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  • Australian pubs once had a reputation the world over as tough, brawling, hell for leather places where you could get into a fight at the drop of a hat. Or could you? In the interests of sociological research, ABC’s Gerald Stone did a little survey.
    This episode of 'This Day Tonight' aired in 1967 (exact date of transmission unknown).
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  • @finalboss8514
    @finalboss8514 2 роки тому +2122

    0:50 "left hook the first bloke you see alongside ya." this is a man of action and simplicity.

    • @DumRock1
      @DumRock1 2 роки тому +51

      Simple and effective

    • @tgrimshaw
      @tgrimshaw 2 роки тому +2

      Shut up

    • @melvert33
      @melvert33 2 роки тому +9

      His brother in law found that out the hard way!

    • @russtorque2993
      @russtorque2993 2 роки тому +6

      A challenge 🤺

    • @predwards8941
      @predwards8941 Рік тому +6

      McGregor - “say no more!”

  • @giglamesh234
    @giglamesh234 4 роки тому +4315

    "left hook the first bloke you see along side you" correct answer sir

    • @100oldskool
      @100oldskool 4 роки тому +59

      Like Connor McGregor

    • @fin4875
      @fin4875 4 роки тому +10

      That'll do it hahaha

    • @larrydelamb
      @larrydelamb 4 роки тому +4

      @@100oldskool Even quicker.

    • @cheapenstein
      @cheapenstein 4 роки тому +4

      That one was my favorite

    • @AnimeSunglasses
      @AnimeSunglasses 4 роки тому +4

      I reckon that one'll work anywhere!

  • @chrismoiser6477
    @chrismoiser6477 2 роки тому +1297

    "Well, I failed to get into a fight, so we end this report with some footage of me trying for a three way"

    • @BboyCorrosive
      @BboyCorrosive 2 роки тому +67

      US accent in the 50's or whenever this was. Dude probably smashed Don Draper style.

    • @kindclaw6605
      @kindclaw6605 2 роки тому +18

      I read this in an old timy way

    • @jbizzle4922
      @jbizzle4922 2 роки тому +21

      Trying? Succeeding...

    • @BLVCKSCORP
      @BLVCKSCORP 2 роки тому +6

      @@BboyCorrosive you can't read the title?

    • @CONEHEADDK
      @CONEHEADDK 2 роки тому

      To much eye contact does the job everywhere - and the exact right amount in the second situation.

  • @Purzify
    @Purzify 3 роки тому +561

    "Have you been in a fight?"
    "no, unfortunately"
    I lost it there

  • @Immortalized1
    @Immortalized1 4 роки тому +6121

    “Flip your glass upside down and you’ve just challenged everyone in the pub”. It’s almost too perfect lol

    • @paulw6183
      @paulw6183 4 роки тому +313

      If you're the only bloke in the pub can you automatically chalk yourself down for a win?

    • @stitcha123
      @stitcha123 4 роки тому +30

      Paul W and a loss

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 4 роки тому +173

      Johnny 5 what is it with turning the glass upside down? I’ve never heard of that being an open challenge to a fight.

    • @Immortalized1
      @Immortalized1 4 роки тому +48

      codenamecordon me neither but it’s funny as hell and it works

    • @samevans1672
      @samevans1672 4 роки тому +171

      codenamecordon flipping your glass means fight, on the bar means refill, on its side means you’re done. I’m 22 worked in a bar and all this is pretty common knowledge.

  • @tonyc.4392
    @tonyc.4392 4 роки тому +731

    Most people think he transported himself to a posh bar at the end but it's actually a coma dream he's having while a pub full of old alcoholics kick in his ribs.

  • @bobbythompson3544
    @bobbythompson3544 3 роки тому +1444

    When I emigrated to Australia from Ireland I found the Aussie pubs very friendly places, the number of times I have been told to join in the company and not drink alone, great people indeed, and if you wanted work, go into a pub and ask around, you won’t be out of work long!

    • @frankmercury2833
      @frankmercury2833 3 роки тому +114

      Stop stealing our jobs

    • @tpoeatvon
      @tpoeatvon 3 роки тому +161

      @@frankmercury2833 lmao get em skippy

    • @jamesbrennan7355
      @jamesbrennan7355 3 роки тому +58

      Skippy 4 Prime Minister

    • @moheedsyed7278
      @moheedsyed7278 3 роки тому +78

      @@frankmercury2833 mate shutup, at least he isn't living off of centrelink unlike your mum

    • @ISCDESIGNAustralia
      @ISCDESIGNAustralia 3 роки тому +7

      @@moheedsyed7278 😂😂

  • @purplepeopleeater1009
    @purplepeopleeater1009 3 роки тому +1027

    "Tell me how you can get into a fight in a Sydney bar?"
    "A burrow? A burrah?"
    "A bar."
    "A WHAT?"

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 3 роки тому +40

      "In a rabbit?"

    • @artemislogic5252
      @artemislogic5252 3 роки тому +42

      @@bri5033 it's because americans say the R weirdly he thought he was talking about a rabbit burrow

    • @OldNavajoTricks
      @OldNavajoTricks 2 роки тому +22

      I was prompting the word pub but he wasn't listening lol...

    • @lordgemini2376
      @lordgemini2376 2 роки тому +20

      A borough? Just say a pub haha

    • @electricdreams9446
      @electricdreams9446 2 роки тому +10

      we say pub really

  • @DevilDogDen1775
    @DevilDogDen1775 4 роки тому +2566

    Ask them what part of England they're from ......

  • @Dermot2927
    @Dermot2927 4 роки тому +3678

    Most confusing ending since No Country For Old Men.

    • @Joseph-nj1up
      @Joseph-nj1up 4 роки тому +90

      Twitting On Trender and what business is that of yours, friendo

    • @MrJohnlennon007
      @MrJohnlennon007 4 роки тому +35

      Joseph Romero I just saw you were coming from Dallas

    • @Joseph-nj1up
      @Joseph-nj1up 4 роки тому +39

      MrJohnlennon007 what time do you close?

