This may sound quite racist (lol) but I can say this since I am of Mexican decent. Where I'm from we play a similar game to (taxi) except people around here call it "mexican sweat"....I'm guessing this name came from what you do when you smell mexican sweat....(hold your breath)...however I don't think I recall playing with anybody but my hispanic friends. (lol) maybe my other buddies don't want to offend me! ha-ha