The Free Pint Award

An Award for Amusing News

Every now and then I read, watch or hear a news story that makes me laugh out loud. For example, that cheerleader who was leading the spirit right up until the moment her team ran over the top of her. Having watched more than my fair share of Teen movies and porn, I daresay that this wasn’t the first time she had the entire team on top of her in an evening but that is a matter for another fantasy.

My point is that I laughed out loud when I saw the footage and for that I’m going to by her a pint. Unfortunately she is underage so she can’t receive it so instead The Free Pint Award for this month goes to this plonker:

Geelong Cats labelled `gay' premiers

The mighty Geelong 2007 premiership winning team has been labelled the `gay' premiers in an embarrassing tattoo error.
Geelong supporter `Neville' wanted a permanent reminder of the team's success so he visited a tattoo parlour in Thailand last week seeking to have the words ``Day Premiers 2007'' emblazoned on his right arm.
`Neville' told 3AW this morning he had 15 cans of beer to ease his nerves before the tattoo was applied.
He said to ensure the Phuket tattooist got it right, he wrote down exactly what he wanted on his right and left arms, under the headlines ''right arm'' and ''left arm''.
''I gave them a piece of paper and wrote down on the right arm, I wanted the new Geelong emblem they've got out now ... and Day Premiers 2007.''
''And on the left arm side I wrote ''left arm'' and the two grandkids names and Night Premiers 2006''
Now he has ''right arm'' written on his right arm, just above ''Gay Premiers 2007'' because the tattooist marked in ''Gay'' instead of ''Day''.
''I couldn't believe it,'' Neville said.
''When I first walked in he showed me the picture of the thing, and I just looked at a picture and didn't really take notice of the words.
''My son-in-law walked in halfway through it ... and told me what happened, and I thought 'you're joking!'' he said.

(Source: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. 13Nov07)

Now I really don’t need to comment to much on this suffice to say that ‘Neville’ (why the pseudonym? What’s he really hiding?) has just become Australia’s newest Gay Icon, replacing Ian Thorpe at the top of charts.

However, for making me cough up my cornflakes, I award ‘Neville’ one free pint lager.