My best fond memory of John M which I have told to many customers in my cab over the years;
It was the First Irish inter-city Licensed Taxi driver Chrimbo bash in Cork in Jan 2018.
It was just Myself, Korky, Rats and John M.
We met up at the Briar Rose pub in Douglas at about 2.30pm which is a kinda upper class pub.
We had a few scoops, exchanged Chrimbo gifts, pulled a few Chrimbo crackers and the Craic was great.
Korky did not like the atmosphere of the what he called a 'Prosecco pub' and everyone agreed,
so we called a Taxi and moved on in to town.
My suggestion was to go to Coughlan's on Douglas street which is kinda an old mans pub, or a more mature clientele.
We arrive there in the Taxi at about 4pm on a Tuesday and the bar is empty, John M straddles in First, sniffs the air and declares out loud;
"Ah now, dis is a grand Bozzer dis, ya can smell da Tawlet n all !"