"Hold Your Wee For A Wii"

[K.Biz]

US woman dies after water contest

A Californian woman who took part in a water-drinking contest to win a video game system has died of water intoxication, tests have shown.
Jennifer Strange had taken part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" game run by KDND 107.9 radio in Sacramento, which promised the winner a Nintendo Wii.

A work colleague said Ms Strange had reported her head was hurting hours after the contest and was going home.

Ms Strange, 28, was found dead on Friday at her house in Rancho Cordova.

Health warning
Local assistant coroner Ed Smith said initial tests showed death was "consistent with water intoxication".

Contestants were first given eight ounce (225 millilitre) bottles to drink every 15 minutes.

Contestant James Ybarra told Associated Press news agency: "They told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health at risk."

Mr Ybarra said he quit after five bottles but remaining contestants started on larger bottles.

"She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for her kids," Mr Ybarra said.

One of Ms Strange's work colleagues, Laura Rios, said: "She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad.

"She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."

The station said its staff were stunned at the death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6261509.stm

[anaBROLIC]

pretty sad to hear..

[perfectbeast2001]

whats next? "clench your x-box for an x-box"?

[Snrf]

whats next? "clench your x-box for an x-box"?

lol!


I'd do it

[chest6]

eight ounce bottles every 15 minutes? I've drank 2 liters at once with no problem..I dont see how that can happen

[K.Biz]

eight ounce bottles every 15 minutes? I've drank 2 liters at once with no problem..I dont see how that can happen

well us AR board members are freaks of nature. we can do that shit

[zimmy]

how did the radio station not see that coming. Haven't they heard about the stories of people trying to pass drug tests dying from it. Jeez.


P.S. the Wii is AWESOME. shitty graphix but i love the boxing game

[chest6]

well us AR board members are freaks of nature. we can do that shit

I guess thats true. This was prolly a "normie"

[Shane35aa]

Sad..I wonder her age, other health issues, weight and physical condition all of which probably contributed

[chest6]

Probably. 8 ounces or water every 15 minutes does not sound dangerous at all. I wonder how long after she discontinued.

[scriptfactory]

It's not the water, it's probably the lack of electrolytes. If she had eaten some chips or even drank gatorade instead of water she would still be alive. When I was going through boot camp some girl at another post died from drinking too much water.

[chest6]

Was thinkn that too. Even if she ate some food or something along with it.

[Kärnfysikern]

the article said they started to drink larger bottles afterwards so maby the 225ml ones where just a warmup.

I dont think anyone can die from just drinking 225ml every 15 minutes.
Doesnt it require absurd ammounts like 8 liters in 10 minutes or so to die?

[NightTrain]

ive heard stories of "elecrtolyte flush" and people dying from it. basically it is caused by drinking too much water and not putting anything else back in... ie food.... while in iraqi it is normal to drink 2-3 litters of water an hour if your busy on patrol or something like that....

[biglouie250]

what a dummy. those things are 250 bucks and are not in short supply.

[rockhardman]

2 words "DUMN ASS" lol!!!