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The old home town is in the news again:

A $5 all-you-can-drink party turned into a bloody outbreak of violence in which officers were assaulted, their cars damaged and a woman sent to hospital …

“What a disgrace! This is supposed to be Werribee, not Baghdad,” a police source said. Three officers suffered injuries and six cars were damaged during Friday night’s brawl.

In fact, drinks in Baghdad are considerably more expensive.

(Via ilibcc)

Posted by Tim B. on 03/13/2007 at 02:39 AM
  1. $5 all you can drink at the Masonic Hall? Now that’s an evil plot I’m down with.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 03 13 at 02:46 AM • permalink

  2. ...organisers…were selling the cut-price grog but things turned ugly when the alcohol ran out.

    Well, naturally.

    Posted by CO² max on 2007 03 13 at 02:50 AM • permalink

  3. Come on now- the happy hour at the al Khadhimain Mosque would have to be a hoot, especially when it’s al Sadr’s shout.

    Anyway, none (or at least not many) Werribee bogans have got RPGs, so the carpark action’s a bit dull, hardly worth missing race 7 at Harold Park for.

    Posted by Habib on 2007 03 13 at 02:51 AM • permalink

  4. I read that in many Iranian mosques the tasty stew on fridays is accompanied by a side dish called “cooking opium”.
    So much for prohibition.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2007 03 13 at 04:07 AM • permalink

  5. Unless Werribee looks a lot like Bedrock from the Flintstones, smells like cooked goat meat and raw sewage, and they were using a fire hose to wash the blood and body parts off the street, I’d have to say this fella was exaggerating a tad.

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 03 13 at 04:44 AM • permalink

  6. What about the livestock? Won’t anyone think of them?

    Posted by Nic on 2007 03 13 at 04:55 AM • permalink

  7. $5?  That’s some rich hooch!

    Posted by anthony_r on 2007 03 13 at 05:37 AM • permalink

  8. A single Werribee mum goes to centrelink to register for child benefits.

    “How many children?” asks the centrelink officer: “10”.

    “10???” says the centrelink officer.“What are their names?”

    “Craig,Craig,Craig, Craig, Craig, Craig, Craig, Craig, Craig and Craig”

    “Doesn’t that get confusing?”
    “Naah…” says the Werribee chick “its great because if they are out playing in the street I just have to shout “CRAAIG,YER DINNER’S READY” or “CRAAIG
    GO TO BED NOW” and they all do it…”

    “What if you want to speak to one individually?”, says the centrelink officer.

    “That’s easy,” says the Werribee lass ... “I just use their surnames”.

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 03 13 at 05:59 AM • permalink

  9. Werribee - another satellite town that wasn’t launched far enough.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2007 03 13 at 06:03 AM • permalink

  10. #4 Texas Bob, Werribee only scores one out of four on your Baghdad approximation checklist…

    Posted by anthony_r on 2007 03 13 at 06:28 AM • permalink

  11. Ah, I meant #5

    Posted by anthony_r on 2007 03 13 at 06:30 AM • permalink

  12. Who knew that Tacoma, Washington had a sister-city in Australia.

    Posted by David Crawford on 2007 03 13 at 06:52 AM • permalink

  13. When in Werribee speak softly and carry an AK47

    Posted by alien kiwi on 2007 03 13 at 11:19 AM • permalink

  14. And $5

    Posted by alien kiwi on 2007 03 13 at 11:20 AM • permalink

  15. “Here’s my $5. Pour me a drink.”

    “That was good. I’d like another, please.”

    “That’ll be another $5.

    “But your sign said ‘All you can drink for $5.’”

    “That’s all you can drink for $5, mate.”

    Posted by ErnieG on 2007 03 13 at 12:36 PM • permalink

  16. “In fact, drinks in Baghdad are considerably more expensive…”

    ...and the people less aggressive.

    Posted by Kim du Toit on 2007 03 13 at 02:26 PM • permalink

  17. But have they hanged the asshats who misunderestimated the amount that thirsty Werribieeans (-ites?, who knows, but its fun to say Werribeean) could drink?

    Also, that hardly qualifies as a good night in most Parisian suburbs. Hell, if Werribee just won a basketball championship, we’d think nothing of it here in the States. I mean, thank God they don’t let you Aussies have guns. Windscreens might have been shattered in the fray.

    Posted by brett_l on 2007 03 13 at 06:05 PM • permalink

  18. A $5 all-you-can-drink party turned into a bloody outbreak of violence in which officers were assaulted, their cars damaged and a woman sent to hospital. The Herald Sun believes organisers of a 19th birthday party at a Werribee hall were selling the cut-price grog but things turned ugly when the alcohol ran out.

    This is EXACTLY what happened at Tim’s house, a couple years back, when Tim went on a trip and an impromptu party broke out.  Tim’s measly 8 cases of Victoria did not last more than a few minutes.  RWDB’s of the minion level and below demanded more.  Rabble all!  Certain well meaning henchmen suggested fruit juice.  Tempers flared, weapons were drawn.  In that respect, it was a typical VRWC meeting.

    Yet just at that moment, Margo’s brother Hamlish, Hampton, Humpty, or something or other rang the doorbell delivering a pizza.  Beer was demanded of him and he offered a two liter of Pepsi Cola instead.  In short order he was tied to a pole, his small but gas efficient older model auto was thrown on the barbie and that’s when it started getting bad.

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 03 13 at 06:59 PM • permalink

  19. Yes, Wronwright, but the Sumerian mead was great.  Pity there wasn’t enough for you to have some.

    And it wasn’t exactly the same.  I don’t remember anyone injuring cops, unless you did something after leaving the house that you haven’t told us about.

    Posted by Michael Lonie on 2007 03 13 at 10:59 PM • permalink

  20. The fine residents of Werribee must be worried that the town’s reputation as a huge shitpond is being sullied by the behaviour of certain sections of their number.

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 03 14 at 12:02 AM • permalink

  21. Michael—he was caught copping the injured; that’s why they have that restraining order on him now at the emergency room…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 03 14 at 12:18 AM • permalink

  22. Yes Lonie, I remember quite well you, paco, Stoop Davy Dave (oh god, what a trifecta that was) looking for the secret door to Tim’s stash of mead.  You insisted it was there, somewhere.  In short order sledge hammers were brought out and the west wall of the basement was demolished.  All the kegs (of priceless Sargon Special) were brought upstairs.  Then the party descended into debauchery and mayhem.

    Frankly I was scarred by the experience.

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 03 14 at 10:30 AM • permalink

  23. #22 How nice of you to bring THAT up. As I recall, I was ordered to pull security outside of a super-top secret RWDB planning session. What that actually translated to was: Wax the helicopter. Again. While all of you were pillaging and drinking. Don’t EVEN try to play innocent wronwright, we could have fueled the Tardis for 3 trips to Mesopotamia on your breath alone.
    sigh

    Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 03 15 at 10:32 AM • permalink

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