David Boon is a former Australian cricketer. He is kind of a legend on one hand and a figure of fun on the other. He was short and stocky, a stolid largely workmanlike player most notable for his moustache and the fact that in 1989 when the Australian team flew to England to play. he consumed 52 cans of beer during the flight.
VB have put out these Boony figurines. In a stroke of genius they have arranged for TV station Channel 9 to send out signals at appropriate times during the cricket that cause Boony to say “Shoooot” or “Where’s my beer?” or god knows what else.
Does this explain those annoying series of beeps that can be heard at certain times during the cricket, or is that a different thing? Seems to appear at the beginning of the highlights segments.
Gotta admit, that’s cool. And so right on. It’s like I once read someplace that the only other country in the world that would get the ‘Hooters’ restaurant concept is Australia. It’s like we’re brothers under the skin or something.
Now how do we bring this enlightenment to the rest of the world?
