Randomly came across this famous Australian story today when reading another article. Anyone not Australian should read this story immediately, same for Australians not familiar with the tale.
Australian cricket hero David Boon set a record on the 1989 Australian tour of England. But the record was set on the plane on the way there, and it was the hotly contested and much respected record of the most cans of beer to be drunk on the Sydney-London flight.
Aussies familiar with this might enjoy the article too - has some hilarious insights into how "co-operative" the Qantas airline staff were with the successful record breaking attempt.
".....not long into the flight, the Qantas staff advised us that they’d been keeping count, and Boonie was well on target......then the captain of the plane got on to the PA system and congratulated Boonie on his fantastic effort of breaking the record.”
Read the whole thing - the kind of heroism my wonderful country is built on.
Australian cricket hero David Boon set a record on the 1989 Australian tour of England. But the record was set on the plane on the way there, and it was the hotly contested and much respected record of the most cans of beer to be drunk on the Sydney-London flight.
Aussies familiar with this might enjoy the article too - has some hilarious insights into how "co-operative" the Qantas airline staff were with the successful record breaking attempt.
".....not long into the flight, the Qantas staff advised us that they’d been keeping count, and Boonie was well on target......then the captain of the plane got on to the PA system and congratulated Boonie on his fantastic effort of breaking the record.”
Read the whole thing - the kind of heroism my wonderful country is built on.
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