Riding in a taxi in Melbourne, Mine Host was puzzled and surprised when instead of taking a right-hand turn, the cabby pulled over to the left, more or less still in the middle of the intersection.
"er... wasn't this supposed to be a RIGHT turn?" queried Mine Host.
The cabby gave a strange look as if to say "That's right, and just WHAT does it look like I am doing?"
Surreptitiously eyeing off the door handle, Mine Host wondered if he wasn't being set up for a mugging, or kidnapping, or heaven knows what.
Just then the lights changed, and the cabby simultaneously floored it & turned hard to the right.
As we shot up the intended street, the cabby (in response to Mine Host's weird look) said:
"You not come-a from Mela-born, rite? That-sa how to make the rite turn some place inna Mela-born"
For the rest of the journey Mine Host contemplated the outcome if an out-of-towner were to be spotted by the police making a normal right hand turn at that intersection.
