Tales of an Upper West Side Nothing

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Unfortunate names

So I took a taxi today to the doctor's office. I always check the name of the driver- merely out of curiosity and also in case they take me for a joyride, which has been known to happen, I know their names to report later.
So today I get into a cab and the driver is only wearing a vest. No shirt underneath-very 80's style. I look up to see his name and it is "Mamadou Diallo." Oh- poor poor man. To have a name so similar to someone brutally murdered by the NYPD. I am sure wherever he is from it is probably a common name but for most New Yorkers it only evokes one person.

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