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#1 Jan 15 2007 at 11:53 AM Rating: Good
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Woman dies from water overdose trying to win a Wii

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A Californian woman has died after taking part in a water-drinking contest, but why is too much water dangerous?

We are regularly advised to drink more water: it clears skin, reduces tiredness and aids concentration.

But the death of a woman in the US after taking part in a water-drinking contest shows you can have too much of a good thing.

Jennifer Strange had taken part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" game, which promised the winner a Nintendo Wii. Afterwards she reportedly said her head was hurting and went home, where she was later found dead. Initial tests have shown her death is consistent with water intoxication.

Drinking too much water can eventually cause your brain to swell, stopping it regulating vital functions such as breathing, and causing death.

Priceless Smiley: lol

Article doesn't say if they awarded her a posthumous Wii



Edited, Jan 15th 2007 2:44pm by Nobby
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#2 Jan 15 2007 at 11:59 AM Rating: Decent
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I smell a lawsuit pending...
#3 Jan 15 2007 at 12:00 PM Rating: Good
shenanigans.
#4 Jan 15 2007 at 12:02 PM Rating: Good
This is the kind of thing that is going to make water illegal. Soon you are going to have to show proof-of-age to buy water, and people are going to get pulled over for driving while under the influence of water.

The slipperiest of slopes is here!
#5 Jan 15 2007 at 12:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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This is the kind of thing that is going to make water illegal. Soon you are going to have to show proof-of-age to buy water, and people are going to get pulled over for driving while under the influence of water.

The slipperiest of slopes is here!


That's stuff's deadly, but the folks at dhmo have been saying it for years...


#6 Jan 15 2007 at 12:41 PM Rating: Decent
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Hehe I found this website. -link-

The coloring sucks so I copied and pasted it here so you don't blind yourself looking at their site.

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213783647 reasons why water is the ********* thing on this planet, besides ****.

This site is dedicated to exposing the truth about water. Ever since we were children we were taught that water is good for us, and that there is nothing wrong with water, and that we need water to survive. Well I say thats crap...H20...more like H2 BLOW. DAHAHAHA. If you drink water, you WILL go to hell. Why do you think its so hot in hell?? Because everybody in there drank water. And Satan punishes them by not giving them water. Drinking water is giving in to temptation. And you will go to hell if you drink water. Seriously.

I am 100% serious about this. You can call me crazy like your brainwashing tells you, or you can realize that everything i am saying here is true, and we will start a revolution against water. If you do not agree with something i say, you are wrong.


The reasons why water blows...

