At a national conference of the Australian Hotels Association, the general managers of Cascade Brewery ( Tasmania ), Tooheys ( New South Wales ), XXXX ( Queensland ), CUB ( Victoria ) and Coopers ( South Australia ) found themselves sitting at the same table for lunch. 

When the waitress asked what they wanted to drink, the GM of Tooheys said without hesitation, "I'll have a Tooheys New." 
 

 The head of Carlton & United smiled and said, Make mine a VB." 

 To which the boss of Coopers rejoined, "I'll have a Coopers, the King of
 Beers." 
 

 And the bloke from Cascade asked for "a Cascade,

the cleanest draught on the planet." 
 

The General Manager of XXXX paused a moment and then placed his order:  "I'll have a Diet Coke." 

 The others looked at him as if he had sprouted a new head.
 

 "Well, he said with a shrug, if you poofters aren't drinking beer,

   then neither will I."