Vodka drip saves poisoned Italian

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by joemickey, Oct 11, 2007.

  1. joemickey

    joemickey Well-Known Member

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    From Reuter 10/10/07


    For me the highlighted paragraph is great, so dont drink vodka for 3 days unless are looking for strong hagover.
     
  2. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    lol.. wonder if he thanked them for saving him.. plus the cost of the vodka he have to pay in addition to the hospital fees..
     
  3. BigM

    BigM Well-Known Member

    Saw this the other day... The guy tried to suicide... Might have cursed them for saving him lol'

    If he has health insurance or was at a public hospital, he has no major fees to pay
     
  4. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

    Simply amazing how chemistry comes in handy. -^_^
     
  5. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Totally off-topic (but not really):

    Can anyone explain to me how alcohol works in detoxing ethylene glycol??? Coz I thought they would have used charcoal...

    -unsure
     
  6. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol
     
  7. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

  8. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

    ^ Its simply fascinating how small molecules could affect one's health. My teacher was saying how two compounds with a different structure could prove fatal and that by knowing the basics, we can save lives. -^_^
     
  9. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    SIGH. Toxicology... I already forgot the 2 main pathways to detox more than 80% of known (and detox-ible) toxicants. One of them involves a certain sulphate group...

    Good that I never dream of holding an occupation which saves lives -tongue2
     
  10. chi_man

    chi_man Well-Known Member

    vodka is a great invention huh? :p
     
  11. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Get the 100 proof out!!! -devil
     
  12. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member

    amazing, 3 drinks an hour for 3 days?
     
  13. chi_man

    chi_man Well-Known Member

    100 proof?
     
  14. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Courtesy of Wiki:

    It has been said that some Russian brand was able to make 160 proof vodka.
     
  15. chi_man

    chi_man Well-Known Member

    that is about 90% alcohol?!?!?! that wouldn't be even nice to drink I guess... its only burning then lol and then you die lol
     
  16. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Rumour has it that drinking 160 proof vodka will blind you for 8 seconds (not everyone recovers).
     
  17. zero_c

    zero_c Well-Known Member

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    Surprisingly, this actually happened in one of the episode of House. An inmate tried to kill himself with laser printer toner. And the cure was alcohol.
     
  18. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Which season was that??? I don't remember it... must dig the DVDs out and re-watch them soon :D
     
  19. zero_c

    zero_c Well-Known Member

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    Season 2 episode 1. LL Cool J was the inmate.
     
  20. chi_man

    chi_man Well-Known Member

    thats pretty cool though, I want to blind myself, so drink alcohol!!! :p