While I was working at Kalgoorlie we ran a story about Mankini Man. He was a bloke who jogged down the main street wearing nothing but a mankini and runners.
Someone caught him on video and supplied us with pictures. We eventually tracked him down and he explained the story. It was penance for a misdemeanor against his mates.
Mount Gambier’s equivalent is more mysterious and at this stage of inquiries, less easy to explain.
The Border Watch received a copy of what appears to be security footage showing a man wearing red jocks walking down a supermarket aisle.
After analysing the film, it seems the man is carrying a jug of beer in one hand and a stuffed green parrot in the other.
The incident occurred about 9am on Sunday.
He appears to be in the company of another man and a woman, although they might be shoppers who just happened to be in his vicinity.
Unlike the Kalgoorlie Miner’s call for information about Mankini Man, a similar plea in the Border Watch has revealed nothing to explain the stunt.
Why, his pants have just fallen down. Could happen to anyone carrying a parrot.
The mankini story reminds me of how Mal Brown wagered that he’d walk down Hay Street Mall in Perth wearing a bikini if a certain team won a match. They did and he did. Someone made him a tiger-stripe pattern bikini (nothing made for any woman would have fitted him anyway) and Mal strode down the Mall and into the history books. I don’t know what happened to the bikini. If it hasn’t already, it would make a great auction item.
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One story I heard second hand: The bloke was blind drink (no surprise given his jug of beer is empty at 9am on a Sunday morning). His mission at the supermarket was to buy a pregnancy test kit!