back in the old country (ireland) me and the lads used to get the booze-cruise (ferry over to hollyhead in wales) in the first week of december every year. this was before the eu and eec so there was still duty free on the boat. a crate of 24 500ml cans of australia's finest....... the amber nectar.... liquid gold.... 'the fos' as we callled it, was only 10 punts (irish pounds). we'd buy about 5 each. this was the fuel for the next few weeks which was our christmasbender.
i miss the christmasbender (but not so much 'the fos'.... but i won't say a bad word about it as it gave me so many good times back in the day)
as for the avatar - no story, just found it and thought it was funny