Former Canberra Times journalist Jim Darling probably thought he was in heaven - except for the somewhat sobering reminder that he was under the close supervision of three burly police officers.
At the invitation of ACT police and with the full approval of this newspaper's management - occupational health and safety be damned because this, after all, was the enlightened time of March, 1972 - Mr Darling was instructed to drink seven "middies" of beer in quick succession.
