Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/25/german-motorist-douses-autobah.html
Because of course he did.
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Ok. I’ll say what everyone is thinking:
“Let the car burn! Save the beer!”
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At least then he would have had something to drink while waiting for the fire department…
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Shame he could not drink it fast enough to just piss the fire out.
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Also, being German, was he wearing lederhosen (leather hose)?
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Yes he saved his car but was it worth the cost of the sacrificed beer? 
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Depends – even in Germany there are some beers not worth drinking
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I would have cooked up some sausage. Sausage goes great with beer.
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If your car engine is on fire do not pop the hood/bonnet. This will usually make the fire worse. Instead, keep a small fire extinguisher in your car. Discharge the extinguisher through the grille. I suppose a small, pressurized beer keg would work too.
Do not discharge the extinguisher at people smoking at vegan restaurants.
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In the 90’s, my wife did the same with a K-car station wagon we had. The engine ignited somehow and flames shot out from under the hood; she grabbed the thirty pack of Genessee Cream Ale I had stashed (she is a teatotaler) and opened the hood, popped cans, and extinguished said fire.
This was only one of three automobile fires I witnessed her extinguish. The other two involved snow.
When it comes to car fires, she reigns supreme and I am useless.
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Umm, was she driving when all three fires happened?
Also, was the German car by any chance a Beermer?
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She was the quick thinking passenger in all instances. I was a lump.
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Car on fire? Better hop to it…
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Well, three car engine fires in a lifetime might seem like a bit more than a coincidence to some… 
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Authorities say the fire department responded but there was nothing left for them to do.
Um, celebrate with the remaining beer?
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ISWYDT! 
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Uh, don’t try to put the fire out with that.
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Wasn’t this a scene in “Strange Brew?”
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… so they put the Hosebach.
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