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Subscribe to RSSAn Australian barman who mooned the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the country last year has been fined about $800, according to reports.
The Herald Sun newspaper said Liam Warriner, 22, of Sydney, admitted being a public nuisance after a charge of wilful exposure was dropped. He was fined 750 Australian dollars, which is just over $800.
The paper said that the Queen's motorcade was driving along a street lined with crowds of people in Brisbane when Warriner dropped his underwear and shorts and lifted his shirt.
He then ran about 50 yards alongside the motorcade with an Australian flag between his buttocks. He later told police he did not like the Queen or elitist groups.
Warriner's lawyer John-Paul Mould said his client was unlikely to do the same thing again as it was "extremely unlikely as the Queen was unlikely to visit Australia again," The Brisbane Times reported.
"So the media says, but who knows?" Magistrate AnnThacker replied.
'Proud anti-monarchist'
The Herald Sun reported that Warriner said after the court case that he had no regrets.
"I'm a proud anti-monarchist ... What's uncivilized about it? We came into the world naked," he told the paper.
Warriner added that people should not think of the Queen as a "cute granny," saying she was a "very powerful woman."
The Herald Sun said there was a heated exchange between Warriner and reporters outside the court.
Warriner said Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard and even Barack Obama would not be immune to his style of protest, the paper reported.
"Any self-important, self-propogating elitists, I will happily bare my buttocks to and tell them what I think of them," he said.
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Cheeky!
Money well spent !! It's to bad he didn't have a group of friends join in with him. It would have been more fun that way.
In a related story, he was invited to tea at Buckingham Palace.
He was just engaging in an ancient practice. I believe what may be the first recorded incident in history of "mooning" is recorded in Josephus "The Jewish War" in which it is written that a Roman soldier started a riot in Israel by "bending over and baring his buttocks" to a crowd of Jews. That was in the 1st. century A.D. So we know the practice is at least 2,000 years old.
Poorly written article - what was his purpose with the Aussie Flag in his ass?
The point of having a Monarchy - even a ceremonial one - is to have us convinced that its ok for a few people to loot and steal from us.
that's think'n with your dip-stick liam...
"bob1/28" stated it perfectly would be great to have a line of friends do that at same time. Most likely no one would be arrested and everyone would get a good laugh.
What have any of those elected or in a monarchy have done lately to demand any respect from anyone?
It was really just a mistake he thought they said "hail to the queen BUM" instead of "MUM".
If nothing else, it has produced many good and bad jokes about butts, bums, backsides and downunder.
We don't have a monarchy here in the U.S.,yet there is a little group who loot and steal from us with impunity.
Did the queen moon him back .... ??
No big, she "Flap Jacked" him!
The mooning was for the Queen, the flag in his ass was just so it felt good doing it.
Looks like we have a "Flag in the A$$" expert with us!
Good thing he wasn't hairy, or it'd been an eclipse.. 0_o
Well, finally. Someone had to do it.
He made an a$$ of himself
I wonder if the flag was inserted, or if he's just really good at squeezing his butt cheeks...
hmm..
Ray el Viejo
"We don't have a monarchy here in the U.S.,yet there is a little group who loot and steal from us with impunity."
No Ray, we have sports stars, movie stars, celebrities and the uber-rich like Donald Trump. We read all about them, the media follows them, and we even listen when they pontificate. All the wealth, the power, and the privilege of royalty; but none of the responsibility. Oddly, it has been reported several times that Elizabeth eats cereal and tv dinners from a tray table in front of her television.
Give that man a medal!!! He did a great service for world peace and the awakening of human self-awareness! :0)
I have to agree with him. Why is the Queen, Congressmen, or other politicians so much better than us? Tax them at the same rate as us and give us the same quality of health care that they get.
Left-handed...I felt that way too...until I had a couple of brats. I'd rather pay for the school than for the politicians bloated staff, expense accounts, vacations, and other perks we can only dream about.
Our democratic systems have created a whole bunch of little queens and kings. mankind needs to trash the notion of monarchy which is nothing but stealing from the the rest. The 1 %ers stand steadfast behind such make believe stupidity
You are so right but some how it will never happen because they have money to pay off everyone to get better things and we just don't have the same amount of money and that is a fact.
The queen would be naught without there being a plethora of obsequious lapdogs who need to have at least one of their 'gods' before them in the flesh.
They're not. They eat like us, $hit like us and die like us.
Everything else is simply in their heads.
If you feel that way dont vote for Obama. Of course, right now I wouldn't vote for any of the above....
