Darwin Awards 2019

[OFSO]

We consume no units at all, ever. Just glasses, tumblers, flutes and the occasional swig directly from the bottle. Hence our consumption in units is zero.

[boing]

Not being one for a complicated life I have to admit that I have one favourite straight sided tumbler for all of my non-social drinking needs. For wine it is filled pretty much to the brim, for scotch and brandy it is filled to an intersection in the decoration, for G&T it is filled with the G to the same intersection and then topped off with T. Whatever liquid is contained it seems to be a very satisfactory amount.
How long will it be before our glasses are required to be marked with "Units" ?

[Woody]

Even with limited Internet I can't avoid the latest blah about how many units a week you can or can't drink a week, and whether red wine is or isn't good for your heart etc etc.

Sure that they’re not checking up on you

[G-CPTN]

Mum who rarely drank dies after bottle and half of wine.

[Slasher]

Mum who rarely drank dies after bottle and half of wine.

Anyone know what the wine was? Might put it on my do-not-drink list.

[Sisemen]

Or it could be the real stuff Slash! Just the job for seasoned veterans!

[ian16th]

I suppose that the lesson here is to keep in training.

Drink regularly and consistently.

[Pontius Navigator]

Not really suitable here either, it wasn't foolish or fool hardy and the link says it was not necessarily the wine.

[Slasher]

I suppose that the lesson here is to keep in training.

Drink regularly and consistently.

I think that's a fair conclusion.

[OFSO]

Boeing, you will find that not washing your Favourite Glass between tipples can result in some interesting flavours, for example wine after brandy. I would however caution against such mixtures as crem de menth with raspberry cordial, or Bailey's with absinth... Thanks, Dellboy...

[boing]

OFSO,
I guess I will have to stop drinking water from the same glass - I'm missing out on the flavour mixes.

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[Magnus]

Laws shouldn't protect idiots. They should protect the rest of us FROM idiots.

[Capetonian]

Russian poker star, 26, dies after ‘accidentally electrocuting herself with hairdryer in bath’

I think this qualifies.

[Woody]

Russian poker star, 26, dies after ‘accidentally electrocuting herself with hairdryer in bath’

I think this qualifies.

Just found a link that provides a bit more info

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48621854

[OFSO]

Obviously no Earth Leakage Breaker. Our ELB triggers instantly when I throw the hair dryer in the bathwater. So far no death or injuries.....oh, whoops, that's a give-away !

[Boac]

"Russia's Investigative Committee (SK) confirmed she had been electrocuted. All the reports suggest that it was an accident."

Ah well, another problem solved, Vlad.

[Magnus]

On the subject of breakers, a former colleague almost got into the Darwin Award category when he tripped the arblast breakers when I was underneath a 40 MVA alternator switching it from star to delta (voltage change). The airblast was powered by a compressor running off a 1MW motor, and is designed to disperse the plasma arc when the breaker trips. The wuckfit and I had a full and frank exchange of views. Once I'd wiped my arse. These things go BANG!!!

[OFSO]

At least 45 Nigerians were killed and many more injured after a tank truck carrying petrol crashed while attempting to avoid a pothole. It is thought that a passing vehicle which had the exhaust dragging on the ground (surely not !) created sparks, triggering a huge explosion among people who had gathered to - wait for it - collect spilled fuel.

[Pontius Navigator]

OFSO, that of course is a direct result of lack of local news reporting.

All the survivors were killed so they never learn.

[Magnus]

Were they survivors, or were they killed. If the latter, then by whom?

xx

Confused,
Edinburgh.