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The Guardian - UK
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Ever kidnapped a penguin? Tell us your drunken stories

Two British tourists have been fined more than £600 each after a night of debauchery in an Australian theme park. While there, they kidnapped a penguin, dived into a pool of dolphins and let off a fire extinguisher in a shark enclosure. Rhys Owen Jones, 21, and Keri Mules, 20, woke up the next morning, stunned to see a seven year old fairy penguin called Dirk waddling around their apartment. In a panic they released the bird back into a nearby canal. "Can't believe ... penguin in our apartment, man ... we stole a penguin," one of the men says in a video they filmed the morning after.

Sentencing the two young men the magistrate said: "You could have found yourselves in a morgue if you'd gone into the wrong enclosure. Perhaps next time you are at a party you will consider drinking a little less vodka."

The story has more in common with The Hangover than most people's Saturday nights out. But can you give Keri and Rhys a run for their money in terms of drunken escapades? What's the most bizarre thing you've ever done while under the influence (or found in your house the next morning)?

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