let's see who salutes it

A man fell to his death after climbing a 22ft flag pole as a prank during a Christmas night out with friends, an inquest has heard.

Julian Brooks, 22, died on 17 December 2004 after falling in Church Village near Pontypridd.

It appears that Julian is not the only person who may have had a few too many drinks. Coroner Philip Walters recording a verdict of accidental death remarked;

"One has to accept that when I was that was that age and other people - it is the sort of thing many of us would have done at that age,"

As true today, I think you'll agree, as it ever was. It might also go some way to explaining why it took eight months to unravel this not very complex case.