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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Arwa Mahdawi

The car is king in the US – and pedestrian deaths are rising. Where is the outrage?

A pedestrian on a crossing in Philadelphia, recently voted most walkable US city, while a car blocks the way ahead.
A pedestrian on a crossing in Philadelphia, recently voted most walkable US city, while a car blocks the way ahead. Photograph: peeterv/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Lentils are a versatile legume that can be used to make a tasty stew or to incapacitate your enemy’s SUV. I know this because I recently Googled “How do you deflate someone’s tyres?” and found a Guardian article about eco-activists deflating SUV tyres by jamming lentils into the tyre valves: Which some might see as possibly one of the most “Guardian” articles ever published.

For the sake of any local law enforcement readers, I would like to make clear that I didn’t act on the information: I have never weaponised a lentil. I was just rage-Googling; something I am increasingly wont to do.

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