So "Left Handed", Where is your right hand, holding the napkin? It is probably a good thing you are single. Maybe that means you will not breed. I never thought of my tax dollars going to the schools, nor would I have minded, and I was single for the first 42 years of my life. I did however HATE the fact that my tax dollars went to the lazy blacks and illegal immigrants that have been enjoying a free ride since I can remember! But lib-tards like you are all about socialism and helping the so-called needy, but don't care about the education of the next generation of this country?!! You're a moron dude..
WeRthroug, what about the lazy Caucasians. Laziness knows no boundaries.
Thank you WeAllHaveOpinions for your comment. WeRthrough's comment is highly offensive. There was an article written by former Senator Moynihan stating that the majority of people on Welfare in the the U.S. are white. Educate yourself, WeAllhaveOpinions before making such racist comments.
WeAllHave@!$%#s, and JGARAY00: Well, all I can say about that is, whites have fianally taken the "if you can't beat'm, join em" attitude. The 2 months or so that I was on unemployment 2 years ago for the first time in my life, I actually had to fight myself not to get that mentality. There is also the fact that whites get passed up for a lot of jobs because of minorities as well. Educated I am, obviously at least twice that of you 2(not by colleges and the media) BUT by my own 2 eyes and common sense which both of you are lacking completely..
Left handed,
i paid for my youngest daughter to go to private school and STIL paid school taxes. All as a single parent.
JGARAY57 -
Blacks make up 17% of the population, but over 34% of welfare recipients.
The are on Welfare at more than double the rate of all the other races combined! (That includes whites.)
In fact, Whites are on welfare at the lowest rate other than Asians.
No offense, but people come here every day, speaking no English, with no education or money. And even in these economic times, they find work. They even are able to send money home. (Officially $270 Billion a year, but much more with cash included.)
And I have never seen blacks lined up for day labor.
At some point the term "Lazy" has to be used to describe them. Sorry if that fact hurts your ears.
@Ryan- JGARAY57 is the typical lib-tard that believes everything school and the media teaches him. Unfortunately, a good number of our population think like this idiot does.. They just refuse to take things at "face value" because of the years of being brain-washed into thinking and believing their own eyes and ears and not having the strength to think for themselves. Sad group we have. Boy will they be surprised when the riots start..
Aw yes, the royal "down-under" salute!
Well done, and for a bargain price!
Good for him. lizzy tish is a royal biatch. Oh My God...No yelling on vine!!!! Someone might not be able to handle it...Everyone out ther is sooooo fragile...Soooo delicate.
I for one, am, umm,bare assed about the hole thing.
*Rim shot*
This guy obviously has no understanding of the word "civilized."
From the dictionary:
1: marked by well-organized laws and rules about how people behave with each other
2: polite, reasonable, and respectful
3 a: pleasant and comfortable
b: showing concern for what is correct according to social rules
Tim
Well said. To bad the top 1% treat us like dirt. Maybe they should read the dictionary.
I agree Timothy...this man said more about himself than anything else...
his family probably got to Australia because some English monarch sent them there...perhaps he ought to be thankful...those $400 cheeks x 2 would be pretty chilly bare with or without flag in London's recent snowfalls
Looks like nobody and no place on the planet is civilized, then. But I've known that for decades.
You are kidding, right? Do have any concept of history? The monarchy has tortured, killed ,enslaved and done all matter of evil toward their "subjects". And you say this guy has no understanding of the word civilized. You must be a good British subject for you would kiss the boot while it grinds your face in the mud.
BS
C'mon, mate... This is Oz we're talkin' 'bout here. Civilised is a beer in one hand and a middle-finger salute to any authority figure with the other.
Every day life in good ol' Aus...
Good on ya', mate!
Whats "civilized" about the "royal family"? They just have a better cover. They are so "civilized" they inflicted GENOCIDE on IRELAND for generations. If dressing nicely and living in beautiful homes, attending glittering galas and being a public figure is all it takes to be "civilized" then, maybe we need a different definition. Appearances no not indicate or guarantee substance. I say good for the mooner.
Meg,
Yes thats right! Nobody was more well-dressed than the German SS and they openly admired the lifestyle of the British "nobility" and did their best to emulate them. Its a fact.
Ran 50 yards that way? And with a flag no less! Now that is funny. Back in the middle ages they were called "jesters' and entertained royalty.
