“We really got our money’s worth!”

The world watched in awe as 12 boys and their coach were rescued from a flooded Thai cave yesterday. The boys were incredibly relieved that, after 18 days, they had really got one up over the cave management who had smugly charged them $10 entry.

“I thought it was free before 11,” one of the rescued boys told The Obiter.

The team were forced to scramble for loose change upon entering the cave, with many offering to buy their peers a drink of cave water inside if they could shout the cover charge.

“We’re going to stay for fucking ages,” one boy said. “We’re going to make that money back.”

Upon being rescued, the boys refused to admit that their gambit had gotten out of hand. “We made a statement today about the way cover charges hurt local cave businesses,” a particularly outspoken member of the group told the world’s waiting media organisations.

“With Oh Hello closing down, and this cave being pretty unlikely to attract many patrons for the next little while, it’s easy to see why nightlife and monsoon region cave diving are such tough industries to go into.”

No more to come.