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The man who posted himself to Australia
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31700049 "In the mid-1960s, Australian athlete Reg Spiers found himself stranded in London with no money to buy a plane ticket home. Desperate to get back to Australia in time for his daughter's birthday, he decided to post himself in a wooden crate."
This is a great story - the footnotes on what happenend next are excellent.
This is a great story - the footnotes on what happenend next are excellent.
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Few years earlier nicking a loaf would have sufficed.3
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Why didn't he just get himself into either our cricket or rugby team and wait for the next tour? They have no problems with fielding people from the colonies.1
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Wow! Thanks for posting. Rumour has it he met Cory Gibbs in an adjacent box.3
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what a great story....must've been hell in India!1
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Wow - what a fantastic story, hats off to the bloke!1
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read this last night - seemed a nice guy, Pity he was then sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for drug smuggling.1
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Unless you died from the drugs / were a victim of crime !!!0
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I've had less comfortable trips with RyanAir I'm sure...2
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I guess if you can smuggle yourself you think you can smuggle anything...2
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Saw it earlier. Great stuff0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-YiaWDgB4
