Second reading of this, as it is so well spoken about and considered by so many to be incredibly funny. But I just don't get it. It's brimful of ideas and strangeness and surreal images, but I just don't find it funny. On paper I should love it, particularly as bicycles feature so heavily. I just don't seem to get Flann O'Brien though. I'll keep trying. Apart from that, I wanted to record Libby's never-unfunny habit of referring to people as 'humans'. She's done it for years and I'm not sure where it came from, but rather than say 'Guys' or 'people' when referring to others she will proclaim 'Humans!'. It's very odd and alien sounding, it marks Libby out as the extraordinary person we know she is. The extraordinary human, I suppose.
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