71GTX
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[FONT=tahoma,sans-serif]>>Subject: Who said Newfies were dumb
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>>A routine RCMP patrol parked outside a bar just off the main
>>Highway at Goobies, Newfoundland.
>> >>>
>> After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so
>>intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the
>>parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
>>After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five different
>>vehicles, the man managed to find his car which he fell into.
>> >>> >>
>> He sat there for a few minutes and then threw a hook and line out
>>the window and seemed to be trying to catch a fish.
>>
>> A number of other patrons failed to observe this crazy drunk as
>>they left the bar and drove off. Finally the drunk started the car,
>>switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine, dry summer night)
>>flicked the blinkers on, then off a couple of times, honked the
>>horn and then switched on the lights. He pulled in the hook
>>and line and moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a
>>little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more
>>of the other patron vehicles left.
>>
>> At last, the parking lot was empty; he pulled out of the
>> parking lot and started to drive slowly down the road. The
>>officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the
>>patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the
>>man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
>>breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed any
>>alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll
>>have to ask you to accompany me to Headquarters. This breathalyzer
>>equipment must be broken."
>> >>> >>
>> "I doubt it," said the truly proud Newfoundlander. "Tonight I'm
>>the designated decoy.":bwuhaha:[/FONT]
>>
>>
>>A routine RCMP patrol parked outside a bar just off the main
>>Highway at Goobies, Newfoundland.
>> >>>
>> After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so
>>intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the
>>parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
>>After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five different
>>vehicles, the man managed to find his car which he fell into.
>> >>> >>
>> He sat there for a few minutes and then threw a hook and line out
>>the window and seemed to be trying to catch a fish.
>>
>> A number of other patrons failed to observe this crazy drunk as
>>they left the bar and drove off. Finally the drunk started the car,
>>switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine, dry summer night)
>>flicked the blinkers on, then off a couple of times, honked the
>>horn and then switched on the lights. He pulled in the hook
>>and line and moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a
>>little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more
>>of the other patron vehicles left.
>>
>> At last, the parking lot was empty; he pulled out of the
>> parking lot and started to drive slowly down the road. The
>>officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the
>>patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the
>>man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
>>breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed any
>>alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll
>>have to ask you to accompany me to Headquarters. This breathalyzer
>>equipment must be broken."
>> >>> >>
>> "I doubt it," said the truly proud Newfoundlander. "Tonight I'm
>>the designated decoy.":bwuhaha:[/FONT]
