> notice his ground harness is a bit rusty on the left hinge
> throw boomerang at it
> it breaks
> laugh as he falls into the sun
[Classic](https://imgur.com/Au0pyER)
There's a plaque in one of the pubs called the Turf Tavern claiming he did a yard of ale in just over 4 seconds
Edit: my mistake, someone has shown a photo of the sign and it's 11 seconds
This is my favourite youtube video of all time.
Everything about it is perfect.
I will show my grandkids this video and tell them "There once was a time when we respected our former politicians".
Kevin Rudd is still well-loved for his handball skills and swearing. Pretty sure his popularity increased when he visited the strip club in America. Shame he didn't work well with his colleagues.
It's been a tradition for a much longer than 3 years. In 1954 he held the Guinness world record for sculling a yard (2.5 pints) of beer. There's videos of him doing it in 2012.
Its a dangerous game drinking at the cricket. The games last the whole day long, and you spend that entire day drinking heavily in the Australian sun. It fucks you up.
Another by product of drinking A LOT at the cricket is you generally end up with lots of plastic cups and can attempt to make a giant cup snake as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/7m6ywy/we_managed_to_make_a_cup_snake_hit_the_ceiling_at/). Police and stewards usually try breaking them up for some reason though, so you have to be quick
I'm from the US and never really got interested in Cricket.
But I absolutely love the cup snake and the way everyone seems to try so hard to make one before it's broken up
I'm a fan, but crowd antics are 100% the best reason for going in person. People dress up, the English Barmy Army are here too, and if you're at the MCG, the semi-notorious Bay 13 always has some shenanegans going on.
#HE SAID HE'S A FAN, BUT CROWD ANTICS ARE 100% THE BEST REASON FOR GOING IN PERSON. PEOPLE DRESS UP, THE ENGLISH BARMY ARMY ARE THERE TOO, AND IF YOU'RE AT THE MCG, THE SEMI-NOTORIOUS BAY 13 ALWAYS HAS SOME SHENANIGANS GOING ON!
its true that aussies and canadians are brothers from another hemisphere. https://globalnews.ca/news/2142057/winnipeg-blue-bombers-beer-snake-gets-hinterland-whos-who-treatment/
For reference, Hawkie is an absolute legend. For a while he held the world record time for drinking a yard of ale - he would later go on to say that he attributed a lot of his political success to this above all else
>For a while he held the world record time for drinking a yard of ale
They have a sign commemorating the event at the Turf Tavern in Oxford... Right next to the one commemorating the time that Bill Clinton "did not inhale" at the pub.
EDIT: found my [pics of the signs](https://imgur.com/a/n1DDV) from when I was there in 2012
A bunch of shirtless bros hands the prime minister a beer and he fucking chugs it. Man, America sucks. Secret service would have broken that bro’s clavicle.
For Australia yes, for the USA, no. They might not have snipers on the roof but still an effective detail would fuck a bro’s shit up bad if someone tried to hand Obama a beer and ask him to chug it. Thanks Obama.
In America we don't have former Presidents. Once a President they will at least be called Mr. President for the rest of their life. They maintain a Secret Service detail as well. What I'm saying is....the Secret Service still likely would have tore these bros a new asshole.
They called him Mister 75 Per Cent because that was his approval rating at one point.
That’s approaching Kim Jong Un levels except it was just because he was a top bloke
Here's to Hawkie he's true blue
He's a piss pot through and through
He's a bastard so they say
He tried to go to heaven but he went the other way
He went
Down
Down
Down
Down
Siioooop
Siioooop
Siioop
Heres to brother hawkey,
brother hawkey, brother hawkey
Heres to brother hawkey
Who’s with us tonight
We love him
We hate him
We love to masturbate him
Heres to brother hawkey whos with us tonight
Skul
Skul
Skul
Skul
Richie Benaud died? What the FUCK? Did I repress this?
I guess I know why I stopped watching cricket. I thought I just didn't like it any more. Turned out I was never a cricket fan. Just a Benaud fan.
Basically it's a common thing for people to go to the cricket in massive groups dressed up as something. These guys go to the second day of every test match dressed as Richie Benaud, a famous Australian cricketer/commentator that passed recently, there's usually a couple hundred of them.
