Posted on 04/18/2005 2:09:40 PM PDT by LibWhacker
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Police in a Vancouver suburb issued an unusual warning to drivers on Monday: If you run out fuel, do not lay down on the road to get assistance.
Police were alerted to a man's body laying along the Trans Canada Highway in the predawn darkness only to discover he was "quite alive", but that his car had run out of gas and he "wanted to attract someone's attention".
"Guess it worked, but police don't really recommend this method," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Burnaby, British Columbia, said in a press release.
The man's car was towed, but no charges were filed.
I find that flagging a motorist down with a running chainsaw drenched in Hollywood fake blood gets them to stop to pick me up.
There's a great Monty Python routine in here somewhere.
"How about loose, lose, and choose, chose? THOSE drive me nuts!"
And, isn't it a sight, reading posts from those wishing to cite passages from a web site? To funny. Makes you feel like your loosing you're mind, rite?
This guy is about as smart as illegal aliens crossing into the US who sleep on the railroad tracks heeding the old wives tale that snakes won't go there...unfortunately not all of them wake up in time to avoid the train...
Take it from Ward Churchill's wife, it doesn't WORK!!
That is the preferred method.
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