Years ago, Jamie Owens was sitting in his cab near Trafalgar Square in London when a woman ran up to his window.

She said, I'll give you £40 to take me to the Dorchester Hotel.

Well, at the time, I think the fare used to go about £6.

And I went, oh, go on, get in then.

So I took her round to the doorchester.

She got out.

She went, there you go, I went, no, no,, get in then. So I took her round to the doorchester. She got out, she went, there you go.

I went, no, no, look, it's far too much.

Just, if you want to tip me, 20's fine.

She said, no, no, I said, I'd give you 40, there's the 40 pounds.

And as she went into the hotel of dormant come over, and you went, you do know who that was, don't you? And I went, no, he went, that's, um, um, um, uh, what's, what'd you call it?

Uh, her, uh, oh, no, she's famous then, is she?

Did you ever find out who it was?

Nope, he ain't got a clue. Haven't got a clue.

Then, another time, the same thing happened again. He picked up some famous people without realizing it, but this time

he found out later who they were. I picked up these two girls one night and with two young

fellas and they're talking about their records gone to number one wherever and I'm thinking

yeah. Oh wow. Yeah. So I'm around a friend's house and he's got top of the pops on and the spice girls are on the TV.

And I said, who are they?

He said, they're the spice girls.

I said, no.

It was a bit bad coming from someone.

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