Kicker: Must be great dumplings

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Talk about things getting out of hand!

In June, four college students in China hopped on bikes in the dark of night and rode nearly 40 miles in a quest for…. breakfast dumplings.

The ladies chronicled their “Night Ride to Kaifeng” on social media and it took off like crazy. Last week, more than 100,000 people joined in… overwhelming even a six-lane expressway.

Police used loudspeakers to shoo the bikers back home. And now there are restrictions to discourage it in the future.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Guess they got steamed up instead of just rolling with the dough.

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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