That's a lot of dimp

This Australian man was spending $972 a week on beer. Wow. That's over $50k a year! (No surprise he ended up with 7 DUI's with that regimen.)

I remember being shocked when I met with a financial panther ("Get him Sheba!") and he had me figure out how much I spent on "entertainment" (ie, booze). It turned out to be more than my rent at the time, but it didn't come CLOSE to $972 a week!

The magistrate declined to jail the father of four, Michael Leary, noting he had quit drinking since his latest arrest, but he banned Leary from buying or even holding a beer for 12 months.

Ouch! He can't even hold a beer & snuggle with it. Wait, did he just ban him from buying a beer or holding a beer? I could totally find a way around that one. "Somebody buy me a beer and pour it in my mouth!" My favorite part of the article:

The magistrate also poked fun at Leary's favorite beer, Melbourne Bitter...

''(That is) poor judgment on two counts there -- drinking that much and drinking Melbourne Bitter,'' magistrate Vince Luppino was quoted as saying.