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Have you ever been hurt?
- When I was 17 |
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I came off quite badly
and I was in a wheel chair for a bit. |
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But not since then. Because you do it
once and you think, ouw. - Yes. |
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Sort of don't want to do that again.
- Was it your fault? |
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It was. I was showing off to a girl.
- Ah, yes. |
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And I knew this girl, and I thought,
I'm gonna lay this bike, |
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I'm gonna go into this bend, I'm gonna
lay this bike down so low |
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she won't, and she'll
obviously want to marry me. |
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- Yes. It wasn't marry at all, was it?
It wasn't about marrying at all. |
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You were 17.
- Marrying was the euphemism of choice |
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for that moment.
- Yeah, okay. Yeah. |
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And it got away from me,
and it slid down the road. |
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And, we didn't marry, after all.
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And we didn't marry either.
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Well, that's even worse.
- Yeah, yeah. |
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That's terrible.
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But it was very, very painful.
And I don't recommend it. |
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What about your kids, are they
on the motorcycles? |
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Are you okay with that?
- They are. |
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It's... Yeah, they are.
And it's a slightly scary thing. |
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But then I realize, looking back, that it
was a very scary thing for my parents. - Yeah. |
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When they saw me wobble off
at the age of 16 on a motorcycle. |
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But it's something that I,
you know, I've tried to make sure |
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they get as much training
as they possibly can |
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when they started off riding.
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They rode for years, actually, off,
you know, on grass. - Right. |
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And they fell.
- Which is much more difficult |
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than actually-
- It's very, very difficult, |
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but you learn an awful lot.
You know, just... |
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And so, my middle son is now
riding a bike every day. |
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What about your daughter?
How old is she? |
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She's 14. She goes
on the back of mine. |
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Not a motorcycle- Wait, she'll start
dating soon, I suppose, won't she? |
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I'm sorry for saying that.
That's a terrible... |
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No, I'm sorry.
- She won't, she won't. |
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She won't be interested
in boys or stuff. |
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She's allowed to start
dating at... |
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On her 35th birthday, or something.
- I think that's reasonable. |
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Perfectly reasonable,
I understand that. |
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It's for her own good.
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I couldn't agree more.
If I ever have a daughter, |
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she'll, in her 40s, on you go.
Enjoy yourself. |
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It is a worrying,
it's a worrying prospect. Yeah. |
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Sorry about that.
- I know. |
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Rather wish I hadn't brought it up.
- Yeah, so do I. |
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Still, we are finished, the entire thing.
So, you know, we'll at least end |
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on a kind of down note.
-Yeah, that's nice... |
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Yeah, I like the way you've sort of
shaped the whole thing. - Oh yeah. |
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I'm the master of the
television interview, as you can tell. |
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Well, that's all we have time for.
Hugh, thanks. |
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I think we've all learned something.
Hugh Laurie everybody. |
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We'll be right back with Michael Star.
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