A World Drinking Record
 

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RIGA, Latvia (Reuters) - Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match.



The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but stable after a blood test showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol, police spokeswoman Ieva Zvidre said.

An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million, Zvidre said, adding: "This is one for the Guinness Book of Records."

The hospital's emergency ward head Martins Sics told reporters there was no record of anybody having survived such a dose, even in neighboring Russia which takes pride in its vodka-guzzling traditions.

"He won't remember a thing when he comes to," Sics said.
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Man is he going to feel that when he comes to. :eek:

What a moron. He may have permanent organ damage from his night of fun, fun, fun!

sounds like a challenge to me....

quick, to the Liquor Store!!

Kitso
KS 361 times i'd try to beat that, but i don't want to give some of you GCers the satisfaction of drinking myself to death

WTF?? Maybe he was trying to kill himself, rather than set a new record.