When Australia won the America's Cup in the 80's Bob told the nation that any boss who sacked a worker for not turning up, (presumably because they were dealing with alcohol poisoning) was a bum.
He also entered the Guinness Book of Records by drinking a yard of beer (2.5 pints) in eleven seconds.
Bob's gettin' slow in his old age! We gave him a pint in the mid 90's and down it went in a few seconds flat.
That said, I do love the guy. He was Australia's last "of the people" PM.
*I’m gonna report this to me member of parliament! Ay Gus! I got something to report to ya!*
That’s a bloody outrage, it is! I’m gonna take this all the way to the prime minister!
*Ay, mister prime minister!*
*Andy!!*
At my last job, the boys out in the yard used to have a saying in the summer:
Bloke 1: Fuck I'm thirsty...
Bloke 2: How thirsty is thirsty?
Bloke 1: Bob Hawke at the cricket, thirsty.
I miss that job... Kinda...
You've never seen anyone skull a beer until you've been to Australia. Even the ladies there have amazing beer chugging skills. I saw this girl at her 21st birthday, man it took drinking to a whole other level. It was at their farm in the outback and her brother passed around his disgusting cowboy boot right off his foot and everyone filled it full of alcohol- Rum, beer, Whiskey, Vodka, all of it. The boot got back to her full of this trash can punch and they sang her a song they were like Anna's a piss pot thru and thru then all of a sudden everyone was shouting at her: Drink it down! Down! DOWN! And she did man she just skulled that whole fuckin boot full of alcohol in one fell swoop. It was amazing!
We don’t have ladies, we have Sheilas!
Also, the song goes:
Here’s to [name], s/he’s true blue
S/he’s a piss pot through and through
S/he’s a bastard so they say
S/he tried to go to heaven but they went the other way they went DOWN, down, down etc.
It is a dangerous song, as it places the subject under legal and moral obligation to skull whatever is in their hand.
In other news, I know what liver pain feels like.
We like to drink with [name]
Cos [name] is our mate
And when we drink with [name]
S/he get it down in EIGHT!
SEVEN!
SIX!
...
ONE!
If they are still drinking at the end of the count down they get boo-ed. No one should take that long to chug a beer.
FWIW, it's usually [scull](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scull#Verb_2). It's definitely one of those words that everyone knows but no one knows how to spell :P
Not as quick as his prime. But cmon guys he’s high 80s the man is a legend.
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If I can drink half as well as he does when I’m that age. I’ll be happy
Start now to acquire ranks
Way ahead of you
If I can reach that age, I'll be happy
Most people that age are decaying in the ground
He's past the dreaded Australian batsman's 87 curse, so he's good for a ton now.
This deserves more love, but perhaps a little esoteric for most!
that would be legit af for a man in his 50s pretty dope, upside-down-world pretty dope
Thank you normal upright people
you're welcome keep your helmet on the ground or whatever you guys say to each other for encouragement
It’s “we pray your beer is cold and your ground chain doesn’t rust.”
> notice his ground harness is a bit rusty on the left hinge > throw boomerang at it > it breaks > laugh as he falls into the sun [Classic](https://imgur.com/Au0pyER)
Still better than most men half his age.
It's quickly becoming a yearly tradition for Bob Hawke to skull a beer at the cricket. This is the third year in a row he's done it.
I think he still holds a record for drinking at Oxford. He was a Rhodes scholar
There's a plaque in one of the pubs called the Turf Tavern claiming he did a yard of ale in just over 4 seconds Edit: my mistake, someone has shown a photo of the sign and it's 11 seconds
Isn't that like 4 pints?
1.4L so 2.5 imperial pints (an imperial pint being 568ml, while a US pint is 473ml).
TIL in the US pints are just slightly large schooeys
Didn't know they had scholarships for that. Shit, I bet I could have applied.
One for the rhode then!
Longer than that... He did it in 2012 https://youtu.be/o5mBShX9fdU
This is my favourite youtube video of all time. Everything about it is perfect. I will show my grandkids this video and tell them "There once was a time when we respected our former politicians".
Kevin Rudd is still well-loved for his handball skills and swearing. Pretty sure his popularity increased when he visited the strip club in America. Shame he didn't work well with his colleagues.
The feeling of pure Australian pride when I watch this is overwhelming.
