One Tequila, Two Tequila, Fifty Tequila... DEAD.

[Shockeye]

21-Year-Old Man Dies After Winning Tequila-Drinking Contest

POSTED: 7:43 am EST March 8, 2005

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- One person is dead and three are gravely ill after a tequila-drinking competition in Santo Domingo.

The winner of the contest died. Ricardo Ivan Garcia drank more than 50 shots of tequila Sunday night at Santo Domingo's Blanc, Dance and Lounge discotheque to win the prize of $330 -- 10,000 pesos -- at a Mexican night celebration.

A prosecutor said the man died of apparent heart failure brought on by alcohol poisoning. Three other contestants remain in serious condition in a hospital.

[HaemishM]

[Paelos]

50 tequilas? 50!?

Your blood would be 1% alcohol. That's literally more than 12x the legal limit. Shocking that he didn't pass out long before that.

[Sky]

And yet if it were a weed smoking contest, they just would have fallen asleep.

Just sayin'.

[HaemishM]

And yet if it were a weed smoking contest, they just would have fallen asleep....

On a mound of Twinkies.

[Strazos]

50 tequilas? 50!?

Your blood would be 1% alcohol. That's literally more than 12x the legal limit. Shocking that he didn't pass out long before that.

On a CKY video, soem fat guy drank 50 shots, then vomitted. He was fine.

[Samwise]

The key thing here is vomiting.  If your body actually gets a chance to process all that liquor, you're dead. 

Vomiting is nature's way of saving your dumb ass from alcohol poisoning.  Don't knock it.

[TheWalrus]

Thats why they call it a Puking Rally! Next!

[Furiously]

Thats why they call it a Puking Rally! Next!

Hmm - I thought they called it Puke and Rally.

[Arnold]

The key thing here is vomiting.  If your body actually gets a chance to process all that liquor, you're dead. 

Vomiting is nature's way of saving your dumb ass from alcohol poisoning.  Don't knock it.

In that contest, I would imagine that puking would disqualify the participant.

[Samwise]

What about dying?

[HaemishM]

The dead becomes the new world champion.

[Ironwood]

A guy in our town took his young lad out one night to celebrate his 'coming of age'.  They both went to the local pub and proceeded to get shitfaced.  12 hours later the young chap's dead of alcohol poisoning.

And then there's the stories of the guy who actually killed himself by drinking too much WATER, for christ's sake.  It's all scary stuff.

Moderation, dear friends, in all things.

[Sky]

Except marijuana, which nobody has died from due to overdosage. I believe it's physically impossible, or some moron would have done so and you'd hear about it in every "antidrug" ad. Instead, the worst they can come up with is the old "responsibility" gag.

I find it funny that the government uses propaganda to spread how irresponsible marijuana usage is, but then entertains bills like the video game violence thing that allow people to claim they aren't responsible for their actions...

[WayAbvPar]

I burned the shit out of my mouth on steaming hot pizza- marijuana use is not without its dangers.

[Sky]

Secondary effect. You would have burned your mouth if you ate a tic tac first, too.

However, if you began drinking alcohol until you passed out, you could die. The same is not true of marijuana. That's all I was saying, simple little point, let it go :)

[stray]

Except marijuana, which nobody has died from due to overdosage. I believe it's physically impossible, or some moron would have done so and you'd hear about it in every "antidrug" ad. Instead, the worst they can come up with is the old "responsibility" gag.

I suspect Peter Tosh would have died from Marijauna use IF he hadn't been gunned down first.

Supposedly, he smoked A LOT --- Like a freakin' QP a day (of course, I'm sure he was a generous guy, and passed his spliffs around. But still...).

[Ironwood]

Except marijuana, which nobody has died from due to overdosage. I believe it's physically impossible, or some moron would have done so and you'd hear about it in every "antidrug" ad. Instead, the worst they can come up with is the old "responsibility" gag.

I find it funny that the government uses propaganda to spread how irresponsible marijuana usage is, but then entertains bills like the video game violence thing that allow people to claim they aren't responsible for their actions...

Yeah, but apparently the weed has other problems :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4264673.stm

Oh, and Manson, of course....

[Sky]

Marilyn Manson has dismissed suggestions that his work had been an influence on the killer, telling a newspaper that it was "all about" Mitchell's upbringing.

Even though his musical career is dwindling without Twiggy (and has been, which is why twig left), I have so much respect for Manson as a person. Like his quote in Bowling for Columbine, and this one above. He always seems like a class act...who just likes to toss lunch meat on naked women and whatnot.

[Ironwood]

"I wouldn't say anything, I'd listen."


Yeah, it was class.