Cans Beer » that’s not a knife http://cansbeer.com Cans, Beer & More Tue, 22 May 2012 09:45:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Australia considers banning pool cues from bars http://news.draftmag.com/2010/01/29/australia-considers-banning-pool-cues-from-bars/ http://news.draftmag.com/2010/01/29/australia-considers-banning-pool-cues-from-bars/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:48:47 +0000 Admin http://11.6651 a local news source, the devices have become drunken patron's "weapon of choice" when attacking paramedics. ]]> A year after the State Government in Queensland, Australia banned glasses in some pubs, there’s a movement afoot to eliminate pool cues as well.

According to a local news source, the devices have become drunken patron’s “weapon of choice” when attacking paramedics.

Um, what?

Kroy Day (real name!), a member of the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, found that 94 percent of the 142 medical workers he surveyed say they have been attacked at some point in the past five years while on the job. That would be significantly higher than the percentage of beer bloggers that report being assaulted.

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