    • @GoodDay2Smoke
      @GoodDay2Smoke 4 роки тому +18

      Watch Annihilation and tell me about confusing endings afterwards

    • @dazpatreg
      @dazpatreg 4 роки тому +21

      Who was the chick on his right

  • @SaintSwithinsDay
    @SaintSwithinsDay Рік тому +283

    In New Zealand, turning a glass upside down means you've finished your drink. But I admit that we lack the rich, sophisticated culture of our Australian neighbours.

    • @Harry-yx2on
      @Harry-yx2on Рік тому +2

      Play for sheep stations and sloppy seconds 😂

    • @oriraykai3610
      @oriraykai3610 Рік тому +7

      Pour your suds all over table? Seriously?

    • @ac4185
      @ac4185 Рік тому

      Quit lying, your government don't let you drink.

    • @leedwyer161
      @leedwyer161 Рік тому +4

      But you did produce "flight of the conchords" so you're forgiven 😉

    • @finnfeaver1196
      @finnfeaver1196 Рік тому +2

      That is not how we do things ya goon lolol you just finish your drink

  • @MarcusRonaldi
    @MarcusRonaldi Рік тому +827

    Everyone in this video was between 18 and 22 years old when it was filmed

  • @carvercapitalequitypartner122
    @carvercapitalequitypartner122 4 роки тому +1805

    Australians are well-balanced people. They have a chip on each shoulder.

    • @213kidangel
      @213kidangel 4 роки тому +6

      Michael Robert is this true?

    • @SJM6791
      @SJM6791 4 роки тому +6

      Lol!!

    • @mr.h3603
      @mr.h3603 4 роки тому +19

      Fark off kent! I'm aussie, u got a problem wackerrrrrr....no chips on me shoulders.

    • @moisty254
      @moisty254 4 роки тому +5

      It's true, now let's tango Cornelius

    • @TrelafTheNinja
      @TrelafTheNinja 4 роки тому +13

      Thems fightin' words

  • @cosmothecreator
    @cosmothecreator 4 роки тому +1918

    UA-camrs when time travel is invented:
    *turns glass upside down*
    "I'm Coyote Peterson and I am about to enter the fight zone of the Australian Pub"

  • @Ditka-89
    @Ditka-89 3 роки тому +173

    0:50 “Left hook the first bloke you see along side you” LMAO

    • @danbrown4420
      @danbrown4420 3 роки тому +6

      I'd agree with that tbh

    • @tomsharpe2251
      @tomsharpe2251 3 роки тому +2

      @@danbrown4420 me and all

    • @Ditka-89
      @Ditka-89 3 роки тому +2

      @Danny DNA lol although I think that’s true of pretty much any country

  • @thomasworden4139
    @thomasworden4139 2 роки тому +119

    “… Fight? Who wants to? :)” and “The quishest wey… is down, Wallamaloo!” are my favorites

    • @Johnny-Joseph
      @Johnny-Joseph 2 роки тому +9

      Its so funny how non-Australians think "Who wants to" means "who wants to fight me", when it really means you don't understand why you'd fight in a pub!

    • @YoungXelDong
      @YoungXelDong 2 роки тому +7

      @@Johnny-Joseph nah, im asian and i understood that he's asking why would anyone want to fight

  • @basedbattledroid3507
    @basedbattledroid3507 4 роки тому +516

    "You just call me a name and we'll see how quick I get in there." Haha

    • @DEE-qu5mc
      @DEE-qu5mc 4 роки тому +8

      Lol yeah that was funny

    • @spunkos5870
      @spunkos5870 3 роки тому +3

      He said " call me a name and we'll see how quick I get into it" not "in there"

  • @Chris-sv8bb
    @Chris-sv8bb 5 років тому +961

    Talking out of turn, that’s a paddlin

    • @Zion-hg3cs
      @Zion-hg3cs 5 років тому +5

      Sourdough Garlic Bread 😂😂😂

    •  5 років тому +22

      Paddlin the bars canoe? That's a paddlin

    • @Chris-sv8bb
      @Chris-sv8bb 5 років тому +24

      Arc Light oh you better believe that’s a paddlin

    • @User-dt3xl
      @User-dt3xl 5 років тому +4

      Hahahahahahaha! GOLD

    • @DYLANYOUSONOVABITCH
      @DYLANYOUSONOVABITCH 5 років тому +7

      Jasper!!

  • @macman975
    @macman975 3 роки тому +317

    "Quickest way to get in a fight in a Sydney Bar?"
    "Say you're from Melbourne!"

    • @bitzel
      @bitzel 2 роки тому +4

      They hate Melbourne because it’s covid free

    • @tonunepz8358
      @tonunepz8358 2 роки тому +3

      @@bitzel how are you holding up there

    • @Yourdoomawaitsyou
      @Yourdoomawaitsyou 2 роки тому +1

      And then get the sour Sydney taste smacked out of your mouth.

    • @macman975
      @macman975 2 роки тому +4

      @@Yourdoomawaitsyou Funny how you're mentioning 'mouths' considering all Melbournians have terrible teeth and bad breath.

    • @guerralg63
      @guerralg63 2 роки тому

      😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣❤

  • @weekendwarriorprospecting817
    @weekendwarriorprospecting817 3 роки тому +111

    The guy fighting backwards was absolutely hammered 🤣🤣🤣

    • @lansvale28
      @lansvale28 Рік тому +4

      Haha I’m sure he still had a couple beers left in him. Then he probably drove home.

    • @FlorianD30
      @FlorianD30 Рік тому +7

      @@lansvale28 He drove home backwards.

    • @lansvale28
      @lansvale28 Рік тому +1

      @@FlorianD30 haha for sure

  • @peterkerslake3201
    @peterkerslake3201 4 роки тому +524

    Most of them are pissed. He should have got to the pub earlier.

    • @ben6089
      @ben6089 4 роки тому +8

      Haha, tell another one.

    • @DEE-qu5mc
      @DEE-qu5mc 4 роки тому

      😅True

    • @trawlerkent9101
      @trawlerkent9101 4 роки тому +14

      1:49 is completely blind

    • @lancerd4934
      @lancerd4934 4 роки тому +19

      When this was filmed, pubs had to close at 6pm by law. People finished work at 5pm. They had to get an entire night's drinking done in that hour. Nobody's gonna waste time talking to the seppo until they've already had a skin full.

