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Mon 04 Apr 2007A drop, skip and a dumpWhat's the story with skip hire?Skips are like bouncy castles for grown-ups. All you need to do is plonk one outside your house and watch the neighbours gather. Unlike delighted children lured by bright bounciness, however, the grown-ups don't come running and screaming in daylight but silently, under cover of darkness, junk in hand.