OldMork t1_j1u04hh wrote
NZ and australia are places where politicians do weird stuff, I believe one aussie minister got some world record in beer drinking(?) another went for a swim and never came back.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j1u7e59 wrote
It was the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke who held the record for drinking a yard glass of beer the fastest. He achieved this decades before being PM though.
brkh47 t1_j1uehmr wrote
Bob Hawke looked like a guy, who loved a drink. Ruddy skin, with a shade of braggadocio.
RJWolfe t1_j1vja17 wrote
Plus he was the Union leader during the country-wide strike on Frank Sinatra.
DharmaCub t1_j1vuzct wrote
Why was their a countrywide strike on Frank Sinatra?
RJWolfe t1_j1vvwnq wrote
He was just being Frank Sinatra, baby. Mid-way through a show, he started calling Australian journalists whores and all kinds of stuff.
I've been an asshole in my life, but I've never been a whole-country-hates-me asshole. So that's some solace, at least.
Edit: I should submit that, actually. You better not beat me to the punch!
monoped2 t1_j1udjia wrote
>another went for a swim and never came back.
And then they named a swimming pool after him.
Doing a Holt, or pulling a Harry Holt is also rhyming slang for bolting and leaving unannounced.
InertiaCreeping t1_j1w4wlk wrote
“Dazza pulled the old Harold Holt and bailed on the missus”
slowslownotbad t1_j1xxjzz wrote
We also have Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt
It talks to submarines.
RaideNbeyaz t1_j1uid01 wrote
Another shat himself in McDonald's
EvilioMTE t1_j1uyxv3 wrote
And didn't even deny it. Laughed about it, even.
Anthro_DragonFerrite t1_j1vhru7 wrote
An American one?
acallamhoftheocean t1_j1vle5m wrote
How could Australia have an American prime minister?
Even if you didn’t know, now you do know that Australians who hold dual citizenship are automatically disqualified from being elected into any federal seat in parliament.
Libtinard t1_j1vzg8h wrote
That’s only a recent thing. Australian politics used to be dominated by British ex pats. And Chinese people
twobit78 t1_j1wicdy wrote
Not that recent. Only the huge fight over it was recent.
Also ex pats are allowed, you don't need to be born here you just can't be duel citizen.
Libtinard t1_j1wtbz0 wrote
Ah the more you know cheers
acallamhoftheocean t1_j1xv0bz wrote
How can you be this wrong? If you’ve lived in Australia your whole life this comment should embarrass you. Know your nation.
Libtinard t1_j1y939b wrote
I’m sorry I was misinformed. Only been to Australia once. Not Australian I mis remembered the news when the big row took place as the time they changed it. Sorry dude
Anthro_DragonFerrite t1_j1vmqli wrote
I meant an Australian PM in an American McDonald's
acallamhoftheocean t1_j1vmzc5 wrote
That’s kind of worse, considering McDonalds is a franchise and has stores everywhere.
FionaTheGreen t1_j1u3uac wrote
>another went for a swim and never came back
Not the weirdest way to quit a job, to be honest.
ZanyDelaney t1_j1vy67g wrote
Before becoming Prime Minister Bob Hawke was active in the Trade Union area and in that era drank a lot. While at university (in the UK) he had set a "world record" by skolling two-and-a-half pints of beer in 11 seconds. This was University College, Oxford and Hawke was a Rhodes Scholar. Pretty sure calling it a world record was a student joke.
Hawke gave up drinking when he went into politics in 1980 and did not drink while he was PM. He started drinking again after leaving politics in 1993.
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Hegar t1_j1v2hsl wrote
A west australian state treasurer used to sniff the chairs of female parliamentarians after they stood up. In the early 2000s iirc.
Ythio t1_j1uviln wrote
>another went for a swim and never came back.
Understandable, also happened to a triple king of Germany, Italy and Burgundy during a crusade.
Then again there are always overachiever like that one English duke that was sentenced to death by drowning in wine.
AdminsAreLazyID10TS t1_j1vzg14 wrote
That's called the Holy Roman Emperor my guy
Literally the most famous one, too, the definition of BDE Frederick Barbarossa himself, more or less the German King Arthur, once and future king, uniter of Germany type stuff.
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MrSpecialjonny t1_j1vwxd3 wrote
Harold Holt was the PM that went for a little swim and decided to disappear, ironically they named a swimming pool after him
TheFightingImp t1_j1wzowb wrote
Then we have Kevin Rudd, who went to a strip club in NYC with some mates, before he became PM in '07. Hes now our ambassador to the U.S.
the908bus t1_j1w82nh wrote
Do I get to choose between drinking records vs armed insurrection in my world leaders?
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