    • @__seeker__
      @__seeker__ 3 роки тому

      That wouldn’t have mattered.

  • @IshIKoara
    @IshIKoara 4 роки тому +694

    PLOT TWIST: At the end he was unconscious.

    • @Cameron-nf3nq
      @Cameron-nf3nq 4 роки тому +16

      IshI Koara viable theory, I’m behind it

    • @Gerald69420
      @Gerald69420 4 роки тому +29

      He died and went to heaven

    • @hdmccart6735
      @hdmccart6735 3 роки тому +2

      Holy shit! you've got it!

    • @dogmachine2406
      @dogmachine2406 3 роки тому +3

      Yes everyone except you missed the joke.

    • @theotryhard8651
      @theotryhard8651 3 роки тому +3

      The girls were in his dream, and when I gets wine in this eyes that really it swelling up

  • @briansewell6241
    @briansewell6241 2 роки тому +53

    I'm 75 drank a lot in the 1960's in Salford England , and I remember the same thing of turning the glass over , if you wanted trouble you got it , never seen anybody dumb enough to do it , because the whole pub would kick the shit out of you

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Рік тому +2

      Yeah something similar happened in the brass handles a few years back, it’s a dirty old town

    • @DrCrabfingers
      @DrCrabfingers Рік тому

      Brian I love your work.

    • @linus1703
      @linus1703 2 місяці тому

      I have to ask, why was this a thing? It seems to hilarious for there to be a signle to say "everyone let's fight"

    • @someguy2972
      @someguy2972 Місяць тому

      Yeah trying that in a crowded pub sounds like suicide.

  • @BeyondDictation
    @BeyondDictation 2 роки тому +216

    “The quickest way, is down Wooloomooloo”
    Still accurate

    • @nituldeshptha99
      @nituldeshptha99 2 роки тому +1

      What does that mean?

    • @babyfaec
      @babyfaec 2 роки тому +11

      @@nituldeshptha99 Wooloomooloo is a suburb in Sydney, Australia.

    • @BeyondDictation
      @BeyondDictation 2 роки тому +15

      @@nituldeshptha99 don’t go there unless you’ve got private health cover and your affairs in order

    • @EchoBravo370
      @EchoBravo370 2 роки тому +3

      @@nituldeshptha99 And yes, the previous commenters are kidding. Wooloomooloo is positively swanky these days.

    • @alZiiHardstylez
      @alZiiHardstylez Рік тому

      It's nothing like I'd imagine it was back in the 60s but.

  • @helifalic
    @helifalic 4 роки тому +636

    1:08
    Man: "EY!?"
    Interviewer: "Best way to get in a fight in a Sydney bar?"
    Man: "Sydney burrow?"
    Interviewer: "Mhmmmmm"
    Man: "Whaddaya mean?"
    Interviewer: "You know a way to get in a fight in a bar?"
    Man: "In a burrow?"
    Interviewer: "Yeah, bar"
    Man: "In a burrow? You mean a rabbit?"
    Interviewer: "Yeah yeah"
    Man: "Getontosomesousanyfortheyrealright"
    Ask a stupid question, get a slurred mess.

    • @michaelscott8567
      @michaelscott8567 4 роки тому +96

      He thought he meant get in a fight in a rabbit burrow. The South Sydney Rugby league team is known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
      Which is why the old guy said "Get onto some South Sydney Forwards, they're alright".

    • @captainsternn7684
      @captainsternn7684 4 роки тому +40

      @@michaelscott8567 I would've had to be drunk to understand that

    • @pascalecnto68
      @pascalecnto68 4 роки тому +20

      @@michaelscott8567 Yeah i heard him imply the Rabbitohs. But i thought it was more along the lines of "you're not some bloody south sydney blah blah blah are ya?" The bloke was a bit cut, so very slurred

    • @scwooreviews1690
      @scwooreviews1690 4 роки тому +6

      helifalic hahha man I laughed out loud at this, thankyou

    • @Sircade
      @Sircade 4 роки тому

      I thought he was saying bar, eh?

  • @grxzy7950
    @grxzy7950 5 років тому +187

    For anyone wondering, turning your glass upside down in some cases meant you were done drinking but in Australia meant you could fight anyone in the pub. So if you did it you would gave to be prepared to fight a lot of other pub goers that were the 'toughest'.

    • @njords77
      @njords77 4 роки тому +11

      I would have guessed it was to signal you were done drinking and about to go home.... but you were meant to be the one getting the next round. And well, that deserves a floggin in any country.

    • @5hiftyL1v3a
      @5hiftyL1v3a 3 роки тому +17

      @@njords77 upside downs fight, on its sides done drinking.

    • @roostersbays95
      @roostersbays95 3 роки тому +6

      also when you finish a beer in south oz you lay your glass on its side...

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Рік тому +1

      I’ve always thought the bell ringing meant you were done drinking

    • @dimitristripakis7364
      @dimitristripakis7364 Рік тому

      In Greece the old timers flipped the glass like you said, when done drinking; so that the other fellas can not serve you more wine. Australia version sounds more fun!

  • @Sarah.Riedel
    @Sarah.Riedel 2 роки тому +49

    "Have you ever seen it happen?"
    [pause] [intense flashbacks] [thousand-yard stare] "...Yes."

  • @dandiesel9966
    @dandiesel9966 3 роки тому +46

    "in Australia you fight backwards" This guy time traveled and saw all the memes

  • @xpertdre
    @xpertdre 3 роки тому +205

    Mad respect to the editor for turning the video upside down so we could watch it

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 2 роки тому +8

      Nah, he just held the camera upside down when filming.
      All of our cameras have a label on the lens that says "US side up"

    • @leskay1
      @leskay1 2 роки тому

      I think Slur McSlurring was thinking along similar lines @0:58.

  • @ElliottTitley
    @ElliottTitley 5 років тому +549

    “In a burrow, you mean a rabbit?”

    • @67underpar61
      @67underpar61 4 роки тому +2

      😂

    • @onthewattle
      @onthewattle 4 роки тому +3

      Anglozion 76 burrow. Pronounced the same. A burrow is a hole rabbits live in.

