Mr. Geography, the Cab Driver

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Mr. Geography, the Cab Driver

Published Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by CCAer | E-mail this post

(Apologies, again, for the lack of postings. A home power outage since Monday night will do that . . . .)

If you are in Toronto and are looking for a free cab ride, there’s a couple of things you can do:

Be sure to get Mohammad Saaed Collins as your cab driver.
Be sure to anwer his first geography question correctly.

Apparently Collins is known locally as Mr. Geography and will give a free ride to anyone who can answer his first question. Admittedly, he pulls ou the toughest questions first because, as he puts it, “because I have to survive and get paid for the ride.”

Read the story in the Toronto Star. I would assume that he knows his way around town as well.

3 Responses to “Mr. Geography, the Cab Driver”

Anonymous on 7:43 PM

Very interested in your website but also in your reference to 'Mr Geography'. Do you have a contact e-mail address for him?

Would be great if you could give our 'Give Geography its Place' Campaign a mention in your blog.

(www.passion4geography.co.uk)
Anonymous on 1:43 AM

He is exactly the one I had before I checked this blog out. Through out the whole ride, I wanted to ask why the hell he was driving a cab whilst he had the ability and knowledge to teach! We couldn't answer his first question so he asked another one: name the 22 provinces of China. Shamely, we couldn't even name one whilst he could named all 22.

To be sincere, at first I thought he was just buffling when he asked the second question. Wouldn't thought he would know them himself! He's totally my new hero! I was glad I got him as my cab driver!
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