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best headline: "NO!, I'm driving!, you sit in the back! "

This must be  London around 1910; the car vaguely reminding of this 1910 Renault. It seems that a confrontation is near between the fine gentleman leaving the taxi and the driver who is interrupted counting his blessings. We have no idea what is the issue or what happened in the seconds before. So we leave the problem up to you. The print is signed with W. Bird. We could not find too many hard facts about him. But you may be able to help. Anyway, you have 24 hours to post your comments and possibly a brilliant headline or two. The winner will be rewarded with the wellknown PreWarCar brass plate. (from the collection of illustrator Norman Clark) 

last weeks best headline was by Peter Partridge; congratulations ! 

Update by Gareth Morgan: W.Bird was the pseudonym used when working for Punch magazine by the Irish born painter, caricaturist and illustrator Jack Butler Yeats (1871- 1957). From 1890 -1915 his work featured in many contemporary magazines. He was the brother of the poet W.B. Yeats, and remains a very sought after and accomplished artist in his own right.

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dinsdag maart 6th, 2012
Onbekend
10 Maart 2012, 00:30
But Chancellor I thought 100 drachma would get us further, do you have any change.
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Onbekend
08 Maart 2012, 17:23
You call that a moustache? this is a moustache sir!
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Onbekend
08 Maart 2012, 00:06
"You call this a better 'ole? No, I won't go to it!"
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 22:03
You bl#*$% idiot ; I told you many times before that you need more money to pass the London tollgate. Now I've to walk to my office...
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 20:03
Idiot ! I was swaering at you 'Sacre Bleu'
You've brought me to Sacre-Coeur !
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 16:30
'Listen, you horrid little man, I said I wanted the Tuileries Gardens near the Louvre, NOT the toilettes des garcons near the ladies...' (With apologies to all those whose French is infinitely better than mine!- I believe this mix of French and English is known as 'Franglaise').
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 16:23
Listen, you horrid little man, I said I wanted the Tuileries Gardens near the Lourve, NOT the toilette garconniere near the ladies....
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 15:36
W.Bird was the pseudonym used when working for Punch magazine by the Irish born painter, caricaturist and illustrator Jack Butler Yeats (1871- 1957). From 1890 -1915 his work featured in many contemporary magazines. He was the brother of the poet W.B. Yeats, and remains a very sought after and accomplished artist in his own right.
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 15:27
Sorry Sir, I don't accept Euro's.
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Peter Partridge
07 Maart 2012, 14:56
NO!, Im driving!, you sit in the back!.
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Peter Partridge
07 Maart 2012, 14:53
NO! Im driving!, you sit in the back!.
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 14:38
'This is outrageous; the stripes on your upholstery have come off on my trousers and you expect a tip?!!'
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 11:54
I told you to drive me to my fiancee, not to my finance man!!
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 11:24
"What ?! I just want to pay the ride, not buying your taxi !
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07 Maart 2012, 10:14
A tip?!? Have you lost your senses man - Why should I tip a slow driver?!? You're like a cheap cigar: lots of huff and little puff!!!
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 09:01
Me, as a gentleman on the streets of London, being transported in a French taxi de la Marne?! Preposterous!
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Mieke Franck
07 Maart 2012, 08:28
Owner: Why don't start my car? Have you sold the magneto?
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 08:08
(I think he's a cab driver rather than a chauffeur; the meter is very lightly sketched in on the near-side of the cab).
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 08:07
"Fredrick, I've told you twice now! With this new car, the tube is for speaking too ME! Not passing gas to the exterior! I will not explain again where the tube goes in either aspect."
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Onbekend
07 Maart 2012, 05:03
"I'm out of petrol. Don't you understand that?"
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07 Maart 2012, 03:06
'Who do you think you are - Jenatzy- no I am not paying!'

Tony.
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