The_Thunder_Child t1_j1u7e59 wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL the New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon, once called a snap election while extremely drunk. His party lost 10 seats. by EucalyptusBrain
It was the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke who held the record for drinking a yard glass of beer the fastest. He achieved this decades before being PM though.
brkh47 t1_j1uehmr wrote
Bob Hawke looked like a guy, who loved a drink. Ruddy skin, with a shade of braggadocio.
RJWolfe t1_j1vja17 wrote
Plus he was the Union leader during the country-wide strike on Frank Sinatra.
DharmaCub t1_j1vuzct wrote
Why was their a countrywide strike on Frank Sinatra?
RJWolfe t1_j1vvwnq wrote
He was just being Frank Sinatra, baby. Mid-way through a show, he started calling Australian journalists whores and all kinds of stuff.
I've been an asshole in my life, but I've never been a whole-country-hates-me asshole. So that's some solace, at least.
Edit: I should submit that, actually. You better not beat me to the punch!
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