A New Definition of Carpool!

G'day to you, eh! How's she going? Boy the weather here has been up and down like a toilet seat in a Diarrhea ward! Couple days ago it was 36 C. This morning it was 8C. Not quite enough to scrape ice off the windshield and I'm nowhere ready for that nonsense yet. We're owed at least another four weeks of summer so let's get with it, eh! But first...fill your mug with coffee and snag a virtual treat. Rhymes with heat. Speaking of summer heat...

Tired of dealing with the unbearable summer heat, a 27-year-old driver from Eibenstock, Germany, had the not-so-brilliant idea to turn his BMW convertible into a mobile pool, by completely sealing the passenger cabin and filling it with water.

A pool on wheels sound pretty cool, but unfortunately for its creator, the local police didn’t think so. The nutty driver and three of his friends were driving their unconventional vehicle around town last Sunday, when they passed by a motorcycle policeman who happened to see the car had no license plates and that one of the passengers was riding on the trunk.

As he pursued the suspicious convertible through Eibenstock, the officer noticed something very strange: every time it turned into a curb, water poured out of the vehicle. After a short chase, the BMW pulled over in a parking lot and the passengers, who were only wearing bathing suits, ran out and jumped into the nearby Mulde River. 

As he approached the empty car, the policeman discovered it had been converted into a regular pool on wheels. The interior had been sealed, painted blue and filled with water. The sides of the pool were lined with wooden planks, the steering wheel was covered in raffia, and next to the ignition switch was a beer bottle holder. Now that last one makes a lot of sense, eh!

Looking for a good project for August? Think of all the friends you'll have when you 'get 'er done'. As for the police, nah, letting them in the pool will just get their doughnuts soggy.

See ya, eh!

Bob