I think even the hardy Australians would object to their flag being stuffed into the crack of someone's buttocks...
a full frontal shot would be priceless to any photographer...he'd look like a jerk taking a non-patriotic "dump" on the fly...
probably was fined because he treated their flag with great disrespect & not because the queen was there
Well done! what has she ever done to earn any of the millions that she has. The royals are a joke in my book. They get special treatment. The princes that are in the military-what a joke! Let them get real jobs and stop sponging of the people.
so eds27, you LIKE what this guy did to the flag of his countrymen?
Sylvia, you've got my vote, that's for sure. At least they fined the jack*ss. Hell, here, in California, they fly our flag upside down underneath our Southern neighbor's and dare anyone to do something about it!!--and all the while using up public assistance paid for by Americans without blinking an eye. My thought is-- if you don't like or appreciate where you are, just get the hell out and go somewhere else you think is better.
Well Done Chap! "Powerful woman" my ass,...bunch of last century elitist goons.
Get a stadium together and a TV show and do it as a nation. Send the "fine" to Karl
"ass monkey" Rove.
Good job Chap!
Time to be done with the so called "royalty". They've screwed the world ten times over. Here's MOON to you and your clan ol missy. Happy Moon day babe!
I couldn't agree with him more if I tried he should have gotten an award for speaking for most of us she got her just deserts in my mind and that is for sure.
a kind of person we can all be proud of...
Europeans have never really cut the umbilical cord in any of the Colonies. Just when you thought you where out, It sucks them back in...Good show mate.
Butt Y the fine?
I'm glad he didn't regret it!
Curious to know if the flag was flying horizontal or vertical?
God save the Queen! She ain't no human bein'!
I'm sure the fine was simply the court's way of saying "Damn, I wish we'd thought of that!"
I salute this man for... baring his opinion?
I understand where he's coming from but it's also kind of stupid. It cost him $800 and didn't accomplish a thing. Showing your butt every time you see someone or something you disagree with does nothing but make you look foolish and immature. You really think this guy represents you? A baboon in a zoo could do that job then, or some of our members of Congress.
I don't know why royalty continues to exist in the 21st century, at least in developed countries such as the UK. I can understand why it exists in stone age places such as Saudi Arabia. Monarchs are nothing but parasites. The French and Russians dealt with them accordingly.
Boy, shark---they sure did deal with them, didn't they? Gotta be carefull what you wish for!! The Russians/Bolsheviks couldn't stand their royalty so they murdered every one of them, even the children-- whooppeee--a big revolution. They wound up with the worst death kings of all time, Stalin and Beria, and, frankly, it's hard to imagine, but Hitler was a boy scout when compared to Stalin! Of course, then the Russians got their other gifts besides---the NKVD, the MVD, and the KGB--. Guess what, sharky old boy!! Ninety-five years later, after that famous, magnificent age that murdered the monarchy-- they still have the KGB. But today, to temper the stigma of the name and to try to fool the simple folk, Putin now calls it Federal Security. And people still get shot whenever they say or do something that doesn't please the current "king." Ohhhh, they sure dealt with the royalty, didn't they?
good post Tess84...history can be a bummer for those who think in absolutes
My grandfather's family was forced to flee Russia because of the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were NOT nice people. If my great grandparents hadn't been warned, they'd be in an unmarked grave somewhere, including my gpa who was only a little boy at the time.
Good thing he got off light - they could have called it Assalt and Buttery...
How about getting rid of the 1 % over here.
Do you supose everyone is about sick of your stupidassed 1% BS all the time? If you have so much envy go get a job and help your self out. If you get rid of the 1% who is going to feed your lazy ass?
Torrens, why not apply yourself and become a part of the 1%?
Because it's too easy for Torrens to be a lazy POS and wait around for a handout, just like the rest of the idiots that use the 1%BS.
ahhh spoken like true brainwashed republican white trash, boys...real proud of your comments and it proves how much YOU little boys wanna be the 1% but will never get there. However, you want them around getting richer so you can dream that much more about what you want to be...rich parasites not paying your way and expecting everyone else to give your elite fat asses blank checks. How you idiots must idolize those freaks.
Rather be a "brainwashed Republican" than an Obama supporter. The only thing he accomplished is to make Jimmy Carter NO LONGER the worst president in US history!
Of course he was. I'll be damned if those uppity, rich people, let ordinary peons disrepect them!!
This happened on an episode of The simpsons. I believe it even took place in Australia. Bart Mooned the queen and was sentenced to be kicked in the butt with a large boot. Agreed thou, $800 well spent.
It appears the Queen was treated to more than 'his moon'.
O U C H ! ! ! 50 yards -->-->-->-->-->...it doesn't appear that security was in any big hurry to subdue him.
LMAO!!! oh man. Give that man a round of applause! LOLS!