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#668528 - 01/19/07 02:24 PM Really strange news story...
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What are these people thinking? I mean really...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/water.intox.ap/index.html
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#668532 - 01/19/07 02:27 PM Re: Really strange news story... Retired DQ
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#668546 - 01/19/07 02:39 PM Re: Really strange news story... Retired DQ
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i think there's more to this story. don't give us the watered-down version.

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#668548 - 01/19/07 02:41 PM Re: Really strange news story... Hated By Some
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Ron...that was low man...

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#668549 - 01/19/07 02:44 PM Re: Really strange news story... Imagine
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Neophyte, shush, you are still wet behind the ears...
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#668555 - 01/19/07 02:51 PM Re: Really strange news story... Retired DQ
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Ok ok...then I'll just think of this as all water under the bridge...

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#668561 - 01/19/07 02:55 PM Re: Really strange news story... Imagine
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This thread is making me thirsty. Peepers, where's that 128 oz. Ginormo-Gulp?

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#668584 - 01/19/07 03:14 PM Re: Really strange news story... Hrothgar Geiger
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Wait! I can get drunk off water??
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#668589 - 01/19/07 03:17 PM Re: Really strange news story... Bacon Boy
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In hades.
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#668593 - 01/19/07 03:20 PM Re: Really strange news story... *BUSTER*
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But, Max, a day without a buzz is a day that never was.

Besides, I could just as easily fall under a bus. So, life is full of risks.
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#668606 - 01/19/07 03:28 PM Re: Really strange news story... *BUSTER*
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Originally Posted By: Maximus
And you can die too...


Max, man, you're harshing his mellow....

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#668616 - 01/19/07 03:35 PM Re: Really strange news story... Hrothgar Geiger
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I'm whating his what?

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#668626 - 01/19/07 03:39 PM Re: Really strange news story... *BUSTER*
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I prefer vodka, it involves less peeing.

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#668627 - 01/19/07 03:40 PM Re: Really strange news story... Hrothgar Geiger
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Originally Posted By: AML-Barbarian
Originally Posted By: Maximus
And you can die too...


Max, man, you're harshing his mellow....


LOL @ "harshing his mellow". I'm gonna use that one!

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#668628 - 01/19/07 03:40 PM Re: Really strange news story... The Incredible ComplyGuy
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#668630 - 01/19/07 03:40 PM Re: Really strange news story... The Incredible ComplyGuy
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Originally Posted By: The Incredible ComplyGuy
I prefer vodka, it involves less peeing.


It does???

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#668646 - 01/19/07 03:47 PM Re: Really strange news story... Retired DQ
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But it's a much more effective buzz.
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#668759 - 01/19/07 05:03 PM Re: Really strange news story... Bacon Boy
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Ok, this is completely unrelated to the original topic of this thread, but did you hear about the lady to died from water intoxication earlier this week?

She was participating in a radio show contest where we she had to drink water and not use the restroom. During the contest the DJ's talked about how someone died of water intoxication in 2005 in the area. A nurse called into the station and warned the contestants to stop, but the DJ's said they all signed releases so they were ok.

The lady came in 2nd place and drank about 2 gallons of water during the contest. She complained of a headache and she was very bloated, and the DJ's asked her if she was ok. They found her dead about 5 hours later at her apartment.

10 of the radio station employees were fired, including the 3 DJ's from the morning show that held the contest.
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#668764 - 01/19/07 05:08 PM Re: Really strange news story... Sing A Little
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I don't see how the family could sue the station. She was an adult and no one put a gun to her head to drink all that water. Plus she did sign a release form. I admit when I saw the headline on the news I asked if that could really happen because I have never even heard of that.
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#668775 - 01/19/07 05:17 PM Re: Really strange news story... Sing A Little
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Ok, this is completely unrelated to the original topic of this thread, but did you hear about the lady to died from water intoxication earlier this week?


Sing...that is the topic of this thread! DQ posted links to the stories!
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#668783 - 01/19/07 05:24 PM Re: Really strange news story... #12
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If you click on the second link I posted, it is a transcript of how lightly the DJs took the whole contest.

SingaLittle, you cracked me up!
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#668787 - 01/19/07 05:26 PM Re: Really strange news story... #12
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Lip Gloss,
if you didn't know that there was such a thing as water poisening, isn't it possible that she didn't either? And if the radio station had direct knowledge that this was a possibility, and were even warned about how dangerous it was while it was going on, and didn't warn the participants, don't you think they hold a measure of responsibility?

I hate it when the first thing people do when something goes wrong is to hire a lawyer and sue. And leagally, I don't know if the radio station was liable or not, but morally, I think they're responsible for what happened.
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#668802 - 01/19/07 05:42 PM Re: Really strange news story... #12
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LMAO! That what I get for not reading the first 2 pages.
Sometimes those highlights just take over!
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#668925 - 01/19/07 07:05 PM Re: Really strange news story... Sing A Little
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The DJ's knew that it was dangerous, there a student at chico state that did the same thing a few years ago and died, and the DJ's made a comment about that before the contest, so THEY KNEW it was bad!! and did it anyway, I thought they were very bad!!

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#668931 - 01/19/07 07:08 PM Re: Really strange news story... Bunky
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Even if they didn't know (which I know they did), in this day in age you would assume they did some due diligence. Would you have a water drinking contest at your bank without picking up the phone to a physician and asking some questions? IMO the station has some liability.
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