    • @brightsparkey1965
      @brightsparkey1965 4 роки тому

      @Anglozion 76 what did he say what

    • @thenextchrislawrence
      @thenextchrislawrence 4 роки тому +1

      “you wanna go to south Sydney to get in the burrow” 😂😂

    • @TheSethhunt
      @TheSethhunt 4 роки тому +1

      @@onthewattle he definitely said borough

  • @butler-macdonald8351
    @butler-macdonald8351 Рік тому +15

    As a Canadian backpacker, the first bar I walked into in Melbourne 20'ish years ago offered me a job on the door lol they reckoned I looked like Chopper Read with my moustache and tattoos. Never saw one fight in that pub during my time there haha great place, actually. $3 schooners of Toohey's back then. Many nights turned into many sunrises knocking those back.

  • @lbukem4259
    @lbukem4259 4 роки тому +490

    The best thing is, every one of these men are 21. Drink and hard graft have withered them.

    • @Liam-sl3ic
      @Liam-sl3ic 4 роки тому +149

      This is the local youth centre.

    • @patricksobb5762
      @patricksobb5762 4 роки тому +67

      Probably been laying bricks since they were 12

    • @SpongeBlaster
      @SpongeBlaster 4 роки тому +15

      I think they are far older than 21

    • @popiejopie5801
      @popiejopie5801 4 роки тому +45

      @@SpongeBlaster*no shit Sherlock.*

    • @basedbattledroid3507
      @basedbattledroid3507 4 роки тому +28

      Nah, they're too young and fresh-faced, they're 14.

  • @yaswaterworld3119
    @yaswaterworld3119 4 роки тому +413

    Would have liked someone reply: "it is to stick a microphone right in front of my face..."

  • @johnparker8270
    @johnparker8270 2 роки тому +46

    Seems the quickest way to start a fight would be to turn the beer off😂

    • @justdev8965
      @justdev8965 2 роки тому +3

      None of them came up with that answer. That's how unfathomable turning off the beer is to them.

  • @danrebeiz4598
    @danrebeiz4598 3 роки тому +319

    The guy who says “who wants to?” With a smile on his face is the guy you want to avoid

    • @horatiooo371
      @horatiooo371 2 роки тому +39

      No it's a lost Australian expression, slang for "Why would you want to?"

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 2 роки тому +33

      LOL,...He was questioning the prospect, as indicted by the intonation of his voice.
      "..a fight?..Who wants to?"
      As in why would someone want to get into a fight.

    • @Johnny-Joseph
      @Johnny-Joseph 2 роки тому +7

      In Australia that translates to "why would you want to?"

    • @sirreoser5668
      @sirreoser5668 Рік тому

      I question how many people are Aussie who're replying. Without a doubt he would be keen to smash on. Not only that, "who wants" is a common saying in pretty rough areas south Perth, basically short for "who wants some/to" when talking about drugs or smashing people.
      Not only that, I'm mid 30's and I remember old boys in the pubs early 2000's who would talk about how in the early days it wasn't a good night if they didn't get into a fight or get a root. Nd if they got both then it was considered a great night

    • @Fantabiscuit
      @Fantabiscuit Рік тому +3

      @@horatiooo371 it’s well alive. ‘Who wants to do that” is a common variant

  • @goyomain0774
    @goyomain0774 4 роки тому +194

    Thanks, this is just the advice I needed!
    I’m off to 1960’s Australia.

    • @Jamie-js3qw
      @Jamie-js3qw 3 роки тому +10

      but it's just black and white there.

    • @NB-sq7ui
      @NB-sq7ui 2 роки тому +4

      @@Jamie-js3qw ha ha ha

    • @marklatimer7333
      @marklatimer7333 2 роки тому

      @@Jamie-js3qw I think that's the point.

  • @mred3608
    @mred3608 5 років тому +605

    That yank is Gerald stone who contributed much to Australian television. A lot of those blokes he interviewed grew up or survived during the great depression then served in ww2. Many of the best years of their life were very tough.

    • @lordharry423
      @lordharry423 5 років тому +11

      I'd say WW1

    • @shaunely63
      @shaunely63 5 років тому +19

      @Corn Flakerr0 A few of them look like they're in their 70's. Possibly world war 1

    • @mred3608
      @mred3608 5 років тому +28

      @Corn Flakerr0 I met quite a few when I was young. They were humble men who did not complain much about their lot. In those days it was seen as your duty to serve. My grandfather was hit by a machine gun bullet at Ypres. We still have it after he kept it as a souvenir. He never really recovered from the wound and died in 1967.

    • @FawleyJude
      @FawleyJude 5 років тому +13

      @@shaunely63 They were all in their 30s. Hanging out in Australian pubs can really put some miles on you.

    • @gloryglory5688
      @gloryglory5688 5 років тому

      Grenherb you’re an idiot

  • @rogergreen9861
    @rogergreen9861 3 роки тому +36

    I once met Jack Sharman, the brother of Jimmy of bare knuckle tent boxing fame. Jack had a handshake that was made of granite and fossils, but he was a sweet old bugger when I made his acquaintance, then in his late 70s. Rather than push her wheelchair the extra distance around the point on the flat road, he used to carry his elderly girlfriend over Kirra hill into Coolangatta without breaking sweat.

    • @baabaabaa2293
      @baabaabaa2293 2 роки тому +1

      My old man boxed at shows in Sharmans tents & others....last one l saw was in Darwin in the 80s..at their royal show.

  • @atomchild2619
    @atomchild2619 2 роки тому +187

    The generation where where each one of them looked like an actor. Wonderful

    • @justdev8965
      @justdev8965 2 роки тому +7

      The camera filter and frame rate helps with that illusion.

    • @derryk1
      @derryk1 Рік тому +2

      At 1:35 Lloyd Bridges look-a-like. Perhaps that was his stunt double.

    • @AthelstanEngland
      @AthelstanEngland Рік тому

      @@derryk1 cheers was trying to place him!

    • @casuspacis3196
      @casuspacis3196 Рік тому

      Because they are all actors. it's all a simulation, people. there are no generations. history, ancestry, timelines - it's all made up, it's Truman show. We are lab rats for some big project.

  • @jrbisc99
    @jrbisc99 4 роки тому +65

    Man 1: Hey! You wanna fight!?
    Man 2: Them's fightin words!

