The man behind Australia's most viral meme dies at 82
bbc.com
The prison escapee and on-again off-again petty criminal – whose best-known alias was Jack Karlson – shot to fame in 2009, after a clip of his dramatic 1991 arrest outside of a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane was uploaded to the internet and enthralled the nation.
“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal” Karlson theatrically shouted while resisting a string of officers.
“Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest” and “get your hand off my penis” were among his other now immortalised lines.
The seminal moment has inspired thousands of memes, musical remixes, reaction videos and even a few tattoos. Democracy Manifest is also the name of a purebred Australian racehorse.
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OK Australia. You gotta post some of these memes, videos, etc for the rest of us to enjoy.
https://youtu.be/I3jAJHRW_Yo This guys up there with Steve Irwin and Ned Kelly if I'm gonna put people in classes
Freaking awesome!! hahahaha!
Haha fuck yer it is. A bit off topic but if you after a crash course in Aussie culture most of The Chat's music will get you there as, other bangers includ, the clap, smokeo and pub feed
Thanks! I'll be doing that later today. :)
Not Aussie, but man can they rock.
Tropical Fuck Storm - You Let My Tyres Down
Amyl and the Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That
Obligatory KGATLW
I call this Covidwave - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hOK5JF5XGA
All excellent bands. For something a little different than those more punk/post punk-ish bands, I present to you Camp Cope:
https://invidious.incogniweb.net/watch?v=S4ahiwPtHyI
https://invidious.incogniweb.net/watch?v=40nc_8ij3MI&listen=false
Another great Aussie band (well, they used to be. Broke up.)