Wayne in BC
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An RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer stopped to help a
>> stranded
> rider standing beside a stalled motorcycle in the mountains. It was
> extremely cold, and the rider was heavily dressed in a helmet,
balaclava
> and
> snowmobile suit.
>>
>> In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mountie that the carburetor
was
> frozen.
>>
>> A motorcyclist himself, the Mountie remembered an old trick for just
such
> an occasion. "Try peeing on it," the Mountie said, "that should
unfreeze
> it."
>>
>> "Can't," replied the rider.
>>
>> So the helpful Mountie took out his own equipment and liberally
hosed
>> down
> the carburetor, and the bike soon fired up.
>>
>> A few days later, the local detachment received a thank you note
from a
> father, grateful for the roadside assistance his young daughter had
> received
> from the RCMP.
>> stranded
> rider standing beside a stalled motorcycle in the mountains. It was
> extremely cold, and the rider was heavily dressed in a helmet,
balaclava
> and
> snowmobile suit.
>>
>> In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mountie that the carburetor
was
> frozen.
>>
>> A motorcyclist himself, the Mountie remembered an old trick for just
such
> an occasion. "Try peeing on it," the Mountie said, "that should
unfreeze
> it."
>>
>> "Can't," replied the rider.
>>
>> So the helpful Mountie took out his own equipment and liberally
hosed
>> down
> the carburetor, and the bike soon fired up.
>>
>> A few days later, the local detachment received a thank you note
from a
> father, grateful for the roadside assistance his young daughter had
> received
> from the RCMP.