Kicker - Ice cream emergency

NICK EICHER, HOST: Here’s a public service announcement for you: Something you must never do, and that is never land your helicopter in the parking lot of a Dairy Queen. There’s only one exception to this simple rule—and a 33-year-old man from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is in a bit of legal hot water after landing his helicopter and not qualifying for the exception.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in tiny Tisdale, Saskatchewan say the pilot from a nearby town touched down in the parking lot. A passenger then exited the chopper and walked inside to pick up an ice cream cake.

A mountie spokesman said “When it landed, the helicopter blew up dust and debris through the area, which includes schools, an aquatic center and more.”

Now a word about the exception, the Mounties said that if the parking lot landing had been an emergency, the pilot wouldn’t be in trouble. But apparently, even the fiercest craving for a tasty treat doesn’t qualify as an emergency. Good to know.

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