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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

McGinn told local media he did it to show there were normal people in parliament

..as he's leaving parliament

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Drinking beer from a shoe is normal now?

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You never drank Bailey's from a shoe?

[–] ZombieGary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Want to go to a club where people wee on each other?

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Do you love me?

Could you learn to love me?

No, but I hear it goes well with a nice Chianti.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago

It is in Australia, apparently 🤷

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

The lady beside him seems like she should be chanting "Her-cules! Her-cules!"

[–] Mitchie151@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't stop laughing at this thread. That's so effing gross... What the hell is wrong with you people?

Old Greg want supposed to be instructional.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

What's his crime? Drinking a succulent beverage??

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (5 children)

That's fucking digusting, who thought drinking beer from a shoe was cool??

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Aussies. And you'll do it with them, if you're ever lucky enough to be near their a celebrations

I know from Daniel Ricciardo popularized it in Formula 1

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Id rather drink a fosters than beer out of a shoe

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 21 points 1 week ago

I'd rather drink my own fermented piss than drink a fucking fosters.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago

That's both Australian and I Australian at the same time. Well done. You've broken Aussie stereotypes forever. A real "yeah, nah"

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 13 points 1 week ago

Just a whole country of old Greg’s.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've done didgeridooie

We found a prosthetic leg in the park and my mate did a legie from it

I've seen blokes do them through raw fresh fish too

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That last one just sounds awful for the fish

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does this hurt the fishie?

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

According to Nirvana they don't have any feelings

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

From what I know it's mostly something you do as the loser of a bet.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not about being cool. It was a statement.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 1 week ago

it'saboutsendingamessage.jpg

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

That's amazing. Good for him!

[–] Bot@sub.community 9 points 1 week ago

Unless you are a feet fetish sub, I can’t think of another reason to like this drinking style

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah... Nah...

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] immortalluna@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its a big thing in the whitewater community in the US as well

[–] fitjazz@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago

Nothing quite like a booty beer after a swim.