Golden oldies: Gerard Finneran

In this age of the Drudge Report, Britney Spears, and SAC, it's easy to forget the legends that came before.

May I introduce 1995's greatest, Gerard Finneran:

... on a flight back from Buenos Aires to New York, Mr. Finneran had a bit too much to drink.

He drank snowballs and other cocktails, starting before take-off and continuing until a flight attendant decided that it would not be appropriate to serve him any more. He assaulted her, then then started shouting "Fuck the President, fuck him in the ass" while serving himself from the trolley. (History does not record whether he meant the President of Argentina or the President of the United States.)

Moments later, Finneran made the decision that entered his name in the annals of history.

He dropped his pants, pulled off his underwear, and took a shit on a service cart. When he had finished his business, he used linen napkins as toilet paper and wiped his hands on various work surfaces in the galley, smearing faeces throughout the first class cabin.

If we in 2008 have managed to reach new heights in crudeness, it's because we stood on the shoulders of giants.