TWO GUYS, AN AIR MATTRESS, AN OCEAN, AND BEER

In Australia, two friends, Jackson Perry and Noah Palmer, were hanging out drinking beer at Palmer’s oceanside house in Mandurah, south of Perth, when they noticed an inflatable mattress. They thought it would be cool to pump up the mattress, and go float out on the water for awhile. With the beer, of course. However, strong winds dragged them two miles out into the ocean where they were stranded for almost three hours. They only started getting worried when they noticed they were running out of beer, and the inflatable mattress began to sink. They still had their phones and were able to call for help. Meanwhile, Mr. Palmer had to jump out every ten minutes and inflate the mattress until help arrived. Eventually, the pair was rescued by volunteer rescuers and returned safely to land. When they were asked if they’d do anything differently next time, they both expressed zero regrets. Mr. Perry said: “Definitely check the wind forecast before anything. But other than that we had a pretty good time.”
* When you’re drinking and you have a cool idea, call up someone who’s sober and bounce it off them.
* Imagine your very survival depends on an air mattress full of beer breath.
* Why did Palmer have to do all the inflating? Is he a blowhard?
* I guess any time you can get away for a little while from a land full of poisonous snakes, spiders, crocodiles, plants, fires and Russell Crowe would be a “pretty good time.”