If you are reading this and you are a human being that lives somewhere, then chances are you have seen the famous YouTube video, ‘Democracy Manifest’.
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If you haven’t, you are missing out. It basically shows this guy in Australia getting arrested while he was out for dinner. What makes it so funny is the way he words his sentences and his theatrical and OTT expression – he’s literally like an Australian Brian Blessed.
Except he’s not Australian – apparently he was born in Hungary. And not only that, but the entire backstory of his life and why he was arrested is completely off the wall. So turns out he was (I say was as he supposedly died in 2003) a nobleman named Charles Dozsa who had a penchant for free food. He was so into it that he got named in the papers ‘Sydney’s most famous restaurant runner’ as he had so many convictions for failing to pay for food. This fact makes the ‘succulent Chinese meal’ line even funnier than it already is.
According to local Australian papers, he used to just go around to five star restaurants, eat a delicious meal and then do a runner. All of his fines and court orders built up quite a bit, although I’m not sure whether he actually did any time for it or not.
And in addition to all of that info, apparently Charles was also a former chess champion. I’m not sure what that has to do with the video, but it still somehow makes the whole thing that bit more ridiculous.
Hats off to the guy – he quite clearly enjoyed his life and his food and he felt that he was such an absolute legend that he shouldn’t have to pay for any of it. He’s got the whole free food thing down even better than this guy has.
For old times’ sake, let’s check out Charles in action:
