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Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS
#19289184 - 12/17/13 03:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509837/Teenager-went-drunken-night-Oldham-woke-PARIS.html
A teenager who went out clubbing in Manchester with his mates woke up in Paris the following morning after booking a flight in the early hours. Luke Harding was getting a cab home from the Tokyo Project nightclub, nicknamed Tokes, in Oldham when he found his passport in his pocket and drunkenly decided to visit the Eiffel Tower. Mr Harding, a sheet metal worker, asked the shocked taxi driver to head immediately for Manchester Airport then booked a last minute 6am flight for £100 through Flybe to the French capital using his mobile phone.
The 19-year-old eventually woke up in a toilet cubicle at Charles De Gaulle Airport - 500 miles from where he started his night to remember. Pals nursing a giant hangover from a night out at the club were stunned to see a sheepish Luke had tweeted a picture of himself standing next to the Eiffel Tower and then another with the caption: 'Sat outside the Arc De Triumph (sic) eating a croissant.' News of his unexpected excursion spread like wildfire around the social media site with many messages poking fun at the travelling teenager.
In a series of tweets from Paris, Luke said: 'Only woke up in the toilets of Charles de Gaulle airport an hour ago and half of Oldham know haha.' He added: 'I got in a taxi to Manchester airport and booked a flight on my phone! Don’t remember the flight. It’s f***ing expensive here though. Mum thinks I’m a pillock. Walked past the Eiffel Tower 3 times! Not a clue where I am!' He was eventually picked up 12 hours later at Manchester by friends when he had to pay out a further £170 to get a flight back to the UK. The entire escapade cost him a total of £300.
In further tweets Mr Harding, who had been using his passport as ID to drink at the nightclub, added: 'My flight home wasn’t till 7.30 at night I had to stay in Paris! Plus spent all that money to get there be a waste not to stay. My mates didn’t believe me! Bizarre thing to do going Paris but it happened. 'Always out in Manchester won’t be taking my f..king passport that’s for sure.' Speaking today, he said: 'It all started off just going for a pint after work with one of my mates, one thing lead to another and we decide we are going to go out to Tokyo’s in Oldham. 'It turned out to be just a bog standard night and we started to get a bit bored and decide to call it quits and head off home. The only thing was by this time we are well and truly plastered.
'I went to drop my friend off at his house in a taxi but for some reason I randomly decided that I don’t want to go home but stay out instead. 'I found my passport which I’d been using for ID and was looking at this flight app on my phone and it was saying something like "cheap flights to Paris". 'I decided the best thing to do was book a flight to see the Eiffel tower. It was just a spur of the moment thing and seemed like a good idea at the time. 'The taxi driver asked me about where I was going and what I was going to do in Paris but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him I was a drunken idiot who spontaneously booked a trip to Paris, so I sold him some story that I was a junior doctor going to a convention.'
Mr Harding said the idea to go abroad had only struck him in the cab, so he didn't even have a bag or a change of clothes. 'I arrived at Terminal 3 and walked through to the check In where I tried and acted sober as I could and speaking as little as possible.' He continued, 'I had no luggage and I remembered the lady at the check in asking if I had any - then she joked that I was travelling light. 'I don’t recall much of the flight because I fell asleep and then the next thing I know I find myself lay next to a toilet in a cubicle in the middle of Charles De Gaulle airport and thinking what the hell have I just done? 'When I woke up I initially didn’t know where I was but then I remembered a bit about being in Manchester airport and booking the flight to Paris - and thinking ‘oh sh*t.’
'I rang my mum and said "don’t panic mum but can you pick me up at Manchester Airport at 8pm?" Then I told her what I had done and she went mental at me. 'I had eight hours to kill so I booked a bus into Paris and had a wander around. I did get to see the Eiffel Tower but there was a massive queue so I didn’t get to go up it but at least I had my picture taken outside the Arc de Triomphe and I went to a cafe for coffee and a croissant and sat outside. 'It was great but it was bloody freezing, it’s warmer back here. It cost an arm and a leg but I don’t regret it. It’s a funny story to tell my mates for years to come.' Luke was inundated with messages from Twitter uses amused by his escapade. Mark Ingham said: 'I’ve ended up in a few scary places after a night out in Tokes but never Paris. Take a bow.' Dale Harris said: 'Don’t even know Luke Harding but I want to shake his hand.' Manchester Airport declined to comment about the incident. Flybe said they were unable to provide a comment.
...I guess its not really news
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: Invisible_Woe] 1
#19289239 - 12/17/13 03:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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damn. All my drunken escapades now seem so lame. I'm gonna have to start upping the ante and drunkenly booking flights to Budapest.
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: psyconaught]
#19289409 - 12/17/13 04:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I mean, I've taken some trips and wound up out of state before, but dayum a whole new country?
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: MrBlueYoMind]
#19289479 - 12/17/13 04:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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reads really fake
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: MrBlueYoMind]
#19289579 - 12/17/13 05:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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MrBlueYoMind said: I mean, I've taken some trips and wound up out of state before, but dayum a whole new country? 
If it's any consolation, these countries are the size of U.S. states.
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: Me_Roy]
#19289586 - 12/17/13 05:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: Me_Roy]
#19289592 - 12/17/13 05:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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shit i never realized Europe was that small still makes for a good story though! i gotta go spend some drunken nights in europe and see where i end up
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: psyconaught]
#19289651 - 12/17/13 05:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's an epic night. Lol
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: 2859558484]
#19289696 - 12/17/13 05:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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wowitch17 said: reads really fake
I wouldent argue with that... but i wouldent argue against it either.
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: Invisible_Woe]
#19289820 - 12/17/13 05:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Don't airports not allow too intoxicated riders for safety reasons if the plane goes down? If he was blacked out, I'm 100% sure he'd be slurring and pretty sure he'd be stumbling around for his phone/his walking.
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: Atrium]
#19289856 - 12/17/13 06:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Jamesdnh said: Don't airports not allow too intoxicated riders for safety reasons if the plane goes down? If he was blacked out, I'm 100% sure he'd be slurring and pretty sure he'd be stumbling around for his phone/his walking.
Europe standards might be different (assuming your from the states). Also some hold their alcohol extremely well, I've been drunk to the point of passing out on the beach alone all night and no one at the party knew I was so fucked up.
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Re: Teenager went for drunken night out in Oldham... and woke up in a toilet in PARIS [Re: psyconaught]
#19290592 - 12/17/13 09:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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psyconaught said:
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Jamesdnh said: Don't airports not allow too intoxicated riders for safety reasons if the plane goes down? If he was blacked out, I'm 100% sure he'd be slurring and pretty sure he'd be stumbling around for his phone/his walking.
Europe standards might be different (assuming your from the states). Also some hold their alcohol extremely well, I've been drunk to the point of passing out on the beach alone all night and no one at the party knew I was so fucked up.
Both could be true but I believe we should have some universal law to not have .20 riders on a plane or something. I mean, what happens if the planes going down/on fire and the fucker that's supposed to open the emergency door is blacked out?
I also know that I have a good tolerance for alcohol... until I blackout. Something like 8 shots in 2 hours will do it. I think it's just easier not to drink
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