More evidence that Beer makes you live longer

What better encore for a serious post about the meaning of life than a lighthearted post about saving one's life? And man, what a way to get out of a predicament! It seems that Richard Kral was driving his Audi through the Slovak Tatra mountains when it was buried on the road by an avalanche. He couldn't open the door, but did open the window and started trying 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." Additionally, his car might be damaged by the snow. As an Audi owner myself I can relate to his desire to protect it, but what alternative did he have? Fortunately Mr. Kral was going on holiday and had... sixty bottles of beer in the car! These were half-liter european bottles - not the measly 12 ouncers we're accustomed to here in the states, but a healthy 16.9 ounces!

In indomitable fashion, the stranded motorist "Peed way out of avalanche." "...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."

Here's hoping he was fortunate enough to have brought along 30 liters of Pilsner Urquell, and not Pandur. But as Mortimer admitted, even bad Slovak beer is better than England's best!

Hat tip: Drudge Report.

On the web Posted by JohnGalt at January 29, 2005 7:46 PM