Man nearly dies downing vodka at airport

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Man nearly dies downing vodka at airport

BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked.

Instead, he chugged the vodka — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment. The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to go home in a few days.

Source: Yahoo News

Wow.

[trashtalkr]

That is a lot of fucking vodka

[AYHJA]

I've been with someone who did that...We were drinking in New Orleans in the Quarter and wanted to go into a club that wouldn't allow us to take our L with us...I sat my drink down in the alley cause I was pretty much through with it, but one of my cousins decided he would just down his Tang instead of doing the same...He was as sick as I've ever seen a person and just thinking about the story brings up a hearty laugh...