BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:

Subject: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Wrinkles
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 05:36 PM

Seems the tale of the eastern european who used 30/60 cans of beer to urniate a tunnel out of his avalance-trapped car is an old urban myth;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/03/avalanche_man_debunked/

It's also on snopes.com the Urban ledgends reference Pages

Myth or not, it's still make a fun song ;-)

Wrinkles

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 06:35 PM

Someone posted that last week in a thread. I don't think anyone actually believed it because the premise is just too silly. As you say--maybe it's good material for a fake-song (ala Frozen Logger).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 07:16 PM

You could have it as a metaphor for the Iraq occupation...

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: GUEST,Nancy King at work
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 08:22 PM

Oooohh, I'd live to see the "Mythbusters" tackle this one....

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Charley Noble
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 08:39 PM

So sad. My threadmates will be desolate. So many find songs will now have to be deleted. I'm sure that some Joe Clone is already gearing up for this thankless task.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 08:43 PM

That really sounds like one of Shane's adventures to me.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Sorcha
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 10:32 PM

Shatner is up to it I'm sure.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 01:16 AM

One of the clones must have been by here today. I know I didn't bother to look up which thread that story had been posted in. Thanks for adding it in.

That story was so obviously concocted, it never seemed remotely real. Think about it. The guy drinks all of that beer just to warm it up? He could have held the bottles inside his coat for a while to achieve the same thing. And then to get it out of the car, what kind of contortions is he going to have to do for days on end all day long just to pee out of the window? As someone in the other thread remarked, much easier to pour the bottled beer out of the window. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 04:08 AM

Reminds me somewhat of that 'Whiskey Christmas Cake Recipie' tale...

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 05:09 AM

The guy drinks all of that beer just to warm it up? He could have held the bottles inside his coat for a while to achieve the same thing.

Not really - there's a chemical process involved when you drink the beer, producing heat, as with any other kind of food.

I'm sure there's a research project in this, finding out whether it would actually work. Perhaps some Morris side could take it on.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 04:21 PM

I'm sure Shane would leap at the opportunity to test out this theory. He'll do anything for free beer.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 04:27 PM

In Minnesota, I think they've tried spreading urea crystals on the streets instead of salt, the advantage being that urea doesn't cause cars to rust, and doesn't kill grass, trees, and other vegetation. I don't remember hearing how the experiment turned out, though, so I don't know if they still do it.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Man Urinates Way Out of Snow' Myth:
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Feb 05 - 07:17 PM

excess nitrogen fertiliser may kill some plants - especially aussie ones used to very low fretlity soil