Ok. Which one of you guys is this?

Post by **Dale** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:47 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09 ... index.html

German police nab motorist playing flute
Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Posted: 5:41 PM EDT (2141 GMT)

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- German police caught a man playing the flute with both hands as he sped through traffic at 130 kph (80 mph) on a busy highway, police said on Wednesday.

"He was leaning back in the seat and steering the car with his knees and feet," said Johann Bohnert, a spokesman for police in the town of Traunstein near the Austrian border.

"He looked like he'd had practice."

He now faces a fine of 50 euros ($56).

The 52-year-old from Salzburg in Austria, birthplace of Mozart, the composer whose works include the opera "The Magic Flute," told police he was not actually blowing the instrument.

"He said he was just practicing fingerings," said Bohnert.

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Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:51 pm

Come 'n' get me, Copper!!

Fluting while driving? What a dork.

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:03 am

Dale, I take it that since playing flute in a car doesn't bear the risk of, er, brain stem impalement, you wouldn't dissuade people from practicing it?

Jens

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 5:25 am

Lets see, I've seen folks putting on ties with both hands, using electric razors while staring into the rearview mirror, putting on eyeliner with both hands, holding a cellphone to the ear with one hand and gesturing wildly with the other (seen this one way too frequently) - I don't see how this would be any more dangerous...unless it's a Boehm flute with those highly distracting key mechanism clunking as you drive

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That man is my new folk hero.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:25 pm

I verily believe, from having much experience 'playing while driving,' that this Austrian fella did have a pipe up to his mouth, and a flute in the seat beside him-which he uses as a decoy, and does play occasionally, but I firmly believe that the real pipe was piping hot, or "smoking" as they say, and when he saw the flashing lights in his mirror, he quicky stashed the pipe under the seat (or out the other window at the perfect moment) and lifted the flute to his lap as if innocent enough.

Only a person on dope would think of doing something so wild. Perhaps he had his fix just before launching out on the audobon.