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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 8, 2024 9:45:02 GMT
Jack Karlson, the man who shot to fame after being arrested for enjoying a ‘succulent chinese meal,’ has died aged 82 The 82-year-old, whose encounter at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane is considered to be the quintessential Australian meme, was a serial prison-breaker and small-time crook who went under a number of aliases throughout the course of his life He shot to fame after a news clip of his arrest at China Key restaurant in 1991 was uploaded on to the internet in 2009. See the classic clip here... metro.co.uk/2024/08/08/man-behind-iconic-succulent-chinese-meal-meme-dies-aged-82-21383294/
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Post by jsm on Aug 8, 2024 22:23:56 GMT
Sounds like he was a character.
Full clip in the following link [it's there twice. The second one is the full one]
RIP Jack
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 9, 2024 6:48:08 GMT
Ah yes I didn't get the "get your hands off my penis!" line Or "gentlemen this is democracy manifest" What a guy Had you not heard of him jsm? I assumed he was an Aussie legend
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Post by jsm on Aug 9, 2024 7:10:59 GMT
I was travelling OS in 1991, so missed the story back then and didn't see it when it went viral in 2009. Not sure what I was doing then. He is a legend, but I didn't know it. Glad to have caught up at last.
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