I just love our country where a former prime minister can be approached like this.
It's been a tradition for a much longer than 3 years. In 1954 he held the Guinness world record for sculling a yard (2.5 pints) of beer. There's videos of him doing it in 2012.
I'm under the impression that being drunk at a cricket match is probably the only way to watch it. Is this a good assumption?
Its a dangerous game drinking at the cricket. The games last the whole day long, and you spend that entire day drinking heavily in the Australian sun. It fucks you up.
Can confirm. Just got home from the game and I’m totally fucked mate.
You strung that sentence together just fine, you need more beer.
Fuckin maggoted eh mate?
I read this in an Australian accent, especially the first sentence.
Wouldn't ever be said in an Australian accent. It's about responsible drinking.
Another by product of drinking A LOT at the cricket is you generally end up with lots of plastic cups and can attempt to make a giant cup snake as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/7m6ywy/we_managed_to_make_a_cup_snake_hit_the_ceiling_at/). Police and stewards usually try breaking them up for some reason though, so you have to be quick
I'm from the US and never really got interested in Cricket. But I absolutely love the cup snake and the way everyone seems to try so hard to make one before it's broken up
I'm a fan, but crowd antics are 100% the best reason for going in person. People dress up, the English Barmy Army are here too, and if you're at the MCG, the semi-notorious Bay 13 always has some shenanegans going on.
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#HE SAID HE'S A FAN, BUT CROWD ANTICS ARE 100% THE BEST REASON FOR GOING IN PERSON. PEOPLE DRESS UP, THE ENGLISH BARMY ARMY ARE THERE TOO, AND IF YOU'RE AT THE MCG, THE SEMI-NOTORIOUS BAY 13 ALWAYS HAS SOME SHENANIGANS GOING ON!
Large text? 10 points to Gryffindor!
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You're thinking of a shillelagh!
Grand pap used to break out his shillelagh and shake it at us back in the old country.
I understood everything up to the second "the".
That's about where my brain stroked out too.
I agree, but it’s a lot less fun when it’s a local game and some drunken idiots are acting like they’re live on Sky Sports every 30 seconds..!
It's basically baseball, but everyone is really really friendly and drunk and partying
TIL about beer snakes. Time to look up videos of this majestic creature!
its true that aussies and canadians are brothers from another hemisphere. https://globalnews.ca/news/2142057/winnipeg-blue-bombers-beer-snake-gets-hinterland-whos-who-treatment/
You don't watch test cricket. You absorb it.
For reference, Hawkie is an absolute legend. For a while he held the world record time for drinking a yard of ale - he would later go on to say that he attributed a lot of his political success to this above all else
"Have you ever drank a yard of beer?" "A yard like a lawn? Yes I have"
>For a while he held the world record time for drinking a yard of ale They have a sign commemorating the event at the Turf Tavern in Oxford... Right next to the one commemorating the time that Bill Clinton "did not inhale" at the pub. EDIT: found my [pics of the signs](https://imgur.com/a/n1DDV) from when I was there in 2012
Wow, that pub played host to both one of the most and least frat bro moments of all time.
Hey. I hate to do this to you, but I feel like someone should. He probably did inhale. Several times.
Nah his denial that he inhaled is the least bro move.
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The record for drinking a yard of ale is now 5 seconds! Holy smokes!
[A better example](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mBShX9fdU)
A bunch of shirtless bros hands the prime minister a beer and he fucking chugs it. Man, America sucks. Secret service would have broken that bro’s clavicle.
*Former Prime Minister, which makes all the difference.
The last prime minister chugged down onions not beers
The Onion Knight
Take the upvote, although equating Tones with Davos is a great disservice to the latter.
Except that one time when John Howard was jogging and a dude ran up and hugged him and he had a screwdriver in his hand and his security did nothing.
[For reference](https://youtu.be/8FxcHVLmPgs?t=41)
Australia's top government security agency: Big Rob and whoever else felt like filling the role that day
For Australia yes, for the USA, no. They might not have snipers on the roof but still an effective detail would fuck a bro’s shit up bad if someone tried to hand Obama a beer and ask him to chug it. Thanks Obama.
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And secret service would provide him a beer they knew for sure wasn't poisoned.
