Australia responds to financial crisis with free beer

[forge]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/5382559

Senator Joyce has clearly misunderstood the mood of the Australian public if he thinks we will see this as a bad thing.

"It's like a madman giving you free beers at a pub - you'll drink them but you won't respect him," Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce told reporters.

who won't respect them? I sure as bloddy well will.

"Barnaby Joyce" sounds like the name of a fictional childhood bear.

[beats me]

Your stimulus package is better than ours.

[UKRuss]

Huzzah for oz! (and free beer)

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[forge]

this is the amazing paradox of all this economic shite

there's a lot of conservative types moaning about the fact that the Government gave "the people" 10 Billion dollars worth of "handouts", yet they are all totally happy to dish it out to bankers who INTENTIONALLY pissed it all away

good on ya Kev and Wayne

HA HA HA our prime minister and treasurer are called Kevin and Wayne

awesome

[doc holiday]

you guys have some spendy beer over there.. it could bankrupt you in hard times.


good plan by the gov over there!!

$20 for a six pack was shocking.

[forge]

you guys have some spendy beer over there.. it could bankrupt you in hard times.


good plan by the gov over there!!

$20 for a six pack was shocking.

he he...you came when it was nearly dollar for dollar. it's like $0.65 USD to $1.00 AUD now - but yeah $20 for a 6 pack sucks, but that is only really imports, my regular I get for 8.99

[33tetragammon]

i wonder what the government will do in the netherlands to unstress its population in this so-called "crisis".......maybe a free upgrade to live 8 and an apc 40?

dream on..........

[doc holiday]

you guys have some spendy beer over there.. it could bankrupt you in hard times.


good plan by the gov over there!!

$20 for a six pack was shocking.

he he...you came when it was nearly dollar for dollar. it's like $0.65 USD to $1.00 AUD now - but yeah $20 for a 6 pack sucks, but that is only really imports, my regular I get for 8.99

it was $20 for VB!

that was pretty much all i drank over there. even at that lower rate it'd double what I pay for a 6er of quality small batch brews.

[crumhorn]

They've obviously heard the old adage

"Beer will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no beer."

[pulsoc]

Your stimulus package is better than ours.

agreed. We should write congress!!

[bosonHavoc]

gotta love the aussie's

when i was in the texas national guard we went to train with the 3rd RAR in Australia for our annual training... at then end of the exercise the aussies filled up a whole bunch of 55 gallon drums with ice and beer... we got totally wasted lol.
then of course we have a formation lol
pisser thing too is some asshole that ripped off my practice space also stole my brief case with all my army stuff in it... so i don't have my aussie Jump Wings no more

every aussie i have ever known could do some drinking.
makes sense to provide the nation with the national beverage

[Grifter]

Whats even more amazing is how the blind are leading the blind in this thread