Kids, as with everything we post here, please do not try this at home:
A man died after downing a pint of vodka in four seconds, an inquest heard.
Richard Davies, 29, from Thornaby, near Stockton, had been drinking with friends before the alcohol knocked him unconscious in January.
Mr Davies was found not breathing in a pool of his own blood, and died hours later.
Of minor interest, a British media report that actually manages to waive judgment of mephedrone:
The hearing on Tuesday at Teesside Coroner's Court was told how the electrician's mate was five-and-a-half times the legal drink-drive limit and his body contained traces of the then-legal high mephedrone, which has since been banned.
However, Mr Eastwood said the alcohol in his system had killed him and that the mephedrone was not a contributing factor.
This all reminds me of a Warren Ellis T-shirt design which provides the cocktail recipe for
"The Pint of Whisky." Note that even Mr. Ellis does not suggest that such a cocktail must be consumed in four seconds. (I suspect he possesses the arcane wherewithal for such mayhem, of course.)
