Aussie humour at 30th anniversery of Americas Cup win

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This is a joke told by ex Prime Minister Bob Hawke to Alan Bond ( syndicate leader who ended up in jail ) & John Bertrand skipper of Australia 2.
This was at the 30th anniversary of Australia winning the Americas Cup.
Aussies forgive their heroes no matter what strife they get in to.
In 1983 the PM was presented with the same jacket at the celebration & made the famous speech.
" Any boss who sacks his worker for not turning up today is a bum ".
We watched the race all through the night which finished at 7am.
A time when all Aussies ( only about 20 million at that time ) did something that most thought was impossible.
A small nation beating all the technology that America could muster.
It was the time of the winged keel.
Don ( Aussie )