Tragedy

[Grunt]

A tragic event occurred today. Click here (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/beer-lost-in-truck-smash/2006/10/25/1161749173822.html)



Well it could have been worse. It could have been James Squire Pilsener

[Iain]

XXXX, probably did the brew justice:D :D :D

[Auld Bassoon]

But is wasn't really beer, just XXXX, so no worries :D

[Bleedin Thumb]

Pity the cheese truck didn't crash as well, could have been one hell of a street party.

[oges]

No mention if a sobriety test was done for the drivers :rolleyes:

[Groggy]

If they'd opened the road to the traffic it would have taken twenty minutes to clean up.

So why did it take the police 12 hours? And who ordered the pizzas that were allowed through the barricades? :D

[woodsprite]

Personally, I reckon the coppers did a brilliant job! If they could between them clean up a truck of beer and chips in just 12 hours they were doing well. I mean I doubt if I could drink more than maybe a dozen cans or eat mote than a dozen pakets of chips in that time.;)

[Groggy]

Personally, I reckon the coppers did a brilliant job! If they could between them clean up a truck of beer and chips in just 12 hours they were doing well. I mean I doubt if I could drink more than maybe a dozen cans or eat mote than a dozen pakets of chips in that time.;)I went to a few Hay Police Golf Days and I tell you, the coppers on this job were slow drinkers. :)

[Auld Bassoon]

I'm thinking the delay was for the local wildlife to sober up :D

[MajorPanic]

My immediate thought was Zed fell head-first out of a tree while reaching for a banana. :o
Although your report is quite devastating!! :cool:

[ozwinner]

Its not like any REAL beer was lost, Grunt if you want I can save the morning after results, better in my opinion than xxxx.

Al :p

[Grunt]

My immediate thought was Zed fell head-first out of a tree while reaching for a banana. :o

In what way would that be a tragedy?

[Groggy]

In what way would that be a tragedy?Isn't it obvious? He could land on someone and hurt them!

[Cliff Rogers]

Lucky it was only Gold.... I'd drink Carlton Draught before I drank Gold.
Here is the photo of a real tragedy.
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=19317

[Bleedin Thumb]

Lucky it was only Gold.... I'd drink Carlton Draught before I drank Gold.


Cliff that reminded me of the great Queensland beer strike of 76-77. Up untill then Queenslanders drank 4x or Calton (White Death). The beer strike closed both breweries for 6 months.

Qld without beer for 6 months!:eek:

To solve the problem they trucked in all this "exotic" stuff from down south,
Swan,Cascade,KB,Westend etc etc. After that all our taste buds had been educated and there was no going back.

[Bob38S]

Cliff that reminded me of the great Queensland beer strike of 76-77. Up untill then Queenslanders drank 4x or Calton (White Death). The beer strike closed both breweries for 6 months.

Qld without beer for 6 months!:eek:

To solve the problem they trucked in all this "exotic" stuff from down south,
Swan,Cascade,KB,Westend etc etc. After that all our taste buds had been educated and there was no going back.

You forgot the "Green Death" :eek::eek: Southwark

I am aware that there is always an exception to a rule and this stuff was it.

Rule #1
There is no such thing as a bad beer - it's just that some are better than others.

#2 Exception = Southwark {perk, spit, spu etc]

#3 Gold of any sort is not real beer - it's like standard rated petrol
You don't put standard into a high performance body ;);)

Remember when the strike finished - 1 local pub had a pallet of the green death left over - even when they offerred to give away 6 packs with regular, real beer purchases - most declined the offer.

:D:):D

[Bleedin Thumb]

You forgot the "Green Death" :eek::eek: Southwark



:D:):D


How could I forget Southwark!
It was one of first to come up. It was OK if it was icey cold, but once it warmed up a tad it was like drinking perfume.KB wasn't much better.

I remember the day the strike broke the pubs put on free 4X all day.:)

Can you remember Bulimber Draught, made in Brisbane. I think they used the water out of the Brisbane River. One sip and you would get a headache, made Darwin stubbies taste good.:eek:

[Groggy]

I can't say where I was working at that time, but I can tell you I was unloading and loading 40,000 lb of beer three times a week during that period - carton by carton.