Drunk driver tries to bribe police with dead fish

Sankari · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:32

Darwin police say a drink driver they caught last night tried to give them a dead fish.

Officers were called to a service station at Casuarina because the man was visibly intoxicated.

He allegedly recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.235.

Police say the fish was reasonably fresh.

(Source).

Sankari · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:35

Made me wonder if they considered taking it! :eek:

Sankari · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:40

NightSt@lk3r said:
Enough said.

Indeed.

Sankari · 10 Sep 2009 at 08:22

Malt_Vinegar said:
0.235 is below the legal limit, isnt it .35?

*EDIt* not in the uk! I should really follow the link first

Limit in Australia is 0.05; this guy's reading was more than four times that amount.

Limit in the UK is 0.08, not 0.35! :eek:

Sankari · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:54

Zip said:
You get all sorts in darwin for some reason

It's the tropical heat; melts their brains.

BTW i really hope we never get a flag like the one in your sig, Its a bit crap TBH
I like the one we have now

I also like the one we have now. But when we become a republic, I hope we get a different flag. I'd be happy with the one in my sig, or something similar. :cool:

Sankari · 12 Sep 2009 at 13:04

[TW]Fox;14871138 said:
I thought most people voted against it being a republic?

No. The last referendum did not ask if people wanted a republic. It asked if people wanted a republic with a President appointed by Parliament. Therefore, if you answered "yes" to the question, you were committed to the specific republican model presented by the question. The question did not allow for any alternatives.

Monarchists obviously voted "No" to this question. But so did many republicans, since not every republican subscribes to the same republican model. So the result of the referendum did not tell us how many people wanted a republic. It simply told us how many people wanted a specific type of republic.

Fortunately our current Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd) has promised that Australia will become a republic, so it is now only a matter of time.

Zip said:
We did.

Again and again.

No. There has only been one republican referendum, and that referendum was carefully worded in order to achieve a certain result (see above). It was a bit like saying "We're going to hold a referendum on the abolition of the monarchy" and then asking "Do you want Queen Elizabeth to remain Queen, or do you want her to abdicate in favour of Prince Charles?"

We are in Deep deep trouble once Chales becomes king though

Why? What difference will that make to us? He'll just be a meaningless figurehead, like QEII.

Sankari · 12 Sep 2009 at 13:14

Zip said:
I thought we had more then that, Damn my young age

LOL

Dont forget though Kevin Rudd Promises a lot of things to every one

Of course he does; he's a politician. And he'll break a lot of those promises. But he's also a republican from way back, so I think he's committed to this one.

And we will be introuble with Chales not because of chales but thats when people reckon Australia will jump ship to a Republic.

Ah...