# What not to tell the RCMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129 "2012-05-07T04:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/1 "2012-05-07T04:19:09Z")
If you forget to clip-in your hang-gliding passenger, surely the RCMPs would also believe you forgot to load a memory card in the video camera, that is if you didn’t tell them you swallowed it. [ul][li]"Orders told police he had swallowed the memory card of the onboard camera, " [/li][li]“X-rays confirmed the card was in Orders’ body”[/ul][/li] [http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/03/hang-glider-pilot-accused-of-swallowing-evidence-in-fatal-fall/?hpt=hp\_c3](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/03/hang-glider-pilot-accused-of-swallowing-evidence-in-fatal-fall/?hpt=hp_c3) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/2 "2012-05-07T04:50:37Z")
This has been in the news for a few days now here. This morning’s news reported that the video card had been retrieved (blech!), and its contents were being investigated. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/3 "2012-05-07T05:41:02Z")
Never mind, didn’t read the OP closely enough. Defense by pica? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/4 "2012-05-08T01:34:32Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Never mind, didn’t read the OP closely enough. Defense by pica? Well, it certainly was not an elite situation. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/5 "2012-05-08T02:01:52Z")
…but i ated it. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/6 "2012-05-08T02:29:25Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > This morning’s news reported that the video card had been retrieved (blech!) The Mountie always gets his, uh, well, you know . . . ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/7 "2012-05-08T02:36:07Z")
What’s the big deal? Memory cards are surprisingly tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/8 "2012-05-08T03:25:25Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > This morning’s news reported that the video card had been retrieved (blech!) The technical term for this retrieval mechanism is a dry room. :eek: Don’t ask me how I know that. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/9 "2012-05-08T04:38:55Z")
OK, we won’t ask you how it is that you know what a dry room is. Instead, **"Hey Dopers, why do _you_ think Northern Piper knows what a dry room is?"** ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/10 "2012-05-08T16:28:39Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > **“Hey Dopers, why do _you_ think Northern Piper knows what a dry room is?”** Isn’t **The Dry Room** the name of the big swingers club in downtown Regina? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/11 "2012-05-08T18:33:33Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > This morning’s news reported that the video card had been retrieved (blech!), and its contents were being investigated. That’s awesome advertising for the video card if they’re successful. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/12 "2012-05-08T18:44:08Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > That’s awesome advertising for the video card if they’re successful. It was probably a Tilley. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/13 "2012-05-08T18:45:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > This morning’s news reported that the video card had been retrieved (blech!) I hope they can find something useful and not a bunch of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/14 "2012-05-08T18:48:45Z")
“It’s a Crap!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/15 "2012-05-08T18:52:55Z")
I was wondering about all the x-raying that was going on - “Well, we got the video card back, but it seems to be blank.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/16 "2012-05-08T19:01:06Z")
If only the video card were large enough to obstruct the dude’s GI tract, he could have become obstructed while obstructing. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/17 "2012-05-08T19:21:34Z")
X-ray should be fine. An MRI would have wiped it. I wonder if the machines are in the same room? I’m pretty sure that an MRI just standing there would be magnetically strong enough to wipe the card. anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/18 "2012-05-08T19:25:09Z")
Nothing reveals a person’s basic nature better than watching them deal with an un-concealable, extremely unfortunate mistake. He wasn’t quite ready to accept the “un-concealable” part until he’d acted impulsively and made yet another big, unfortunate mistake. I could only imagine what he was going through went the initial accident happened, let alone dealing with the fallout from the second bad misjudgment, which also has the benefit of being kinda silly and embarrassing. Like someone who dies of autoerotic asphyxiation in a furry costume or something. Terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/19 "2012-05-08T20:19:12Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > fallout from the second bad misjudgment, I think the cops are dealing with the ‘fallout’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-to-tell-the-rcmp/621129/20 "2012-05-08T20:26:35Z")
I’m just glad we will finally be able to find and dispose of Lemme Winks corpse.