I like the Canadians a lot. As a group, they are a helluva lot of fun and know how to party hearty.
Years ago we were running our rear-engine digger at a Canadian event which coincided with a big holiday in Canada. Victoria Day, I think? Needless to say, the locals managed to get our entire pit crew, with the exception of our driver who doesn't drink, pretty well inebriated. We're towing back to the motel and everyone but the aforementioned driver is 3 sheets to the wind.
In the middle of this lonely road is a roadblock. A honest-to-goodness Canadian Mountie, complete with blue and red uniform and traditional hat, walks up to the car and says, "You boys been drinking a little, eh?"
Our sober as a judge driver responds, "A little."
That Mountie had Tom out of the van and proceeded to administer every sobriety check known to man. He wasn't messin' around!
Needless to saw, the sight of that Mountie, who we naively thought only existed in the movies, sobered the rest of us up in a hurry! We had no desire to see our rig impounded and spend the night in a Canadian jail!
The Mountie finally let Tom go and as he got back into the driver's seat one of the guys quipped, "Tom! The next time a Canadian Mountie asks if you've been drinking, you say "No!" dammit!"
We still tell that story and laugh about it over beers!
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