    • @AZ-kr6ff
      @AZ-kr6ff 4 роки тому +6

      "You've played knifey spooney before!"

  • @dimitri00769
    @dimitri00769 4 роки тому +505

    I love 38 seconds in when he says “different in opinions in sport”. Not politics but sports 👌

    • @_Hamish
      @_Hamish 4 роки тому +39

      Yes, snowflakes are only a recent phenomenon.

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 3 роки тому +2

      SoulBrother . And now everyone is.

    • @puretruth5090
      @puretruth5090 3 роки тому +2

      @@_Hamish LOL

    • @AJWRAJWR
      @AJWRAJWR 3 роки тому +7

      Us Aussies couldn't care less about politics. We are sports-mad though.

    • @Ruebz_f30
      @Ruebz_f30 3 роки тому +3

      @@AJWRAJWR most Aussies I meet are snowflakes though LOL

  • @jonathanhammick4922
    @jonathanhammick4922 3 роки тому +19

    “Left hook to the bloke standing next to you”
    I respect the man’s logic

  • @leaderofthesociety1775
    @leaderofthesociety1775 3 роки тому +17

    “A fight in a burrow? Like a rabbit?”
    “Yeah a bar”
    “A burrow?”

  • @bertiodvonrastenburger1129
    @bertiodvonrastenburger1129 4 роки тому +59

    Some great characters in this clip,

  • @BrandonCooper1
    @BrandonCooper1 4 роки тому +88

    Man, Mr. Rogers was pretty bold there at the end.

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 2 роки тому +57

    _"Donald Bradman sucks!"_
    I'd imagine that'd be the quickest!

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 2 роки тому +2

      'Repeatedly fast bowling cricket balls into his body & face like that was completely in line with the rules. Australians are soft due to not being accustomed to the more rigorous style of cricket played in the northern hemisphere.'

    • @wilsargisson3626
      @wilsargisson3626 2 роки тому

      @@alwaysdisputin9930 Didn't Bradman still average 50 or 60 during the Bodyline series? It was hardly a slam dunk for the Poms

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 2 роки тому

      @@wilsargisson3626 It seems my proposal for trolling drunk Australians into becoming violent in the 60s is effective enough to have provoked a reaction in yourself. Albeit a mild 1

    • @wilsargisson3626
      @wilsargisson3626 2 роки тому

      @@alwaysdisputin9930 I'm a Kiwi, and thus don't have a dog in the race.

    • @alans9806
      @alans9806 2 роки тому +1

      Mention underarm bowling or say your name's Jardine.

  • @sten2246
    @sten2246 3 роки тому +100

    Knew about a guy who once rode on horse back for 2 weeks to fight a local brawler who had a big reputation. This guy was ploughing the fields behind a team of draught horses when the guy rode up to him and said are you such and such? if so I've ridden for 2 weeks to get here to fight ya! The guy quickly said, go back into town and when you can beat all the local brawlers come back and see me! That bloke never came back, true story and a great one.

    • @stephenformosa471
      @stephenformosa471 3 роки тому

      Great advice

    • @abdualziz9
      @abdualziz9 3 роки тому

      Explain

    • @wasssssuppppppp
      @wasssssuppppppp 3 роки тому +4

      @Abdualziz the fighter with the big reputation wanted the challenger to prove himself by defeating lesser local men. presumably the challenger was unable to do so

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs 3 роки тому +10

      Sounds like a load of BS to me

    • @winkywank2650
      @winkywank2650 3 роки тому +8

      Ahh....yes, the well known Australian farmer/fighter Mr Ip Man.........

  • @Geebax2
    @Geebax2 4 роки тому +112

    Back in those days Gerald Stone had a thick yank accent, that alone would have got him a smack in the mouth.

    • @dustinparker3573
      @dustinparker3573 4 роки тому +3

      Did they not like Yankees back then in Australia?

    • @Geebax2
      @Geebax2 4 роки тому +14

      @@dustinparker3573 Not particularly, we had just gotten over them from WW2, and next thing they are back here on R&R from Vietnam.

    • @dustinparker3573
      @dustinparker3573 4 роки тому +1

      @@Geebax2 there were mistreatments on the American side whilst R@Ring in Australia?

    • @Geebax2
      @Geebax2 4 роки тому +22

      @@dustinparker3573 Yeah, to Americans R&R means 'rampaging and rooting'. Back then everywhere they went in the world they believed thay had a undeniable right to screw women.

    • @dustinparker3573
      @dustinparker3573 4 роки тому +7

      @@Geebax2 it's any man's right to screw a woman assuming she is willing, that was a common practice so much so that multiple nations started imposing rules for their soldiers, it's not specific to any one nation.

  • @napoleonblownapart8155
    @napoleonblownapart8155 4 роки тому +62

    I'm reading all the comments in an Australian accent lol. Much love Australia from the USA. 🇦🇺🇺🇸

    • @skinnykid7888
      @skinnykid7888 3 роки тому +15

      An American copying an Australian accent is the easiest way to get into a fight

    • @napoleonblownapart8155
      @napoleonblownapart8155 3 роки тому +2

      @@skinnykid7888 don't worry I would never do it out loud. Lol

    • @brucetenhave6952
      @brucetenhave6952 3 роки тому

      @@skinnykid7888 right you are, the American imitation is bleh, vomit, gah!

    • @user-uh9sf5sg3n
      @user-uh9sf5sg3n 3 роки тому +2

      As an Aussie I can say that if somebody does a shit accent then yea

  • @daddychill9787
    @daddychill9787 3 роки тому +19

    "You just call me a name, and then you'll see uhh how quick I can get into it" 😂😂😂😂

  • @MaxWraith
    @MaxWraith 3 роки тому +7

    Most of them gave the interviewer a look as if to say:
    "Fastest way is asking me another question while I'm drinking."

  • @MrJ-ro1yr
    @MrJ-ro1yr 3 роки тому +29

    "Turn ya glass upside down and you challenge the whole pub"
    Love it.

