Protect the beer at all costs!

**john112364** · May 14th, 2008, 10:25 AM

Gotta love a man who has his priorities straight.

Griffo where were you at when this happened?

DARWIN, Australia - An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car's floor, police said Tuesday.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.
The 30-can beer case was strapped in between two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, but on the car's floor.
"The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained," Burnett told reporters Tuesday.
"I haven't ever seen something like this before," he said. "This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child."
The driver was fined 750 Australian dollars — about $710 — for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a safety belt

**graeme99** · May 15th, 2008, 03:04 AM

Yeah been all over the news over here... Idiots...

**gunshowbabe** · May 15th, 2008, 09:14 AM

must have been related to britney

Gunslinger77 · May 15th, 2008, 09:42 AM

To truly judge these people, we really need to know what kind of beer it was. Was it New Castle, or Bass? Or was it Natural Light (or the cheap Aussie equivalent)? Because you don't buckle in Natty Light.

**falconfootball** · May 15th, 2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunslinger77

To truly judge these people, we really need to know what kind of beer it was. Was it New Castle, or Bass? Or was it Natural Light (or the cheap Aussie equivalent)? Because you don't buckle in Natty Light.

Aussies version of natty or PBR is called Fosters, shit is terrible. It's funny you mention Newcastle, because that is the "Shit beer" of England.

Gimme a Guinness, and I'll be your friend until the pint goes dry!

**Mr. Stone** · May 15th, 2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by falconfootball

Gimme a Guinness, and I'll be your friend until the pint goes dry!

Call me a wuss, but I can't drink a beer I can chew.

I think it is ironic that the incident took place in DARWIN.

**wildstang** · May 15th, 2008, 04:26 PM

aghh! i want my bud!

**griffo2** · May 15th, 2008, 05:51 PM

Bloody idiot....It was just on the news here that a father in The US was to drunk to drive so he gave the keys to his 9 year old to drive him home...the cops saw the car swerving all over the road.....He never had any driving charges put on him...the kid had no convictions as he was under age....lol.

**falconfootball** · May 15th, 2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Stone

Call me a wuss, but I can't drink a beer I can chew.
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Actually, Guinness is one of the LIGHTER beers out there. Just because its dark in color doesn't make it thick.

**graeme99** · May 16th, 2008, 03:46 AM

No one in Australia actually drinks Fosters... trust me

Poetickz · May 16th, 2008, 04:39 AM

maybe the beer was VB or xxxx? apparently those are some of the two top shelf beers in australia

Gunslinger77 · May 16th, 2008, 10:55 AM

I'd buckle in some Guinness. At least I would the bottles or cans with the widgets. Man, I haven't had a beer in longer than I can remember (trying to lose more weight). I'd better stop reading this or I'll start drooling in my keyboard.

**falconfootball** · May 16th, 2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Poetickz

maybe the beer was VB or xxxx? apparently those are some of the two top shelf beers in australia

I fell in love with VB when i visited "OZ". It's a shame it can't be found in the US

Granted this was when I was 18, and since my beer pallet has become much more advanced, But I still want to go back down under for a schooner of VB

**Carnitas** · May 16th, 2008, 06:50 PM

hey, you gotta do what you gotta do you know?

**graeme99** · May 16th, 2008, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Poetickz

maybe the beer was VB or xxxx? apparently those are some of the two top shelf beers in australia

Dunno about top shelf LOL but very popular indeed, both taste like cats piss in my own opinion...

But your all welcome to come down here for schooners of anything you want !!!