattended to.

It worked out it was cheaper than paying for a taxi ride home :)


34 posted on 04/18/2010 9:52:49 AM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: Dr. Ursus

Beautiful plumage.


35 posted on 04/18/2010 10:10:02 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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To: Daffynition
He could have walked

It looks like THESE GUYS saw that clip and liked it.

36 posted on 04/18/2010 10:18:53 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: dfwgator

A sketchy Monte Python sketch I presume


37 posted on 04/18/2010 10:37:31 AM PDT by dennisw (It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
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To: dennisw

Actually, it’s Fawlty Towers.


38 posted on 04/18/2010 10:38:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: surfer

“it was cheaper than paying for a taxi ride home”

No criticism of Cleese’s assistant, but I imagine that if you gave any American MBA student (or even most college students) the “challenge” of finding a way to return Cleese home for under $5,000, the vast majority could figure out how to do so. I’m guessing that regardless of education, the majority of adults with any appreciable real-world experience could do so as well. I’m pretty sure that if Cleese didn’t have money to burn, he too might have inspected more carefully whether the taxi truly was the least-cost approach.


39 posted on 04/18/2010 10:42:55 AM PDT by DrC
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To: SES1066
Thank you, SES1066. I WAS missing something. Heck, it's only 11 years old. Someday I hope to get completely up to date.

It appears that, in theory at least, one could take a taxi from Oslo to SE Asia. I don't think I could afford even the tip, let alone the taxi fare.

40 posted on 04/18/2010 10:45:38 AM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (President Zero, walking in the footsteps of Hugo Chavez)
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