Posted on 01/05/2018 12:13:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
MANDURAH man Boris Pascoe was far from home, drunk and trying to negotiate plane travel and a stopover in a Middle Eastern airport — not usually a recipe for a happy ending.
But, lucky for him, he stumbled, quite literally, into the path of ‘wonder woman’ and fellow Aussie Grace Cheatley in November.
The hilarious shenanigans that ensued has won the internet in a video that’s gone viral, viewed 7.5 million times on LADbible’s Facebook page, and thrust the pair into the media spotlight.
Ms Cheatley started filming Mr Pascoe’s antics when he tried to retrieve his luggage from the overhead locker while at the same time his pants began to dangerously descend.
Still rolling, she captures the moment he nearly falls down the stairs from the plane. It is then that she decides to take him under her wing.
“I’m pretty f***ing sloshed if you ask me!” Mr Pascoe admits, saying he has downed eight alcoholic beverages, including Hennessy cognac for the first time.
Ms Cheatley guides him through the airport and making sure he doesn’t catch the attention of security, tells him to be quiet.
“You gotta be quiet because we are going through security OK,” she says.
“Really quiet, I don’t want to get arrested.”
Ms Cheatley managed to get Mr Pascoe to his boarding gate, buying him water and a toastie, before leaving him the hands of some older men travelling back to Perth.
On Facebook Mr Pascoe said he couldn’t thank Ms Cheatley enough for getting him on his flight home,
Ms Cheatley, from Melbourne was returning to Australia after a two month holiday to Europe and Africa.
Mr Pascoe was returning from the UK, and had had to leave his fiance behind, according to Ms Cheatley, because his visa had run out.
“I thought he was hilarious,” Ms Cheatley said. “He was harmless, not being aggressive or anything and when we eventually landed and he was trying to get his bags out and his bum was hanging out, it was the funniest thing.
“So I just started filming.”
She has been shocked by the interest in the video and pleased with the many positive comments it has attracted from people praising their Aussie mateship.
And, she’s had a laugh about the comments of some trying to matchmake the pair.
“What a great lady, she's a keeper for sure. The guy was a crack up. I bet he's fun when he's sober too lol. They would make a good couple,” one person wrote.
“At least he knows he’s pissed. Like he’s owning the s**t out of it! Also, great job finding a babysitter in the airport like that.”
The pair only reconnected on Facebook after the video, filmed in November, went viral.
Mr Pascoe has been reluctant to draw any more attention to himself and declined an interview.
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