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\"You'veI used to love Monkey Dust<\/a>. It was the sort of biting satire that no one seems to do quite like the British. Ivan Dobsky<\/a> — utterly brilliant. I remember thinking that space hoppers were pretty creepy as a kid. There’s always been something demonic about that expression. Mr Hoppy showed that I wasn’t the only one to have thought so.<\/p>\n

The following sketch is pretty much indicative of the general attitude towards cyclists in the UK and, you know, many of the folks out there on two wheels seem to be doing their level best to keep that attitude prevalent.<\/p>\n

Shame on you!<\/p>\n

This is bloody funny, though.<\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rAOHhV1EFe4]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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