Posted on 07/20/2013 5:08:11 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A Spanish man died Friday shortly after winning a beer-drinking competition, local media reported.
Joaquin Alcaraz Gracia started vomiting not long after he won the competition in Murcia's Gea y Truyois district, media reported.
To win, contestants had to drink as many litre-glasses of beer as they could in 20 minutes.
According to media reports, Gracia drank six litres.
"Then he just started to vomit without stopping and never spoke again," Antonio Alcaraz told the Spanish newspaper Hoy.
Gracia, 45, was described by emergency officials as "obese."
The municipality's vice-president, Pedro Rodriguez, told Hoy that Gracia vomited a lot, but then was sleeping and snoring.
However, Gracia wasn't sleeping, he suffered a heart attack and died in hospital a short time later.
The mayor defended the competition to Hoy as a long tradition, adding that the precise cause of Gracia's death hadn't been determined.
Of course, not until they know what brand of beer he comsumed.
I'm betting Old Milwaukee or Keystone Light. Any of that would kill me.
God endorsed consumption of alcoholic beverages (Deut 14) and recommended the euphoric properties of alcohol (Prov 31), but these drinking contests were condemned, as drunkenness. (Cf Prov 23)
*Snort* [giggles]
Obviously a very good thing that you never invited him over, Gunner.
And everything is bigger in Texas, even the liquid lunches. ;-p
Years ago I was in the ER and I could hear some God awful retching and puking coming from a few partitions down. A guy had eaten an entire 13 pound ham..
Vagus nerve stopped his heart, maybe?
But he won.
Candidate for http://www.spike.com/shows/1000-ways-to-die
Yesterday I almost died from not drinking beer.
We were at a nearby mall when I noticed they were selling the non-alcohol version of the beer I like that is not so easy to find, so I bought two large bottles.
My women folk decided on a tour of the local playgrounds. It was sunny and hot, for the next few hours I lugged around two heavy bottles of beer hallucinating that they were ice cold. It was like being shipwrecked - water water everywhere but not a drop to drink. Thought I was going to die!
Finally got home and had ice-cream. But today! Today the German Women’s team is playing Italy in Quarter Finals and the beer really will be ice cold!
What was the prize?
That you Luke?
Sometimes nothin is a Cool Hand...
Salt is an emetic. Thirteen pounds of ham would contain more than enough salt to cause eructation.
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