1. It tastes like ****.
2. It gets everything wet.
3. It ruins things that rely on electricity.
4. Why not just drink gatorade or something that actually tastes good.
5. There are billions of micro-organisms that live in each drop of water. TRILLIONS EVEN. I dont know about you, but i dont want to drink that ****.
6. You can drown in it. Last year 2 billion Australlians died in water related accidents. Keep in mind these are Aussies, the toughest mother ******* on earth. Besides lumberjacks.
7. How many times have you been walking in some store, and some jackass just finished rubbing that death liquid on the floor, just so you can slip and die. Water is ******* evil.
8. Monsters live in water. (ex. Lochness Monster)
9. Water is a greedy *****. It hogs 71% of the earth.
10. Terrorists drink water. You dont want to support the terrorists, DO YOU????
11. Water, in its solid form, can be used to stab somebody.
12. Unless you have a snowboard, an avalanche will kill you.
13. The only reason people drink water is because its trendy, its the cool thing to do.
14. Water is in pee. Do you really want to drink pee? I think not.
15. Water lets evil animals live, such as grizzly bears. Salmon live in water(filthy ********* and grizzly bears eat salmon, therefore, water keeps grizzly bears alive.
16. Water is responsible for every death. Ever.
17. Water has special chemicals in it to brainwash people into thinking water is good.
18. Why do you think you take craps in water? I know, because it SUCKS.
19.
20. Why do you think cats hate water? Oh you dont know? I'll tell you why, its because they are highly evolved mammals from the future, and they travelled back in time to warn us about water, however they dont know how to speak, because they are only cats. So they do the best they can by running away from it. Could you people be any more naive?? These cats are warning us, but you continue to drink water. I hope you have fun in hell for the rest of forever.
21. Water is the leading cause of floods.
22. Waters boiling point is exactly 100 degrees celcius, and its freezing point is exactly 0 degrees celcius. A mere coincidence? I think not. Water obviously has a mind of its own if it is going to pick values so exact.
23. Water helps get rid of the innocent bacteria that live places. What did they do? They dont deserve death for simply living. Water is evil.
24. Ocean water is slowly creeping up on land. Every thousand years, the ocean rises an average of 3 feet. that maybe not seem like much, but after 8 billion years, thats 1 million feet!!! Thats pretty damn scary if you ask me.
25. Forest fires, which are naturally occuring, are put out by water. WATER GOES AGAINST NATURE!! Yet you people continue to consume this evil evil "beverage."
26. Water is bad.
27. Water causes iron to rust.
28. Monsoons, tsunamis, hurricanes, serial killers, all are caused by, yep, you guessed it. Water.
29. This one time, a puppy drowned in water. How the hell can you possibly support something that kills puppies?
30. Hippos live in water. They kill so many humans its not able to be comprehendable. By anybody. Thats right its not. 85% of all humans are killed by hippos at some point in their life. Don't believe me? Take a look at this graph.
31. Whales hate the water, they are always trying to escape, but we call them "beached" and throw them back in. I think whales would know more about water than we would, they live in it and their brains are 800 times the size of ours.
32. Why do you think dolphins are always jumping out of the water? I know, because it SUCKS.
33. If you get water really really hot, it will burn you.
34. If you reverse the letters in W-A-T-E-R, you get R-E-T-A-W. Now if you change the W to a B, you get R-E-T-A-B. Now if you take off the last two letters, you get R-E-T.
35. Just about every single evil person in the history of the world drank water.
36. That Jesus guy knew what he was doing. He hated water, so he turned it into wine. I think thats what I am gonna do from now on. It's probably not that hard, and then when everybody is all drunk off the home made wine, I'll tell them why water is so bad. And then I will lead them all into a bloody revolution where we overthrow the government and create a water-free government. And then they will sober up and realize that they had just killed a bunch of people. And then I will have those filthy murderers arrested. I hate murderers.
37. "Water? That stuff doesn't let you breathe!" - Taco Bell Donna
38. Water Shmwater.
39. Two words: Waterworld.
40. Water has a density of exactly 1. I think thats ****** up.
41. Once again, Jesus comes through. Instead of walking around a river or lake, he tramples the water and stays afloat.
42. To say water in French, you would say toilette. This one isn't so much about water, but more about how much France sucks.
#7 Jan 15 2007 at 12:45 PM Rating: Good
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I knew a guy that tore a muscle in his thigh once from too much water. I can't remember how the two were linked, but I remember that this was the reason.
#8 Jan 15 2007 at 3:59 PM Rating: Decent
So sad.

Why not just have them drink a reasonable ammount of water and just wait (as opposed to sort of force-drinking)?

I suppose one could spice up the contest by having them play some mind numbing twitch game while waiting.
#9 Jan 15 2007 at 4:24 PM Rating: Good
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I knew of water intoxication, but I never would have thought half a gallon would be fatal. Wikipedia confirms that it can be.

#10 Jan 15 2007 at 4:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Woman dies from water overdose trying to win a Wii

Priceless Smiley: lol

Article doesn't say if they awarded her a posthumous Wii



Edited, Jan 15th 2007 2:44pm by Nobby


There is something seriously wrong with you. [:disgusted:]
#11 Jan 15 2007 at 4:46 PM Rating: Decent
IT really depends on your body mass and how quickly absorb water in your system some people can handle a gallon of water while other's cannot it varies from person to person.
#12 Jan 15 2007 at 6:37 PM Rating: Decent
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I say 'wawtah', you say 'Waaader',


I thought it was pronounced 'wheerter'. Oh well you live an learn....
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#13 Jan 15 2007 at 7:03 PM Rating: Good
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Yeah, loading up on water and not peeing isn't very good for you either. She probably had a ruptured bladder at that point too...
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#14 Jan 15 2007 at 10:23 PM Rating: Good
Usually you see water intoxication in alcoholics trying to dry out, wonder what she was drinking to prep for the contest?

