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It isn’t quite as magical, is it?
The bustling set for a remake of the classic movie ”E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The FX guys here are trying their best to recreate the breathtaking flying bike scene, but it just doesn’t seem to have the same graceful charm, does it? Or maybe that isn’t what’s going on here, at all. Come up with your own captions and send them to us via Post a Comment. 
Indonesian men try to grab bicycles and other prizes hung on top of greased poles during a game to celebrate the country’s 61st anniversary of independence in Jakarta August 17, 2006. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi
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Take good care of that bicycle, young man. They don’t grow on trees, you know.
OR DO THEY?
Bicycle pole surfing never quite caught on. Happily, it did inspire strippers the world over.
What you don’t see is these are giant pogo sticks!
Somebody. ANYBODY!!! Fetch me an axe.
What, coconuts aren’t paying enough these days?
Dang. I couldn’t tell it was a girl’s bike from the ground.
Hey! I can see my house from here.
I was raleighing in my climb up the pole but lost my purchase and schwinned all the way to the ground.
If it’s green is too early to pick?
Bicycle pole? Ridiculous? You betcha!
If you’re quite through, there’s a circus here who would dearly love to put up our )&*#:>} tent. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Strange floating bicycles? And look how grey the sky is… I think the langoliers are coming.
The main of this game is not the prize, but how the team climb the lubricated stick. It’s very funny if you see. I love my Indonesia.
“… they later found out bicycles are not a good way to illuminate a parking lot and found it exceedingly difficult to dismantle the assemblies due to the squirrel proofing on the poles.”
The sport would be even more extreme if the most gifted athletes were to get down -on- their bike!
Whew! That would instantly become ESPN material, right there!