Death after water drinking contest:

jon1856 · #1 01-14-2007, 12:16 PM

Since we already have a death threat pizza thread, this is another news story:
Woman Dies After Water-Drinking Contest

AP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 14) - A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.
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http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...90001?cid=2194

The1calledTKE · #2 01-14-2007, 12:19 PM

Sad she only did the contest to try and win a Wii for her 3 kids.

AlexMack · #3 01-14-2007, 01:23 PM

Hypernatremia's a bitch!

Tom Earp · #4 01-14-2007, 03:16 PM

Wonder if they will get banned or suspended?

People should know better.

DSTCHAOS · #5 01-14-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Wonder if they will get banned or suspended?

People should know better.

That's really interesting because such contests should be illegal considering the potential for harm.

HC such contests are okay as long as Greeks aren't the ones doing them? It should be considered hazing for a prize, since doing so for Greekdom is considered hazing for a "prize."

texas*princess · #6 01-14-2007, 04:38 PM

The radio station should have known better.

Sure the contest's tagline sounded cute, but they really should have put more thought into the potential risks before asking people to drink tons of water. (You know, more thought than "if you think this might harm your health, don't do it")

Tom Earp · #7 01-15-2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

That's really interesting because such contests should be illegal considering the potential for harm.

HC such contests are okay as long as Greeks aren't the ones doing them? It should be considered hazing for a prize, since doing so for Greekdom is considered hazing for a "prize."

Isn't that the truth though!

This type of thing is actually little known outside of "US GREEKS" who do things for malicious purposes only!

DeltAlum, I wonder how much power the FCC would ahve over this?

Would this be like droppingm turkeys from heliocopters and finding out they do not fly?

WKRP, Cinncianti and some other dummies?

macallan25 · #8 01-14-2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Wonder if they will get banned or suspended?

People should know better.

Mabeee they shud call Nationals!!!!!

Stupid iz as soopid dose!!!

jon1856 · #9 01-14-2007, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Mabeee they shud call Nationals!!!!!

Stupid iz as soopid dose!!!

Brother, some how I have a feeling that the FCC might be calling the studio on Monday or Tuesday.
As well as a few attorneys.

UGAalum94 · #10 01-14-2007, 05:02 PM

Given the description of the contest, it's a little surprising that a death resulted. It sounds like for the first hour or so, they were only given a certain amount of water to drink in a certain time period. I guess that they didn't expect anyone's bladder to be able to keep up.

I was looking around online, and water poisoning seems more often to occur when a person drinks a large volume of water all at once. The rate that they seemed to be giving the water seemed to be slower than the amount of water the average person's body can excrete.

I'm guessing that the contest sponsors didn't think anyone would be able to wait that long to use the bathroom.

I'm not suggesting that the contest was a good idea or that it's not tragic that a woman died, just that the method of the contest did seem to minimize the risk.