First, we have this confrontation with the U.S. over vegemite. Then, we learn Aussie drivers are blaming dead guys for their speeding tickets. And teachers risk being sued for criticizing students. Is there no end to this outlandish behavior?
An Australian driver threatened police with a live snake after he was pulled over for a breath test for driving under the influence of alcohol, police said on Monday.
The driver in the outback Northern Territory was stopped on Saturday night by police just outside the city of Darwin after they saw him swerving, police said in a statement.
After registering a blood alcohol level well over the legal limit, the man ran onto the road and picked up a live snake.
“The driver allegedly armed himself with a live snake, pointed the head of the reptile at them and threatened them,” said police.
Police told the man to drop the snake, but he ran into bushland still carrying it. The man has been charged with drunken driving and will appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court.
What is going on Down Under?
“What is going on Down Under?”
My guess is that all of wackos from Florida decided to move even further south!
Their society plays by their own set of rules. Snake weapons, sheltered kids and zombies who drive….
Well, it worked!
They need more gay sex.
My theory: They’re split between people trying too hard to live up to the Crocodile Dundee-type cultural Outback image and people trying too hard to act like people do in the U.S. Maybe we should send them FEMA.
You mean you Americans DONT carry live snakes around for protection? How odd..
You ignorant yanks! We aussies sort out ALL our grudges using snake duels. It’s been this way since the government took away our guns. What puzzles me though is why the cops didn’t just draw their own snakes and take him down?
What puzzles me though is why the cops didn’t just draw their own snakes …?
Comment by alphgeek — 11/15/2006 @ 5:53 pm
Maybe they couldn’t draw any snakes simply because they didn’t have any pencils to draw with?
Way too funny !!! The Old West renewed ! “Alright then, it’s spitting cobras at ten feet for you, bucko !” In a way it makes sense, they do have most of the really venomous snakes in the world, at least the Crocodile Hunter caught a few for the Discovery channel .
This is a publicity stunt to get more people to visit the outback, havnt you seen the ad, “where the bloody hell has your snake been?”
praise be the drawers of snake for they will do drop and do nay bite. and whence forth they biteith thoust shall be bitterith and shall forth and heceforth so let thynsellif be snakered.
Its just common sense really, maybe your snake is broken and time to get a new one, maybe one from the everglades, they would be big and threatening and useful as a child restraint device.