FabSwingers.com forum: Man who posted himself home from Australia in box

By *irtydevil666 OP Man
over a year ago

bristol

A man who posted himself back to the UK from Australia in the 1960s has revealed he took a load of laxatives to stop his box overflowing with waste during his five-day journey.

Brian Robson, 76, originally from Wales, moved to Australia when he was 19-years-old and worked for Victorian Railways in the 1960s.

But, tiring of life down under, Brian hatched upon a plan to return himself to the UK in 1965 in extremely desperate circumstances.

Realising that a train ticket would be £700, which was unaffordable on his monthly salary of just £40, Brian hatched upon a plan to seal himself in a wooden crate and travel from Australia....

No Shit...

By *irtydevil666 OP Man
over a year ago

bristol

In preparation, Brian took laxatives for three days beforehand to avoid any accidents.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"He took laxatives to STOP himself from shitting?

Because Australia is the other side of the world they have the opposite effect. Once he passed the equator though there was a hell of a mess.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"He took laxatives to STOP himself from shitting?

This but also there's a train that runs from Australia to Wales??

Crossrail's looking mighty less impressive now...

By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Sounds like something somebody from Yorkshire would do to save a few quid