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Best Thing on the Internet Today: Rubberbandits
The Rubberbandits are plastic bag headed good craic.

The UK loves satirical musicians: Lily Allen wrote a song about how her little brother is a shitty person, The Streets made it big with his “hot girls are bitches” theme song “Fit But You Know It,”and Chumbawumba existed.

But what the heck goes on in Ireland? I know the travelling girls like wearing enormous dresses when they get married. In my eyes, its a country filled with lovely hooligans (and much political tumult). So what happens when you mix a couple Celts with Nike trainers, crack cocaine, and a sprinkle of UK satire? The plastic bag headed Irish hip hop duo Rubberbandits, surely.

Consisting of Blindboy Boat Club and Mr. Chrome (their DJ is Willie O’DJ, his name a play on Irish politician Willie O’Dea), Rubberbandits are those guys who you knew in high school who were really funny, but were always like so stoned. Their first single “I’ve a Horse Outside” tells the sycophantic tale of how owning a horse is much more respectable choice of girl-scoring transportation than owning a scanger Honda Civic. This song went to number 2 on the Irish music charts. The single’s album cover shows the boys chilling on a horse with their boy Tupac Shakur.

Despite being total gurriers, Rubberbandits seem like good craic (big ups to Urbandictionary for those beauty terms). Ireland is the most fascinating place on Earth.

Jessica Carroll is the Toronto Standard’s editorial assistant. She writes a daily column about stuff she thinks is funny/weird on the internet and tweets at @jssckr.

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