  • @TheArchitectOfDreams
    @TheArchitectOfDreams 4 роки тому +46

    *turns two glasses over and hears air raid sirens*

  • @tulpar9154
    @tulpar9154 2 роки тому +16

    "Left hook the first fella sitting besides ya" that probably is the quickest way🤣

  • @marktaft
    @marktaft Рік тому +6

    "In Australia we fight backwards" LOL

  • @pnutz_2
    @pnutz_2 5 років тому +241

    0:25 obviously was preparing for the bar to close

    • @jeffe6338
      @jeffe6338 5 років тому +15

      capnazrael .....loading up before happy hour finishes😉

    • @atw98
      @atw98 5 років тому +13

      Remmember last call was at 6pm back then.

    • @baertomeneguzzi9181
      @baertomeneguzzi9181 5 років тому +3

      Quadruple parking 🤘

    • @PostWarKids
      @PostWarKids 5 років тому +2

      I’m getting some gay vibes

    • @Magooch86
      @Magooch86 5 років тому +10

      6 o'clock swill, drive home pissed and beat the missus. Or as typical youtube commenters call it, "the good old days".

  • @presence9745
    @presence9745 4 роки тому +55

    The guy who said to interfere with someone else's conversation was ready.😁

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 3 роки тому +1

      'Ask a bloke minding his own business how to get in a bar fight'

    • @-xirx-
      @-xirx- Рік тому

      I clocked that!

  • @jeffmoncalieri7491
    @jeffmoncalieri7491 2 роки тому +7

    The American interviewer - Gerald Stone just died in 2020 at the ripe old age of 87. RIP - may you bar brawl for eternity.

  • @alexmansell8385
    @alexmansell8385 2 роки тому +29

    I wonder how many rabbits that guy fought in Sydney burrows over the years.

  • @maxredlands4001
    @maxredlands4001 5 років тому +31

    1:06 Q. "have you been in a fight that way yourself?"
    A. " No, unfortunately."

  • @sziasanyi
    @sziasanyi 5 років тому +66

    @0:39 "Fight?" looks him up and down "who wants to?"

  • @HiGlowie
    @HiGlowie Рік тому +4

    I love how one guy said “who wants to?”

  • @nickcoulton658
    @nickcoulton658 2 роки тому +14

    “The quichest way, is down, wallamallooo” hahahahaha

  • @Fancymanfromsomewhere
    @Fancymanfromsomewhere Рік тому +102

    My mum was a barmaid for over 20yrs in a country pub. I can confirm an upside down glass on the bar is a definite way to get in a knuckle up.

    • @thefreemathtutor
      @thefreemathtutor Рік тому +1

      …because your mum would punch the shit out of them for dirtying her bar?

    • @simrdownmon6431
      @simrdownmon6431 Рік тому +4

      Aussie's, more focused on getting a knuckle up than they are on just getting it up and then getting down.

    • @Fancymanfromsomewhere
      @Fancymanfromsomewhere Рік тому

      @@simrdownmon6431 seems to be more of the dipshits these days.

    • @chriswilkinson7636
      @chriswilkinson7636 Рік тому +10

      What's so bad about putting your glass upside down? I don't understand.😂😂

    • @Fancymanfromsomewhere
      @Fancymanfromsomewhere Рік тому +7

      @@chriswilkinson7636 it's ment to say that you will fight anyone in the bar. I don't know the story behind it but it is definitely an invitation to punch on, especially in a country pub.

  • @DERISNER
    @DERISNER 5 років тому +14

    I love Australia. I was in a few places like that back in the 80s. Good people. Had a good ol' time!

    • @rgsxyz1105
      @rgsxyz1105 9 місяців тому +1

      Men looked more masculine back then, the WW2 generation were tough as nails, not so much these days.

  • @themookshit
    @themookshit 4 роки тому +300

    if only cameras weren't everywhere nowadays people need good floggings.

  • @joshooahh
    @joshooahh 3 роки тому +11

    Interviews everyone in the pub
    Has a few drinks and at the end starts chatting up 2 ladies. He had a good day that day

  • @unclenogbad1509
    @unclenogbad1509 2 роки тому +8

    Aside from the humour here, I love the visuals in this clip. All those weatherbeaten, lived-in, real-life faces. Guess you could start a fight today by offering them moisturiser.

  • @26TptCoy
    @26TptCoy 4 роки тому +21

    I think the turned glass is a bit of an old wives tale. I got into fights with just a bump or a shove maybe over a pool game. I saw others just fight because they were drunk and stupid thinking they were 15 feet tall, their legs were so wobbly. You cant do it now seeing people run to their lawyers and sue you saying they were planning to be a model until their face was rearranged and now can only be a truck driver or something. I was 62 last time I biffoed a bloke, he was a German with a big mouth.

  • @themiddlejourney6286
    @themiddlejourney6286 5 років тому +10

    This reminds me of some of the pubs around Hull. The old school scrappers still exist there. Great characters and down to earth people. My old man sits in those pubs and was still a scrapper up to a couple of years ago. He's 70 lol. Old school boys who's been around still exist. But not many anymore. Me I Luke love and harmony but their is a side of me that admires those lads. Have a great day

  • @foleyu2
    @foleyu2 7 місяців тому +1

    Lots of bright faced characters. Would love to go back in time and experience it

  • @martinpye549
    @martinpye549 3 роки тому +8

    I saw a bloke do that ( turn his glass upside down ) in the Pyrmont Hotel in Sydney. He'd had a few and been thrown out by his missus. I thought he was going to get clubbed. It is a great pub, but some proper old school hard men drink in there. While there was a few that were obviously not impressed, he got a few drinks bought for him, and told to settle down. Which he did.

  • @storksforever2000
    @storksforever2000 4 роки тому +91

    I thought those girls at the end were gonna punch him or something.

  • @stover77
    @stover77 5 років тому +63

    Easiest way:
    "Hey you, let's fight!"
    "Those are fighting words!"
    Fight ensues

    • @jonnomate4085
      @jonnomate4085 5 років тому +4

      *"thems fightin words!"

    • @dickcarpenter8947
      @dickcarpenter8947 5 років тому +1

      EASIEST WAY ? Hi, I'm from England how's it going you light fingered bastards.

