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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 06:10 PM
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by flasunshine1
The name on that personalized plate should be "*****"...maybe TATO is short for Mr. Potatohead...


What color was that interior....seafoam?


That guy takes "save the wave" a bit too seriously...

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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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The gut did it on purpose...he's beyond potatohead

British Columbia - Emergency personnel were called to St. Mary Lake early Friday morning after receiving calls that a distraught man drove his car into the lake and had taken to the water aboard a small paddle boat.

Witness Mark Toole, co-owner of Lakeside Gardens Resort, said he noticed the individual preparing to drive into the lake with his convertible Corvette near the resort on North End Road just after 7 a.m.

“It floated for quite a while and then slowly drifted out about 50 feet before it sank,” Toole said on Friday morning.

By the time emergency crews arrived on the scene, the car was nowhere to be seen and the middle-aged male had commandeered a small paddle boat.

“He made it across the bay and got quite a ways out,” Toole said.

Police took the man into custody with assistance from the Salt Spring Fire Department’s freshwater rescue vessel.

RCMP officers were not available for comment on Friday morning. The man’s age and name have not been released.

Toole said he recognized the man, who he believes is from the Victoria area, as an occasional guest at the Lakeside Gardens Resort.

Toole phoned RCMP after he became concerned for the individual’s safety.

The vehicle was removed from the lake bottom by the Johnson's Automotive Services tow-truck and crew at about 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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4 pages already here:

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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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..wow. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I guess I'm still young and will see a ton of stupid stuff to come.
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