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Is there anything better than a Thursday that’s really a Friday?

Yes, there is, but let’s just celebrate the fact that we’re staring down the barrel of a four-day weekend and lean into it.

For today’s throwback, we’re travelling to July 2020 and Cairns, North Queensland.

Everybody thinks they can muster an authentic Chewbacca roar, so the opportunity to win $100 for flexing those muscles seemed like a no-brainer.

Here’s 9News:

Posters offering a prize for the phone caller who has the best Chewbacca roar are in fact an elaborate hoax orchestrated by a salty ex-boyfriend…

Cairns mum Jessica’s three-year relationship came to a sour end, but has only turned worse after her ex-partner plastered her phone number on posters advertising a “Chewbacca roaring competition”.

As you can imagine, she was inundated with calls:

Props to Jessica for taking it in her stride.

I know one bloke who could probably muster one hell of a Chewbacca roar.

Marsfield, New South Wales resident Ray Graham went viral in April 2010 when he appeared on A Current Affair to tell the story of two angry dogs that were terrorising his neighbourhood.

Make this Chewbacca – rabid dog crossover happen, somebody:

[source:9news]