    • @dickcarpenter8947
      @dickcarpenter8947 5 років тому

      PS VB and CASTLEMAINE FUCKING WALLABY PISS. FOSTERS REAL AMBER NECTAR is reasonable. Greetings from the old country you nobheads.

  • @absoluttchamp
    @absoluttchamp 3 роки тому +66

    The testosterone levels of the guys in this video is higher than the whole globe of 2021

    • @dougobrien8631
      @dougobrien8631 3 роки тому +11

      absoluttchamp interestingly the blokes in this video would not have had the word guys in there vocabulary. Sadly it's another adopted American word that has replaced our own slang ie bloke, feller (fella) , the men ,the team,the girls, the sheilas ,etc. Yank invasion without firing a shot.I myself seem to think it was probably in the eighties that I first heard it used in Australia, I personally frigging hate the use of Yank slang in this country. And yes I lived ,and drank in pubs in the era of this video.Also it wasn't common back then to get a fresh glass every drink ,if your glass poured with a good head you kept using that glass, the turning on the side was a courtesy to the barman the glasses was finished with and he could wash it, you usually said it's out nodding towards it. There was no bouncers mostly in those days the bar staff sorted trouble, lots of fights were actually taken outside anyway. A good barman if noticing trouble upturned glass etc nipped it in the bud before it got going. The bars were men only women had there own little room usually referred to as the Micky room.And don't think for one moment that trouble was carried out in a gentlemanly manner.pubs closed early so the six o'clock swill was something to behold, sly grogging on Sunday's was also a thing.back then even petrol stations closed on Sunday's and some public hols, Your local pub was generally a great place to catch up with mates (cobbers) etc and overall very friendly but when it turned nasty you had to watch your back. The best way I know how to start a pub fight is to be sitting in someone's seat when they return from taking a piss and refuse to move, guaranteed to work particularly if his missus or girlfriend is in the next seat.

    • @albagubrath6117
      @albagubrath6117 2 роки тому +2

      back when blokes in Sydney actually sounded like country blokes and had some balls

    • @td370
      @td370 2 роки тому +3

      @@albagubrath6117 within our lifetime Australia will become a Chinese country not an Anglo one.

    • @pipexhaust
      @pipexhaust 2 роки тому +2

      @@td370 good

    • @intello8953
      @intello8953 2 роки тому

      Definitely not the whole globe relax yourself westerner 🙄

  • @yourdad9502
    @yourdad9502 2 роки тому +24

    "Quickest way to get into a fight? Just call me a name"
    "Ah okay, thanks tosser"

    • @flannigan7956
      @flannigan7956 2 роки тому

      "Me bellend hobknocker twit ponce"

  • @npd6225
    @npd6225 5 років тому +67

    American turns his glass upside down in a hotel lobby bar surrounded by girls. Good one.

  • @m.b.82
    @m.b.82 5 років тому +68

    6 o'clock rule. Everyone was so maggoted all you would have to do is look sideways .

    • @robbiebalboa
      @robbiebalboa 5 років тому +5

      worldsmostattractiveman Lol, yeah my Dad told me he’d always see his dad come home quite tipsy 🥴 when he was a kid.

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal 5 років тому

      worldsmostattractiveman yeah Ozzy's don't handle ale too well in my experience

    • @m.b.82
      @m.b.82 5 років тому +12

      @@GuinessOriginal You dont get much experience in your Mum's basement I would imagine.

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal 5 років тому +1

      worldsmostattractiveman wow that's original. I've probably forgotten more nights out than you've drank beers. Anywhere where they drink out of half pints or quarter litres aren't really the biggest drinkers, are they? Every Ozzy I met Oz was similar to a yank, 4 or 5 small beers and they started slurring and stumbling. Hence why they're all wankered by 6. I used to get shit for buying pints, was told I was doing it to show off

    • @goldenhawk952
      @goldenhawk952 5 років тому

      worldsmostattractiveman hahaha

  • @Unknown_Ooh
    @Unknown_Ooh Рік тому +2

    "Have you ever been in a fight?"
    "Uhhh no, unfortunately"
    Prime Aussie blood right there 😂

  • @zombiehunter1152
    @zombiehunter1152 2 роки тому +24

    It’s funny how he said he was going to do it, then as soon as he turned his glass upside down. the film went to him in another bar with 2 ladies. That’s cos he got the crap bashed out of him lol.

  • @hanoitripper1809
    @hanoitripper1809 5 років тому +82

    1967_ some of those blokes woukdve fought in ww1 and ww2..

    • @sirphoenixknight3567
      @sirphoenixknight3567 5 років тому +8

      yes one that looks like he is in his late 40s early 50s says he has never been in one.. strange thought he would have been in late 20's during draft times in WW2. but maybe he meant he has never been in a pub fight only.

    • @TheStol
      @TheStol 5 років тому +5

      some of those probably did both

    • @hanoitripper1809
      @hanoitripper1809 5 років тому +1

      Would love to have a beer and a chat with em

  • @horridcorridor
    @horridcorridor 4 роки тому +84

    Start playing the didgeridoo and refuse to take requests.

    • @ethank5681
      @ethank5681 4 роки тому +3

      john fearnley great comment mate

  • @PillSharks
    @PillSharks Рік тому +2

    My father was locked up in australia in 1968 and did 9 months hard labour after going ashore as a british seaman and getting into some trouble with an Irishman who was also on his ship!
    Nearly 50 years later I managed to track down Samuel Ewing Black of Belfast and he made contact with me.. the first thing he asked his if my father still liked a drink lol. My father wasn’t a man who looked for trouble but grew up with 3 brothers in a maritime village so fighting was the norm… old Samuel told me that without my father he wouldn’t have lasted as my father took care of any trouble!
    They were told never to return to Australia and came home as distressed British seaman on a ship bound for Hull in the UK and that was last time they seen each other! Hard days! ⚓️⚓️

  • @TGoodwin
    @TGoodwin 2 роки тому +3

    0:28 only known footage of The Somerton Man 🤣

  • @ries5859
    @ries5859 4 роки тому +9

    “Drink somebody else’s beer” lmao that’s golden

  • @MaggotDiggo1
    @MaggotDiggo1 5 років тому +280

    I genuinely don't understand that ending at all.

