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23 Sep 05, 12:00 AM - Are mobility scooters a new hip hop accessory?
Posted by Crippled Monkey
A colleague here in BBC World Wide Web Towers went to see a gig by Super Furry Animals last night, and the support act were Welsh comedy prankster rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain. When they took to the stage, one of them was apparently riding round in a mobility scooter. Is this some sort of new rap fashion statement? Will it spread to the USA, as all the big name rappers trade in their huge blacked-out 4x4s for mobility scooters? And more to the point, have any of you young trendy Ouch'ers about town seen the Goldie Lookin' Chain mobility scooter phenomenon? Are they trying to make a point, or is it just some not particularly funny joke? Comments welcome.
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At 12:00 AM on 26 Sep 2005, Helen Kramer wrote:
Ouch: I am from the USA, Florida, and I have been thinking about getting one as I have trouble getting around. But I don't think it is trendy as the article says. In the USA lots of them are around as Medicare pays for them if you need them. My husband thinks I will depend on it too much though and doesn't want me to get one. He is afraid I won't try to walk anymore, but it is harder and harder for me to walk with PSP which I have for the last 6 years.
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At 12:00 AM on 28 Sep 2005, Rachael wrote:
Goldie lookin chain are not using it as a fashion statement but a mock on real rapppers, the are a spoof band.
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At 12:00 AM on 30 Sep 2005, Steven Durham wrote:
My mobilty scooter is a life saver I go shopping every day and my 70 year old mother who I live with could not do this. It saves the state the cost of putting me in a residental home and I bought the scooter myself saving the hypecrital state a fortune
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