A vintage bicycle with a wilted flower in its basket leans against a lit lamppost at sunset.

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Duckie

Drinking and driving don't mix, that's why I ride a bike.

— Pretty in Pink · 1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker begins with a warning about drinking and driving, then presents a bicycle as a convenient escape from it. The joke depends on a narrow reading of the warning. It reveals a comic rationalization rather than establishing that riding after drinking is safe.

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