DON'T MESS WITH THE BEAR

Bear has been driving a Taxi in Dublin for over 25 years .
He attained that nickname from childhood as he was big for his age .
When he boxed as a junior he would often be put in with boys 2 or 3 years
older and would win some of the fights.
He reached the final of the Dublin boxing leagues and the guy he
met was a couple of years older but the Bear gave him a great fight
only to lose by Majority Decision.
Bear was as soft as a Teddy Bear but if you crossed him he could be like a Grizzly Bear.
One Thursday evening the Bear picked up a fare and got a
run out to Malahide.
Bear was happy enough as it was a good fare.
After dropping off his passenger he headed back towards The City Centre.
It started to rain down heavily.
As he passed through a rough area near the City Centre,
A guy in a tracksuit and hoody put out his hand for Bear's Taxi.
Bear's gut instinct was not to stop.
But he thought ,"What the Hell ", and pulled over for the Guy.
The guy gets in the Back seat left of Bear.
The guy tells Bear to go to a particular road, which wasn't that far away.
The Bear looks in his rear-view mirror and the guy has his hood still up
and is looking downwards which prevented Bear from getting a good look
at him.
"Buddy ", says Bear,"Pull down your hood ".
The Taxi had already began to drive down the road.
"What, No I'm just feeling cold ",says the guy.
Bear thought to himself ,"Right ,I'm just going to get this guy to his destination
A.S.A.P."
Suddenly the guy slid behind Bear .
Bear released his seat-belt.
The guy produced a knife and attempted to grab Bear around the head.

Bear is baldy so there was no hair to grab onto.
Bear swung his left elbow and smacked the guy in the Jaw.
The guy was poleaxed and fell sideways onto the back seat.
Bear kept driving and pulled

down a back lane.
The guy was moaning,"I didn't mean it ,I needed the money,I'm Sorry".
"You will be ",says Bear as he pulled him by his ankles out of the cab.
Bear boxed the head off the guy,Right hooks, Left hooks and a few uppercuts
finished off the guy.
Bear took the guy's money and his phone and took off The guy's expensive Trainers
and threw them over a Wall.
As the guy lay on the ground moaning, Bear was tempted to lay in to him more ,
But with his Boxing discipline he left it at that.
Just before he pulled away he went over to the guy and growled,
"DON'T MESS WITH THE BEAR ".

On his way back into Town he stopped at a Bin and threw the Guy's phone
and knife into it.
He treated himself to Eddie Rockets with the £20 he took off the Guy.
As he tucked into his burger he smiled to himself and thought,
"I Mugged the Mugger ".