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Cola habit behind death of 30-year-old New Zealand woman?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Experts say a New Zealand woman's 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.

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Radbird wrote:Cola habit behind death of 30-year-old New Zealand woman?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Experts say a New Zealand woman's 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
Way back when, when I was doing clinicals I did a day in the Psych Ward where on of the patients was admitted because he was found in bathtub drinking the water that he was pissing right back into it. It'll completely screw up your electrolytes and kill you dead eventually.

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Is it bad that this made me laugh?
"She was addicted to Coke."

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bob thrill wrote:Wanna see a spider eat a snake?
http://io9.com/5903588/this-photo-of-a- ... your-brain

BRB, not going to Australia.
Not gonna watch. Spiders freaked me out enough before I knew they can eat snakes.

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I saw this earlier but didn't post because I wanted to do all of grb a favor....

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stlouie_lipp wrote:
bob thrill wrote:Wanna see a spider eat a snake?
http://io9.com/5903588/this-photo-of-a- ... your-brain

BRB, not going to Australia.
Not gonna watch. Spiders freaked me out enough before I knew they can eat snakes.
Wow. That is really cool. That spider probably listens to Ted Nugent music.

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Hungary Jack wrote:
stlouie_lipp wrote:
bob thrill wrote:Wanna see a spider eat a snake?
http://io9.com/5903588/this-photo-of-a- ... your-brain

BRB, not going to Australia.
Not gonna watch. Spiders freaked me out enough before I knew they can eat snakes.
Wow. That is really cool. That spider probably listens to Ted Nugent music.
He really Wango Tango'd the [expletive] out of that snake.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/tal ... -1.1064657
The Pineapple and the Hare ...

In the olden times, animals could speak English, just like you and me. There was a lovely enchanted forest that flourished with a bunch of these magical animals. One day, a hare was relaxing by a tree. All of a sudden, he noticed a pineapple sitting near him.
The hare, being magical and all, told the pineapple, “Um, hi.” The pineapple could speak English too.
“I challenge you to a race! Whoever makes it across the forest and back first wins a ninja! And a lifetime’s supply of toothpaste!” The hare looked at the pineapple strangely, but agreed to the race.
The next day, the competition was coming into play. All the animals in the forest (but not the pineapples, for pineapples are immobile) arranged a finish/start line in between two trees. The coyote placed the pineapple in front of the starting line, and the hare was on his way.
Everyone on the sidelines was bustling about and chatting about the obvious prediction that the hare was going to claim the victory (and the ninja and the toothpaste). Suddenly, the crow had a revolutionary realization.
“AAAAIEEH! Friends! I have an idea to share! The pineapple has not challenged our good companion, the hare, to just a simple race! Surely the pineapple must know that he CANNOT MOVE! He obviously has a trick up his sleeve!” exclaimed the crow.
The moose spoke up.
“Pineapples don’t have sleeves.”
“You fool! You know what I mean! I think that the pineapple knows we’re cheering for the hare, so he is planning to pull a trick on us, so we look foolish when he wins! Let’s sink the pineapple’s intentions, and let’s cheer for the stupid fruit!” the crow passionately proclaimed. The other animals cheered, and started chanting, “FOIL THE PLAN! FOIL THE PLAN! FOIL THE PLAN!”
A few minutes later, the hare arrived. He got into place next to the pineapple, who sat there contently. The monkey blew the tree-bark whistle, and the race began! The hare took off, sprinting through the forest, and the pineapple ...
It sat there.
The animals glanced at each other blankly, and then started to realize how dumb they were. The pineapple did not have a trick up its sleeve. It wanted an honest race — but it knew it couldn’t walk (let alone run)!
About a few hours later, the hare came into sight again. It flew right across the finish line, still as fast as it was when it first took off. The hare had won, but the pineapple still sat at his starting point, and had not even budged.
The animals ate the pineapple.

Here are two of the questions:
1. Why did the animals eat the pineapple?
a. they were annoyed
b. they were amused
c. they were hungry
d. they wanted to
2. Who was the wisest?
a. the hare
b. moose
c. crow
d. owl

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lukethedrifter wrote:
Radbird wrote:Cola habit behind death of 30-year-old New Zealand woman?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Experts say a New Zealand woman's 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
Way back when, when I was doing clinicals I did a day in the Psych Ward where on of the patients was admitted because he was found in bathtub drinking the water that he was pissing right back into it. It'll completely screw up your electrolytes and kill you dead eventually.
Read that as "when I was doing chemicals."

Changed the whole story for me. I like it better my way.

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