Man nearly dies downing vodka at airport

[Kadie]

Man nearly dies downing vodka at airport
38 minutes ago


BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation 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.

Instead, he chugged the vodka — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/ap_on_re_eu/airport_vodka_1

[Swede]

1. And the Darwin award for December is................

:toast::beer:

[piedmont]

10. Meh, at 64 he's probably already reproduced, so no natural selection would have taken place. nt

[TheWraith]

2. Okay... that was really stupid. NT

[loser_user]

3. I once had to take a friend to a hospital

He had dranken several sodas with vodka mixed in a along...god only knows how many shots he mixed into the soda, but it was enough for him to pass out and throw up his small intestine.

[TomInTib]

4. Wow. Knocking back a quart...

I'd like to shake that guy's hand, because I doubt that I could do that on my best night.

[gollygee]

5. At 64 he should have known how that would effect him

sounds like something a 20-something would do (assuming not a ton of experience with alcohol) before someone of that age.

[TwilightGardener]

6. And the whole time he was thinking, "This'll show 'em!"

[JVS]

7. You'll get my vodka when you pry it from my cold dead guts

[Sabriel]

8. Good thing it wasn't his shampoo or conditioner.

Because believe me, those do NOT go down easy, nor do they come back up any easier.

[slackmaster]

9. Paging Red Forman...

[TommyO]

11. Dumb ass!

Not you, and not Red, the vodka junkie.