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Man almost dies drinking a liter of vodka in a security line..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/...BHFsAAPibtiBIF
BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt. New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo. Instead, he chugged the bottle down — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said. |
:D:D:D That's the way to stick it!^
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Great. Now the TSA (and their European counterparts) can point to this as evidence that liquids really are dangerous; if he had been carrying 100mL or less of vodka he'd be fine. :)
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or he could have just carried few of those 100ml and almost die on the plane
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Sad. :(
Reminds me of the vodka drinking contest in some former Soviet state a couple of years ago (few years ago?) in which at least one participant died. Prize, IIRC, was a year's supply of vodka (which for the winner, must have meant multiple 55 gal drums). Thread about it in OMNI for the curious. |
Originally Posted by FWAAA
(Post 8884162)
Sad. :(
Reminds me of the vodka drinking contest in some former Soviet state a couple of years ago (few years ago?) in which at least one participant died. Prize, IIRC, was a year's supply of vodka (which for the winner, must have meant multiple 55 gal drums). Thread about it in OMNI for the curious. 1) Man dies in a Dominican Republic tequila drinking contest, prize $330. 2) Woman dies from water poisoning trying to win a Nintendo Wii. Link. |
Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
(Post 8884004)
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Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
(Post 8884004)
Instead, he chugged the bottle down...
No question but that this guy gets my vote for the 2007 Darwin Award. |
Was this the captain?
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Some guy once did this in front of me at German customs, but with a bag of apples. Luckily for him, binging on apples isn't quite as dangerous.
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Until I read the post I thought it was going to be about a Southwest passenger.
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According to non-English language news sources, he was heading to Dresden.
At first I thought he was Russian, because I thought only Russians don't throw away full bottles of Vodka, but apparently Germans are the same :D. ...and he definitely wasn't Russian.... to many, 1 L of Vodka is not that much. |
Originally Posted by Cholula
(Post 8884604)
:rolleyes:
No question but that this guy gets my vote for the 2007 Darwin Award. |
In 'Comments' from the USAT version:
TSA wouldn't let me go through with my pies because they had a gel topping (cherries)..sure enough I didn't hand it over, I fed everyone in line...the screeners just wanted breakfast..... /. |
My kind of guy..to bad he he had such a low tolerance...
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