Australian man fined for mooning Queen Elizabeth

Typically boorish Australian behaviour. A nation founded in 1788 when Britain dumped a load of chavs in the sun.

What a classic. At least he was patriotic and had a flag and didnt burn it like some of our more recent arrivals....

The moon comes cheap in Australia.

Wonder if he's brave (or foolhardy) enough to try to pull a stunt like that in Thailand, where offending the monarch can result in doing hard time.

And how is a person to fight against the Monarchy? This was his way.

LOL! Classic!

Since the article mentions the age of the Royal couple, I wonder if she enjoyed seeing some fresh young booty for once.

i wonder if it was worth seeing it. yuck

Virtuoso,

The man is Australian. Why would he ever do it in Thailand?

lol

...clenched between his bare buttocks and running....

Have you ever tried clenching your buttocks while running, bare or not? The man deserves a medal, or at least a new sport named after him.

Gurukun. Maybe he was in his 80's....

Interesting story... I'd always thought the the USA flag was planted in the moon, not the Aussie one.

I commend this man's actions and hope the "royalty" saw the full moon.

JapanGal, more LOL! That was sick......but hilarious at the same time.

Mooning is a specific act, and this is not it. I suggest this act be named after its creator, Mr. Warriner.

warriner

(verb, intransitive) to warriner, warrinering, warriners

the act of exposing the buttocks, clenching an object between them (esp. a flag) and running in such a posture.: Streaking is funny, but warrinering is hilarious!

(verb, transitive)

to warriner to get the attention or insult a specific group or person.: Thinking that flipping the bird was not protest enough, Barman warrinered the Queen.

Another "annus horribilis" for Queen Elizabeth?

Why, this Australian was saluting his sovereign (who lives on the other side of the planet for most of the year) in his own idiom. The man should've never been called up to the Magistrate's Court in the first place.

wanderlust, Surely that's "anus horribilus"

Typically boorish Australian behaviour.

Imagine if he had done it in London - it may have caused a riot! Again!

"Have you ever tried clenching your buttocks while running, bare or not?"

I wonder if it was really clenched. And not inserted.

I bet he wouldn't do it in Singapore!

Oh that's "mooning" ?I had read MOURNING and yep, that would have been a bit rude.

The man is Australian.

Exactly. He did the right thing. Before the Brits went to tell them how to live, that was a normal style for all Australians. If Elizabeth Battenberg and her entourage had shown minimal politeness and respect, they would have done their visit in the traditional suit, wearing body paint.

Imagine if he had done it in London

That might have been more appreciated.

Never knew there's verb use for the word moon, so I had to look it up, then had to imagine and figure out the act. But isdoesn't it have to be in plural, I mean, "to moons"... I still find it hard.. is it like moon = shining, buttock = shiny or what?!

Azusa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning

Anyway, this guy just did a form of non-violent protest. I got to hand it to him though, flag-clenching mooning the queen. This guy has balls!

I mean guts! I didn't see any picture or video of what he did.