Thursday 18 January 2007

Just a Wii problem.


I knew too much water was bad for you but I thought it meant you drowned.

Apparently you can actually drink too much water and get something called water intoxication.

The other day a contestant in a competition to win a Nintendi Wii game died after, as part of the competition, drinking a large quantity of water. Last one left standing won the game. The reports don't say whether she won or not.

Who thinks up these competitions?

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7 comments:

  1. Silly people make up the games- and foolish ones play them...
    and then the silly people get sued!

    I had a moment of worry when my link to you didn't work-my mind went into dark corners (having read a very moving poem at Cosmo's place)...and I sat here at my computer and let the feelings and reality wash over me-

    "All those words...gone."
    I was sad...where, why, what???
    Then I found you again :)
    All is right with the blog world :)

    I'll update my link at MV-
    Have a lovely day :)

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  2. This is so silly and ridiculuous! Of course you can die either by instant overeating or overdrinking! Yes, I wonder who's the stupid organizer..

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  3. ten people were fired over that contest...

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  4. I heard about this. So tragic. She was 28, and a mother of 3.

    No, she didn't win.

    The radio show that ran the "hold your wee for a Wii" said they had considered the risk, but thought that they'd been cautious enough.

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  5. Not me, that's for sure, though I do drink lots of water! But it's the red wine or the scotch that intoxicate me! ;)

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  6. I heard about it too, it's so uneccesary.

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