15 Vital Life Lessons Mark From Peep Show Taught Us

5. Avoid A Rural Lifestyle

"Oh god, here we go. He's got no-one else to talk to but the sheep and the trees. This is what happens when you live too far away from proper franchised coffee outlets." To be fair, Sophie's parents did turn out to be a few bales short of a haystack. Without regular access to the mainstays of urban civilisation, human beings can quickly descend into madness. One minute you're sampling Blair resignation jam, the next you're torching a neighbour's barn. It's a slippery slope.