Oh those meth-heads

[theducks]

So I had a bit of a chat with one of the local meth heads today. They have such wacky stories about why they need money. This guy's story was that he was Australian and he'd flown in yesterday on Air Canada and his wife had taken everything to Whistler and accidentally left him without any money or ID.

Bless his heart, he did actually have a kangaroo tattoo with "Australia" below it, which made it a bit more believable than many. Perhaps many Australians would have looked past the case of meth-mouth he had and just handed over some money. Except, I'm a bastard.

Me: "So you're Australian?"
Him: "Yup, g'day mate and all that"
Me: "So where did you live?"
Him: "Sydney"
Me: "Ok, what was your postcode there?"
Him: "I don't remember" (some ramblings about jetlag here)
Me: "Who's the current Prime Minister of Australia?"
Him: "Well it's not John Howard anymore"
Me: "Very good, no it isn't, who is it?"
Him: "umm"
Me: "So you flew here with Air Canada yesterday from Sydney via Hawaii?"
Him: "Yes"
Me: "What was the flight number?"
Him: "Umm AC27950"
Me: "No, try again"
Him: "No, that was the number!"
Me: "Unfortunately I know Air Canada's flight number for that flight, and that isn't it"
Me: "What's your Australian passport number?"
Him: "P98375691"
Me: "Oooh, too many digits and all the P-series passports have all expired. But I'll give you points for effort. You stand here, I'll walk two metres away, then come back and give you all the coins in my pocket"

Unfortunately for him that only came to about 70c. You win some, you lose some.