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Thread #86209   Message #1603064
Posted By: Rapparee
12-Nov-05 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: What the Heck's a BUI?
Subject: RE: BS: What the Heck's a BUI?
We have problems out here of skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling under the influence. Last year a snowmobiler kept harassing a cross-country skier, whipping by closer and closer, throwing snow all over the guy, and generally acting like the drunken lout he was. Finally, the x-country guy had had enough, whipped out a .357 magnum and shot the snowmobile dead. The skier than took off and left the couple on the now-defunct snowmachine to hike 15 miles back to their pickup truck.

Rangers and cops never did catch the skier, but neither they nor the public as a whole seemed to be too upset about the incident. (When the couple finally did get to their truck and called the cops their blood alcohol level was found to be .07; given the time and exercise they expended you can only guess what it was when their snowmobile was shot. For reference, .08 is considerly legally drunk out here.)