The Mellotron Group

On 10/05/2010 10:48 PM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
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>   Teesside man dies after downing pint of vodka
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> A man died after downing a pint of vodka in four seconds, an inquest
> heard.
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> Richard Davies, 29, from Thornaby, near Stockton, had been drinking
> with friends before the alcohol knocked him unconscious in January.
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> Mr Davies was found not breathing in a pool of his own blood, and died
> hours later.In a statement read out by deputy Teesside coroner Tony
> Eastwood, he said: "Richard drank a pint of vodka in four seconds or so.
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> "I did try to take the glass off him, but he turned his back on me,
> pushed me away, and drank it all."
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> Paramedics were later called, but by the time they arrived Mr Davies
> was dead.
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> Pathologist Jan Lowe said Mr Davies had an alcohol level enough to
> have caused acute alcohol poisoning.
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> *He was 5 times the legal limit and had been also high on Mephedrone.
> The Darwin award could be awarded for this. *
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> *So friends, if you're going to drink... drink slowly.*

Yikes! Dude was definitely a Darwin Award candidate.
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