I have heard of people taking detrol to help them win drinking contests, wonder if she had taken any. I see more than a Wii in her family's future.
#15 Jan 15 2007 at 11:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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I thought it was a horrible story and I didn't laugh at all. The woman had three frickin' kids and she was doing it for them. Who the hell wants a Wii that killed your mom?
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#16 Jan 15 2007 at 11:23 PM Rating: Good
It was a horrible story, and no the Wii won't mean anything to them. It does make you wonder though about all those fad contests that you see all the time.

Pikko, you know how we all are. None of really think it is funny! Just our way of dealing with life!
#17 Jan 15 2007 at 11:53 PM Rating: Excellent
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Aww don't worry, I wasn't trying to lecture or anything. Just talking about how I reacted to it. I figure it was because she was my age with three kids. Just struck a chord with me.
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#18 Jan 16 2007 at 12:26 AM Rating: Good
Hugs

Love the baby birthday avatar, Boy she is growing fast!
#19 Jan 16 2007 at 12:54 AM Rating: Excellent
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You've been out of it a while. :) That's my son! He just turned one this month. ;)
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#20 Jan 16 2007 at 2:15 AM Rating: Decent
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42. To say water in French, you would say toilette. This one isn't so much about water, but more about how much France sucks.


"Toilette", amazingly enough, means "Toilet".

"Water" (or "Woter", as we say in England) is "eau".

France sucks, undoubtedly, but not as much as this all this water-hatred.

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#21 Jan 16 2007 at 6:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Apparently a low-sodium diet (like we've all assiduously been on for years, right?) is enough to put you at risk for water intoxification if you drink a couple of quarts too quickly.

It's all about the electrolytes, baby.

And now the other contestants are saying they were not warned of any danger and did not sign releases. This is going to be a slam dunk. So to speak.

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Apparently a low-sodium diet (like we've all assiduously been on for years, right?) is enough to put you at risk for water intoxification if you drink a couple of quarts too quickly.
Bring on the breakfast gyros!
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Does anyone remember the Leah Betts water?ecstasy poisoning case in the UK a few years ago?

What happened was Leah (18) was 'doin' a pill' at her birthday, and due to knowing that her parents were extremely anti drug, drank untold amounts of water with the idea of keeping it together so that her parents wouldn't twig that she was off her nut.

Anyway, she diluted her blood so much that her brain sucked up so much of the water (osmotically) that she ended up in intensive care. At this point her parents photographed her, and started a campaign to stop people taking ecstasy, using the photo of her all wired and tubed in ICU where she eventually died due to water intoxication.

Pointing out that she died from too much water, and not ecstasy was an argument that, well, held no water, with the knee jerk reaction that followed in the press and public attitude.

Meanwhile upwards of half a million people continued to take pills every weekend, with very little obvious harm. Except for an odd penchant for Glow sticks and fluffy bras. Link

In fact ecstasy seems to have been instrumental in almost completely wiping out football hooliganism on Saturdays for a period in the late 80's early 90's!

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#24 Jan 16 2007 at 11:04 AM Rating: Decent
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42. To say water in French, you would say toilette. This one isn't so much about water, but more about how much France sucks.


"Toilette", amazingly enough, means "Toilet".

"Water" (or "Woter", as we say in England) is "eau".

France sucks, undoubtedly, but not as much as this all this water-hatred.



OK so that expensive eau de toilette literally translate into "toilet water". nice.
#25 Jan 16 2007 at 11:05 AM Rating: Good
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At this point her parents photographed her


I'd hit it.
#26 Jan 16 2007 at 11:06 AM Rating: Good
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paulsol the Flatulent wrote:
At this point her parents photographed her


I'd hit it.
She's shore got a purdy mouth.
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