[Young Werther]

Years ago it was reported in the Dallas Morning News that teens were drinking water to dilute their blood which would bring on a high due to the inability to carry sufficient oxygen. The hypoxia, lack of oxygen, which occurrs when not enough O2 reaches the brain is similar to an alcohol high.

Aquaholics

Isn't it amazing what ignorance can induce!

[Rte66]

*As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.*

And humans could hold gallon after gallon of water, without "wii-ing."

This is such a sad story - and I'm glad the people were fired for it and the idiotic promotion was cancelled forever. Hate to hear stuff like this.

[LouAvul]

Firing them does not diminish the station's culpability in the stunt. The employees of the station, according to another news article, kept giving them larger containers of water.

The station is toast.

[NinoFan]

Good.

[DieHard the Hunter]

I'm astounded that people do not know that too much water can kill a person stone dead. Water has been used from time immemorial as a weapon of torture.

(Some people think "water torture" involves a drip-drip-drip of water on the forehead. It may well, but more commonly it involves physical restraints, a funnel, and a very large bucket that is refilled regularly. A painful death is a regular result.)

Thought thru carefully: the internal organs like the stomach, small intestines, large intestines, kidneys and bladder have a finite capacity beyond which they will not stretch. Water will not compress beyond its volumetric capacity: it must be evacuated at least as fast as it is ingested. There is a finite speed that this can happen at.

It takes no genius to figure out that such a system can be overloaded.

The morons who put on this contest are culpable and should definitely be held to account.

[Wolfie]

Ohmygawd, the stuff is piped into just about every home in America!

[WhiteGuy]

So water is dangerous, check.

I'll stick to beer, thanks for the safety tip!