TORONTO (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier fined in Canada for resisting arrest and insulting the police blamed high-alcohol Canadian beer for his disorderly conduct, a police spokesman says.

Army cook Jason Dalgai from Flagstaff Arizona pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance and assaulting a police officer and was fined C$375, said Kingston, Ontario, police spokesman Mike Weaver.

The 24-year-old soldier told the court on Tuesday that he was not used to Canadian beer, which has higher alcohol content than American beer. He struggled with officers and was arrested only after local police brought their Canine Unit in to help.

``It's like a deterrent. If talking doesn't help, sometimes a barking dog on the end of a leash can bring someone to their senses,'' Weaver said Wednesday.

Most American beers contain between three and five percent alcohol content while Canadian beers contain as much as seven percent alcohol.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), October 21, 2000

Answers

So.... the American army can't handle Canadian beer???

If Unc sees this, is he gonna switch to Canadian? And if he does, will DieTeR return??

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), October 25, 2000.

Believe it or not, the beers are the SAME strength. Canadians measure by percent of volume and Americans by percent of weight. The beers contents are equal. It is only a old wives' tale that they are different.

So the whole claim is garbage.

-- No Name (robin_98_98@hotmail.com), August 10, 2001.

Does that mean we're NOT going to be able to duck tape Tricia's birthday-suited beer's to the ceiling fan after all?

Hoping....hoping.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), August 10, 2001.

Tossing my Molsens out the window...I feel so..cheated.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), August 17, 2001.

helen catches the Molsens and feels quite lucky...

-- helen (give@them.to.me), August 17, 2001.

Is this a drinkin' thread? Anyone got jiggle juice?

-- (thesonofdust@getting.thirsty), August 17, 2001.

What would happen to the poor fishies in the Klamath Basin if they started importing Candianainainan beer?

What would happen if a beaver in the Klamath Basin built his house in the beerly-laden water?

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), August 20, 2001.

Why can't people spell Molson? Is it because they've already had too many? Oh, and Canadian beer on average is slightly stronger (about 0.5% by volume). Not enough to account for this guy's conduct, but just enough to hold on to the "our-beer-is-better-than-theirs" patriotism.

-- Biff (hawkestone1@yahoo.ca), November 28, 2002.