Seattle cab drivers are now free to dress up as their favourite public figures. “This is not just good news for taxi drivers but good news for journalists. If the taxi driver is dressed up as ‘a generally well known public figure’ then it could save the reporter all the bother of finding the public figure to interview. If the habit spreads from Seattle, then journalists will be able to fly from city to city interviewing ‘readily identifiable and generally well known public figures’ without ever having to track down the real thing.” —Guardian.UK