    • @disobedientavocado5959
      @disobedientavocado5959 5 років тому +34

      is it a plane? is it a bird? nope it's the ending going straight over your head

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm 5 років тому +171

      He did it in a bar with only ladies around. No chance of getting punched.

    • @RennieAsh
      @RennieAsh 5 років тому +27

      MrAnperm I wanted the ladies to start fighting him lol

    • @jz2981
      @jz2981 5 років тому +19

      Chick on the left was game!

    • @5TRICT9
      @5TRICT9 5 років тому +4

      back then there used to be a trough in front of the bar so guys could just flop it out at the bar and piss in it because there was so many people no one could move. At the end of the night they would just hose the floor and all the saw dust outside. So women had to sit in a different part of the pub. The ladies lounge thats where he was.

  • @argonman4290
    @argonman4290 3 роки тому +10

    we're in Australia, and we fight backwards.
    - Random Australian man

  • @TheGentGaming
    @TheGentGaming 2 роки тому +2

    1:47 is our national hero.

  • @RedesCat
    @RedesCat 4 роки тому +18

    0:24 old mate is quad parked he must of had a rough week hahahaha

    • @SamiiYou
      @SamiiYou 3 роки тому +8

      At the time all the bars were forced to close at 6pm. Consequently you had to down as much booze as possible before last orders. Due to the fact that most people would knock off work at 5 this meant downing half a dozen or so beers in a row. It was called the six o'clock swell.

    • @jamessutcliffe7984
      @jamessutcliffe7984 3 роки тому

      @@SamiiYou *swill

    • @kradikt666
      @kradikt666 2 роки тому

      No it was just Tuesday

  • @jasonsmith3573
    @jasonsmith3573 4 роки тому +6

    the reporter went on to become the founding producer of the Australian version of 60 minutes. He is also remembered for his mixed relationship with Kerry Packer and wrote a book after Packer's death called 'who killed channel 9?' His name is Gerald Stone.

  • @nickbanhidy7262
    @nickbanhidy7262 2 роки тому

    How times have changed. Golden stuff !

  • @agent0fchaos950
    @agent0fchaos950 5 років тому +224

    "a Sydney borough??" lol

    • @NisMopar06
      @NisMopar06 5 років тому +11

      Then it morphs into "burrow" 😂

    • @peterpiper831
      @peterpiper831 5 років тому +7

      NisMopar06
      With the Rabbitoh forwards.
      Random Souths guy.😊

    • @bryanbrowne4533
      @bryanbrowne4533 5 років тому

      What do ya mean? A burrow?

    • @Yebogurl
      @Yebogurl 5 років тому

      Lol strayan please

    • @kingpoot4900
      @kingpoot4900 5 років тому +4

      “Im not a rabbit”

  • @SkyDigital_01
    @SkyDigital_01 4 роки тому +24

    The blonde on the left at the end is absolutely gorgeous

  • @Johnny-Joseph
    @Johnny-Joseph 2 роки тому +5

    Cutting from the guy who doesn't understand why you'd fight, to a man who challenged the reporter to call him a name! Classic

  • @rorysullivan4913
    @rorysullivan4913 3 роки тому +27

    I grew up in a pub in South Africa in the 50s/60s. Loved to see the fights in the two local pubs. A German tourist wanted to book in one night when a chair came flying across the room. He grabbed his hat and shouted "mein got, vorts than the vild vest" as left running. Horses were ridden into pubs ..miss the good old days. No fights on rugby fields either - sad

    • @boxtapper8550
      @boxtapper8550 3 роки тому +3

      I remember the men's only bars & the lady's bars in Durban South Africa. The lady's had to stay outside and scream for their husbands to come home, lol. Lot's of good punch ups. I miss those days.

    • @robhart3451
      @robhart3451 2 роки тому +5

      30 odd years ago I courted a girl who lived in Randfontein. We were walking down the main street on a Saturday morning & went past the local ( I seem to recall it was the Leopard Hotel, could be wrong) as the guy was sweeping the teeth onto the pavement from Friday night.
      Scary town.

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Рік тому +1

      If only there’d been some Aussies in Poland in 1939, would have saved the whole world a lot of trouble

    • @kempowarrior1954
      @kempowarrior1954 Рік тому

      Haha. Love it 😊

  • @iainsmith638
    @iainsmith638 4 роки тому +43

    "you call that a knife?..."

    • @stringsgb8833
      @stringsgb8833 4 роки тому +2

      I always loved in that film that Mick knocked everyone out in one punch 😂

    • @F16CBlock52
      @F16CBlock52 4 роки тому

      Ah yeah...you made my day!!! Ahhahaa... always loved Crocodile Dundee!
      So smart and clever, Australians are adorable!!

  • @sapphire4465
    @sapphire4465 3 роки тому +9

    at 0:53 even the interviewer is getting piss wrecked hahaha slurring his words.. love this

  • @jimpikoulis6726
    @jimpikoulis6726 3 роки тому +2

    Good old pub brawl I wish I could go back in time... Priceless moments

    • @nate2611
      @nate2611 2 роки тому +2

      You're not the brightest clown in the circus.

    • @jimpikoulis6726
      @jimpikoulis6726 2 роки тому

      @@nate2611 clown!!!!

    • @FigmentSALabel
      @FigmentSALabel 2 роки тому +1

      @@jimpikoulis6726 That's telling them.

  • @horrortackleharry
    @horrortackleharry Рік тому +2

    "Excuse me sir, I'm trying to organise a Pride march through the town centre next week. Would you and your friends help me distribute these leaflets?"

  • @WHOHATESTOWORK
    @WHOHATESTOWORK 5 років тому +31

    Guarantee everyone of those old buggers wouldve drove home drunk lmao

    • @TheDiasporaMedia
      @TheDiasporaMedia 5 років тому +1

      No. They just ordered uber

    • @gmann6269
      @gmann6269 4 роки тому

      It's OK, there's probably nothing to crash into in the outback.

    • @26TptCoy
      @26TptCoy 4 роки тому +1

      As long as you had a co-driver it was OK cause you needed three hands on the steering wheel to keep it straight, the fourth hand was used to change gears. The missus would always get shitty in the morning cause the car would be parked in her rose garden or on the neighbors lawn.