Friday night, this overnight DJ was chuckling to himself, saying, “Heh heh…there was this guy in Melbourne, or was it Sydney…yeah, he got drunk and fell through a bridge…Oh, I guess it’s not funny so I won’t talk about it…”
I hate when DJs ramble on about nothing in that way, but beyond that, I’ve done a websearch and couldn’t find anything. I realize I’ve given you very little to go on, but I was just wondering if anyone knew about such an incident. If so, I’m interested in hearing the details because it sounds like Darwin fodder.
This is probably what you’re looking for. Funny, I live in Sydney, but don’t remember anything about this (and I only had half the beer that guy had ).
Thank you, the appropriately named Loaded! And stay out of that hole; I’m the one who should smack myself for not remembering that you guys have a city called Darwin.
Well, if he didn’t die, or damage his reproductive system, he’s not eligible for the Darwin award. He might have a case against the hotel, but the RTA probably has nothing to fear.
Rilchiam, I live in Melbourne and I didn’t hear about this, so I’d say that DJ is full of shit. And how could he have fallen through a bridge? I haven’t found any holes in any of our bridges here (yet).
Mats, a link was already provided by TheLoadedDog. It happened in Sydney. This person had been doing some competitive drinking (so dangerous!) at a pub, stumbled while crossing a bridge and slipped between the railings. He’s suing the pub, naturally, but also the RTA for leaving too big a gap between the railings.
It just sounds funnier when you say “through a bridge” rather than “through a railing”.
I know the bridge, it crosses over a busy road from Epping railway station. Standard RTA railings (1200mm high, 120mm gap between rails). He would have had to crouch down to half his height, turn sideways and do some serious squeezing and contorting to get thru the railings.
Most likely he leant over the rail to puke and followed the directions of his inertia system (keep going! keep going!)
).