Only in Australia

[platypus]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7397867.stm

Made me laugh my knackers off at work* .




*Of course this should not detract from the seriousness of this situation, and should highlight the fact that beer should not be strapped in at the expense of children.

 

[Stinky]

awsome.

 

[Lamo]

that's brilliant. I can't see a problem with this. At the end of the day if breaks suddenly and the beer was not strapped in then it would increase the time until it could be drunk safely.

 

[MR_Punk]

Smart man I say

 

[davethe11]

"This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child... "

I find this very very hard to believe tbh

 

[BenhB]

Strewth!!

 

[semi-pro waster]

So wrong but I can't help laughing anyway. It does beg the question of why he didn't use the boot for the beer though or was it already full with yet more beer?

 

[Zip]

Hes Lucky he was in the Northern Territory.

If he was a bit lower in South Australia he would have been serving time or atleast paying up much much much more then just $750 AUD and a loss of llicence

The Northern Territory is soft on drivers.

 

[Belmit]

So wrong but I can't help laughing anyway. It does beg the question of why he didn't use the boot for the beer though or was it already full with yet more beer?

Or more kids?

 

[Greenlizard0]

The Northern Territory is soft on drivers.

Oh dear.

Off topic everytime I read your name something in my head screams "OH ZIPPYEEEE!!" from Rainbow.

 

[gillywibble]

Fair dinkum.

 

[Zip]

Oh dear.

Off topic everytime I read your name something in my head screams "OH ZIPPYEEEE!!" from Rainbow.

Is that the puppet which has the hand that looks like a nob?

 

[Supercow]

Sorry, just posted this and thread got locked ... curse my search skills!

Best story I have read all year

 

[semi-pro waster]

Or more kids?

Good point, if he had the kid in the boot then the policemen wouldn't have noticed when they stopped the driver. Definite trick missed there by this none too cunning antipodean.

 

[33L]

great story - beer over kids - now if only the wife could read this........

 

[Combat squirrel]

Fair dinkum.

 

[Glaucus]

He's got his prioritys right

 

[malccy]

I thought it was going to say that he'd forgotten to load his kids up after carefully fastening in his beer on the front seat.

 

[Gackt]

Quite disturbing. I'm sure all of you would be laughing if the kid had been killed because he wasn't strapped in.

 

[davethe11]

wouldn't give a XXXX really