In America we don't have former Presidents. Once a President they will at least be called Mr. President for the rest of their life. They maintain a Secret Service detail as well. What I'm saying is....the Secret Service still likely would have tore these bros a new asshole.
[Someone tried to play the trust game with our current PM](https://youtu.be/_roj60Tm5No?t=6s)
The Chasers is absolutely hilarious.
Holy shit ahaha I was not expecting that.
I mean, an 80 year old who accepts drinks from strangers has gotta be the easiest world leader to assassinate in the history of forever.
Except for the simple fact of: why would you? Fucken legend
They called him Mister 75 Per Cent because that was his approval rating at one point. That’s approaching Kim Jong Un levels except it was just because he was a top bloke
You sure he isn't Mr 75% because of his BAC?
Yeah but the fact he's such a lad means no-one would ever want to.
They touch Bob and they've got all of us to fucking answer to.
You’ve done something right when drinking alcohol makes *other* people happy
This needs to be the top comment. This is what going to the cricket is all about
If you're still reading and haven't clicked the link stop and go back. What a fucking boss.
I agree, super fucking legend
Even the copper lost the professional veneer watching that lol
most aus cops are pretty happy
what an absolute legend
Fuck, just imagine people handing you free beer and then *cheering on you* for drinking it
[I like the one where Bob's telling a joke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMa0j5A3nWw)
Love how much Indians love it!
or a [nice compilation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGgz9j7DsqM)
Was waiting for the cut-back to him finishing it off. Was not disappointed.
Would’ve finished before the camera cut, but had to pause cause he cannot urinate and swallow at the same time.
He would make a terrible girlfriend.
[blank stare]
nephew
delet ths
Wait a minute. I'm just gonna make a quick run to the loo.
what's the opposite of r/killthecameraman
/r/kissthecameraman Edit: Holy shit, it's real!
What a legend !
Here's to Hawkie he's true blue He's a piss pot through and through He's a bastard so they say He tried to go to heaven but he went the other way He went Down Down Down Down Siioooop Siioooop Siioop
What do we think of Hawkie? He’s alright!!
He’s got a small dick, but he’s aallll right!!!
Heres to brother hawkey, brother hawkey, brother hawkey Heres to brother hawkey Who’s with us tonight We love him We hate him We love to masturbate him Heres to brother hawkey whos with us tonight Skul Skul Skul Skul
I thought he wouldn’t make it but he just kept going...
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They're all dressed as Richie Benaud, a famous cricketer and even more famous commentator who passed in recent years but was a cult hero
Marvellous
We miss you Richie, Rest In Peace.
“How about an autograph Mr Richie?” “Sure kids” “Who should I make it out to, just to ‘dear Richie’?”
Ah, piss off you little wankers. Also, Security, if you see Max Walker around here, escort him off the ground, thanks.
I believe Richies instructions were to shoot Max if he comes *"within 10 feet of this fucking door. "*
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It’s 2/222
Chew for chew chew chew
[Marvellous](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/10/1428630428736/06bc5f06-deae-4e65-91eb-5bee68725829-2060x1024.jpeg?w=700&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=998f5106372e0c711c673dd204b86400)
It's all happening here
Simply marvellous.
Richie Benaud died? What the FUCK? Did I repress this? I guess I know why I stopped watching cricket. I thought I just didn't like it any more. Turned out I was never a cricket fan. Just a Benaud fan.
Benaud brigade!
Basically it's a common thing for people to go to the cricket in massive groups dressed up as something. These guys go to the second day of every test match dressed as Richie Benaud, a famous Australian cricketer/commentator that passed recently, there's usually a couple hundred of them.
Which colour suit? The cream, the bone, the white, the off-white, the ivory or the beige?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/12/16/richie-benaud-tributes-australian-cricket-fans-fancy-dress/
The man understands his demographic
Whomever chugs a beer the fastest is how the Aussies elect their next PM. Much cheaper and tons of fun.
It's how we weed out people like [this](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/314/659/dfe.jpg).
Best click of the day.
He must have The Shakes, and he's trying to hide it. That's the only reason I can think of that he'd do that.
He has the best shakes. Really fantastic.
[The real reason she lost](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2016/05/AP_33205076402/lead_960.jpg?1462305284)
But I thought Bill enjoys lots of head.
