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[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a story I heard like 20-30 years ago. Some German dude wrecked his Merc on the autobahn… the cops get there and he just wreaks of schnapps but they find no bottles, no means of consumption. The car gets towed to a police station to be examined and they found that he had diverted the window washing tank into the cabin, dude wants a pug of schnapps and he hits his window washer button.

[–] Pauce@lemmy.ca 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That is a level of ingenuity that I love to see in people. Application of it is nooot great but he's got the spirit.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 16 hours ago

Don’t you mean spirits?