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Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Painful truth

Might otherwise have missed this one but the Beeb can be relied upon to keep me abreast of crucial news emanating from 'back home', such as this story. I'm not making it up, honest and to prove it the story is lifted from The Age, the least disreputable Victorian rag; and frankly the story is a bit of a hoot and light relief after the previous post:

Showing patrons she could crush beer cans between her exposed breasts has cost a West Australian barmaid $1,000.

Hanging spoons on the barmaid's nipples also cost one of her co-workers $500, while their bar manager was fined $1,000 for failing to stop the pair, police said in a statement.

Luana De Faveri, 31, was fined $1,000 in the Mandurah Magistrates Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two breaches of Licence Conditions under the Liquor Control Act.

Police said in June this year, De Faveri twice exposed her breasts to patrons in the Premier Hotel in Pinjarra, 87km south of Perth. "She was alleged to have also crushed beer cans between her breasts during one of the offences," police said.

Another bar worker, Tracey Amanda Leslie, 43, was fined $500 after pleading guilty to assisting the commission of a breach of the act by helping hang spoons from De Faver's nipples.

The pub manager, Roy Williams, 43, was fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of the act by failing to stop the women's behaviour.

Superintendent David Parkinson of the Peel Police District said: "It sends a clear message to all licensees in Peel that we will not tolerate this type of behaviour in our licensed premises."


Apart from bringing to mind that scene involving ping pong balls in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert I think it must be said that since Perth is the most remote Capital city in the world (or so residents will have it) and the place where these shocking events took place is a deal further from civilisation than that the people who live there deserve a medal and the police who are essentially employed to deal with matters arising when people who can't cope with the isolation go bonkers and start attempting to get off with kangaroos and other wildlife need to get a better perspective.

As to how much envy is involved, well that's another question. I wouldn't like to attempt to do this. The very idea makes my eyes water.

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