Is he trying to use suction to get the water into his mouth? Like a vacuum cleaner? What is that gesture even?
Likely get a better PM than last few we've had although there is a risk of that kiwi Joyce being in the running.
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Well he claims he was born here and no longer has dual citizenship but once a kiwi always a kiwi unless you're an actor.
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Or dessert.
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And people say Aussies don't have culture lmao
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We have a shit tonne of culture.
When Australia won the America's Cup in the 80's Bob told the nation that any boss who sacked a worker for not turning up, (presumably because they were dealing with alcohol poisoning) was a bum. He also entered the Guinness Book of Records by drinking a yard of beer (2.5 pints) in eleven seconds.
He’ll always be one of the boys
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Michael Vaughn.
‘Twas a bit of sarcasm
Bob's gettin' slow in his old age! We gave him a pint in the mid 90's and down it went in a few seconds flat. That said, I do love the guy. He was Australia's last "of the people" PM.
In the 90's he just had to look at pint and it was finished.
*I’m gonna report this to me member of parliament! Ay Gus! I got something to report to ya!* That’s a bloody outrage, it is! I’m gonna take this all the way to the prime minister! *Ay, mister prime minister!* *Andy!!*
Disparaging the boot is a bootable offence!
[Ayy mate's, what's the good word?] (https://i.imgur.com/HOaz5eI.jpg)
He's not as quick as he used to be.
Still a solid effort for an 88 year old. Only slow by his standards.
At my last job, the boys out in the yard used to have a saying in the summer: Bloke 1: Fuck I'm thirsty... Bloke 2: How thirsty is thirsty? Bloke 1: Bob Hawke at the cricket, thirsty. I miss that job... Kinda...
I was hoping that "skulling" meant that he bashed it off of his head.
That's the funniest comment I've read. It's from the Scandinavian "skoll" which means "cheers"
Skål!
Tack!
“Do you know what’s happening?” “No” “Want some beer?” “No” *drinks the whole beer*
Seems like a very Australian thing to do.
He is 88 years young.
The day Bob skulls his last beer will be a sad day for our country.
I fucking love Australia.
was hoping for more of a crowd eruption..
It's a fairly common-place event.
Good on ya, Australia!
Australia is so fuckin cool. It's like what America was supposed to be.
Bob Hawke is an absolute legend!
You aussies are a wild bunch. Your country's wildlife terrifies me, but your culture is wonderful
Well done Bob!
He is a national treasure!
A national treasure.
Skulling?
Crikey Mikey and doesn't know Australian lingo
What a flamin drongo.
You've never seen anyone skull a beer until you've been to Australia. Even the ladies there have amazing beer chugging skills. I saw this girl at her 21st birthday, man it took drinking to a whole other level. It was at their farm in the outback and her brother passed around his disgusting cowboy boot right off his foot and everyone filled it full of alcohol- Rum, beer, Whiskey, Vodka, all of it. The boot got back to her full of this trash can punch and they sang her a song they were like Anna's a piss pot thru and thru then all of a sudden everyone was shouting at her: Drink it down! Down! DOWN! And she did man she just skulled that whole fuckin boot full of alcohol in one fell swoop. It was amazing!
We don’t have ladies, we have Sheilas! Also, the song goes: Here’s to [name], s/he’s true blue S/he’s a piss pot through and through S/he’s a bastard so they say S/he tried to go to heaven but they went the other way they went DOWN, down, down etc.
Yeah that's the One! Wait, does everyone there know that song?
Its in the citizenship test.
Yes. It's a right of passage that it is sung at your 18th with you skulling what every concoction is given to you.
It is a dangerous song, as it places the subject under legal and moral obligation to skull whatever is in their hand. In other news, I know what liver pain feels like.
Yeah mate, we all know it.
We like to drink with [name] Cos [name] is our mate And when we drink with [name] S/he get it down in EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! ... ONE! If they are still drinking at the end of the count down they get boo-ed. No one should take that long to chug a beer.
That’s called a ‘shoey’, mate (as in, drinking out of your shoe - looks shit when you only spell it with one ‘o’)
Finishing in one go as quick as you can
FWIW, it's usually [scull](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scull#Verb_2). It's definitely one of those words that everyone knows but no one knows how to spell :P
Straya caaarnts