That was my first thought. Why not just pour the beer on the snow. Passing throught the body would make it warmer, but I don't think that would really help that much.
Ian Ray Champagne wrote: >I heard this on the radio today. > >I think it was just a clever excuse to get hammered. Or, he was already >hammered when driving and decided this would be a clever way to disguise it. > >Why wouldn't he just open the beer and pour it directly on the snow? Why >add the "middle man"? Even ice cold beer would melt snow. And, he'd have >better aim with a beer bottle. :) > >Also, I think that it is funny that he says that his liver and kidneys >hurt. Can your liver and kidneys really deliver pain to your brain like that? > >I dunno, I am always a skeptic. Maybe I am reading too much into it. > >Funny story nonetheless.... > >Ray > > > >At 12:49 AM 1/29/2005, you wrote: > > >>A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by >>drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it. >> >>Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain >>path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra >>mountains. >> >>He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window >>and tried to dig his way out. >> >>But as he dug with his hands, he realised the snow would fill his car >>before he managed to break through. >> >>He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer in his car as he was going on >>holiday, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he >>realised he could urinate on the snow to melt it, local media >>reported. >> >>He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down >>below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and >>now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday >>turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there." >> >>Parts of Europe have this week been hit by the heaviest snowfalls >>since 1941, with some places registering more than ten feet of snow in >>24 hours. >> >>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1261997.html >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145336 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
