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free beer for life!

Demented Hamsters
19-10-2007, 02:27
NZ brewery offers beer for laptop

A New Zealand brewery is reportedly offering a lifetime supply of beer for the return of a stolen laptop.

Local media said the laptop was stolen from the Croucher Brewing Company in the central North Island city of Rotorua earlier this week.

Owners were desperate to retrieve the computer containing designs, contact details and financial information, the Rotorua Daily Post said.

They have offered free beer to anyone giving clues leading to its recovery.

Co-owner Paul Croucher said the company would provide a lifetime supply of about 12 bottles a month to anyone who could name the thief.

The company has back-up copies of the material stored on the laptop but these are not up to date, the newspaper said.
What could be better?
Fleckenstein
19-10-2007, 02:31
Free sex for life?
Bann-ed
19-10-2007, 02:34
Free sex for life?

Who pays for sex?
More importantly, who has to?

Though I suppose we all pay for it, one way or another. :p
Demented Hamsters
19-10-2007, 02:35
Free sex for life?
duh. beer is better than sex. everyone knows that.
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 02:50
Only 12 bottles per month? That's not a real life time supply in my book :p
Call to power
19-10-2007, 02:53
Only 12 bottles per month? That's not a real life time supply in my book :p

don't test NZ alchohol it sounds scary

needless to say I will be having a look at these "designs"
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 03:04
don't test NZ alchohol it sounds scary

needless to say I will be having a look at these "designs"

I've tried various European alcoholics, I doubt alcohol from NZ is much worse :p
Bann-ed
19-10-2007, 03:08
I've tried various European alcoholics, I doubt alcohol from NZ is much worse :p

:eek:

Who were they?
And how exactly did you 'try' them?
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 03:12
Umm.... That's none of your business :p
Kyronea
19-10-2007, 04:24
What could be better?

Something that I might actually be able to use? I can't drink alcohol.
Pirated Corsairs
19-10-2007, 05:19
I should just submit random names, on the off chance that one of them turns out to be right.
NERVUN
19-10-2007, 06:06
Meh... Now if they were offering free coffee for life; I'd fly to NZ to track down that laptop personally. ;)
Cameroi
19-10-2007, 08:20
free food, shelter and transportation. i can't imagine anything more useless or nongratifying then beer.

free broadband internet connection.
free tools and materials to be creative with.
free place to build indiginous shelter and live in it without anyone every going to tell you to move on or tear it down.

free everything in exchange for freely creating beauty and giving it away.

free pure air and water
free gardens and meditation retreats

free unlimited engineering and tecnology reference materials
free and unlimited access to entire sentient knowledge base throught the entire known universe

any single one of these would be to me

=^^=
.../\...
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 08:39
I've tried various European alcoholics, I doubt alcohol from NZ is much worse :p

Like Heineken? Wahahaha!

Jupiler, mannen weten waarom!
Mutton Lane
19-10-2007, 09:12
Twelve bottles a month..,.....

Give me twelve CASES a month and maybe i'll consider findind the laptop..

Twelve bottles a month.. give me a break.:rolleyes:
Boonytopia
19-10-2007, 09:55
Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Pity I'd have to go to NZ to claim the prize though. ;)
German Nightmare
19-10-2007, 10:02
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Homer_free_beer.jpg

(Free beer is great - but 12 bottles don't really last a month. Not even a weekend...)
Cameroi
19-10-2007, 10:03
free laptops for life would be cool

=^^=
.../\...
Lunatic Goofballs
19-10-2007, 10:05
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Homer_free_beer.jpg

(Free beer is great - but 12 bottles don't really last a month. Not even a weekend...)

I was thinking something similar:

12 beers a month. Great. What am I gonna do for the other 29 days?
German Nightmare
19-10-2007, 10:11
I was thinking something similar:

12 beers a month. Great. What am I gonna do for the other 29 days?
Steal more laptops?!? :p
Lunatic Goofballs
19-10-2007, 10:13
Steal more laptops?!? :p

Hmm... I wonder what they would give to get their servers back. :)
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 10:16
If I would receive 12 bottles of Westvleteren each month, then I would hunt that notebook.

Westvleeteren is considered as the best beer in the world.
And it's Belgian, what else? :)

Source:
http://www.sintsixtus.be/eng/index2.html
Taerkasten
19-10-2007, 10:20
12 bottles is quite useless. However, if one were to steal a laptop every day, one could presumably rack up quite a lot of beer...

/me plots and schemes.
Boonytopia
19-10-2007, 10:21
Steal more laptops?!? :p

The perfect crime! :D
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 10:32
And what if the beer tastes as Heineken?

** Zum kotzen **

The company should send me 12 times 12 bottles just to test scientificly the value of the beer…
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 10:49
Like Heineken? Wahahaha!

Jupiler, mannen weten waarom!

Eeuh, no?

Besides, Hertog Jan is much better :D
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 10:52
Eeuh, no?

Besides, Hertog Jan is much better :D

Westvleeteren, man, Westvleeteren :p
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 10:58
Westvleeteren, man, Westvleeteren :p

Never had that :( It's a bit unattainable since some people decided it's the best beer in the world.
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 11:07
Never had that :( It's a bit unattainable since some people decided it's the best beer in the world.

Just visit the abbay. And bring some crates for me as well. :)
HC Eredivisie
19-10-2007, 11:08
Like Heineken? Wahahaha!

Jupiler, mannen weten waarom!U bent Belg, Uw mening telt daarom niet.:p
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 11:10
U bent Belg, Uw mening telt daarom niet.:p

Ben ik nog Belg bedoel je? Bestaat mijn land dan nog? :)
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 11:29
Just visit the abbay. And bring some crates for me as well. :)

It's on my todo list (going to the abbey that is, not buying you crates) :p
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 11:30
It's on my todo list (going to the abbey that is, not buying you crates) :p

You're Dutch for something :p
The Blaatschapen
19-10-2007, 11:35
You're Dutch for something :p

Yes, but it's also the fact that if I manage to attain some I'll first share with some RL friends, sorry :p
Edwinasia
19-10-2007, 11:37
Yes, but it's also the fact that if I manage to attain some I'll first share with some RL friends, sorry :p

No worries. I understand, it's like gold :)
HC Eredivisie
19-10-2007, 11:47
Ben ik nog Belg bedoel je? Bestaat mijn land dan nog? :)Nog wel, en als het niet meer bestaat hebben we ook geen gezeur meer over Belgisch bier.:p

To all the foreign people: We're talking about the invasion...
Ifreann
19-10-2007, 12:09
Woot! Free beer!
*begins searching for wayward laptop*