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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 12:38 PM
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Aussies outlaw "Beer Wenches" at Cricket matches.
Gee wonder why this caught my eye (click on link)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/cricket_aus_ind_beer

MELBOURNE, Australia, (AFP) - Australian police have warned "beer wenches" -- scantily-clad women hired by cricket fans to queue at the bar for alcohol -- that they would not be welcome at the one-day international series with India here.

Fans pay the women up to 70 dollars an hour to buy drinks so they can concentrate on the game but police fear the practice contributes to binge drinking and drunkenness.

The women first appeared at Test matches last year and police believe they will be offering their services at the one-dayers, which traditionally attract a more rowdy crowd than the five-day version of the game.

While authorities are powerless to ban the women outright, they can prosecute them if they are found to be serving alcohol to anyone who is intoxicated.

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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 12:49 PM
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1. Gotta love those rowdy Aussies.
"Fans pay the women up to 70 dollars an hour to buy drinks so they can concentrate on the game but police fear the practice contributes to binge drinking and drunkenness."

Binge drinking and drunkenness at a sporting event? I am shocked! The funniest part about this is that supposedly they hire the wenches so that they can "concentrate on the game." Yea right, I am sure that is the motivation. Like I said, gotta love those Aussies.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 12:51 PM
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2. I don't think it is the game they are focusing on
Edited on Tue Jan-20-04 12:51 PM by underpants
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 01:09 PM
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3. Awwww, Crap.
;)
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