Thursday, November 25, 2010

Relativity Cab

When you get in a taxi in Korea, the guy hits the button and the ticker starts counting. It'll keep counting whenever you're stopped, at a red light for example, or while a McDonald's motor-scooter delivery guy peels himself off the pavement. The thing is, when the taxi is in motion the ticker speeds up. This is science. It costs money to be in a cab, regardless of its action, but the faster it goes, the more you'll be paying.

This is a lot like Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Something about time and speed and The Space and basically if you've been in a Korean taxi, all this should be self-evident. You see, Einstein said that being in a Korean taxi is like having a beautiful woman hold your hand against a lit burner on the stove. Despite contextual critiques regarding Einstein's abnormal tolerance for pain and masochistic taste in women, I think he's right. About Korean cabs.

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