Posted on 06/27/2023 10:51:35 AM PDT by Libloather
A British father died in Jamaica after attempting a challenge at a hotel pool bar to try and drink all 21 cocktails on the menu, an inquest has heard.
Timothy Southern, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, had drunk 12 of the cocktails when he went to his room at the Royal Decameron Club Caribbean, in Saint Ann.
The 53-year-old was on holiday with his sister, children, and other relatives when tragedy struck in May, 2022.
Loved-ones rushed to Timothy's room after the alarm was raised.
One of them told his inquest: 'He was on his back choking. I put him in the recovery position and screamed for an ambulance.
'He was making a gurgling sound. As soon as he was in the recovery position he vomited. I was shouting his name with no response.
'When the nurse arrived I said had an ambulance been called and she said 'no'. I thought she would take over. But that was not the case.
'I noticed he was starting to lose temperature. I checked his pulse and couldn't find it.
'She said he had a pulse. I was starting to lose it. I got a full look at his face and I thought he had passed away.
'I said, "Don't just sit there looking at him, start CPR".
'She only gave him chest compressions. Maybe if she had known what she was doing, maybe he would still be here. The service and treatment he received was disgusting.'
The inquest heard Timothy had already been drinking brandy and beer in the morning when he met two Canadian women trying to complete the 21 cocktail challenge before midnight to celebrate one of their birthdays.
A pathologist in Kingston, Jamaica, gave the cause of death as 'acute gastroenteritis due to alcohol consumption'.
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53? Oy! I did all my stupid drinking by 23.
He only made it through 12, but had a head start all morning. What a way to go....
I would give the cause of death as STUPIDITY! Prayers to his family.
Maybe if he wasn't stupid at the age of 53, he'd still be here.
Darwin lives!
‘She only gave him chest compressions. Maybe if she had known what she was doing, maybe he would still be here. The service and treatment he received was disgusting.’
Yeah, that’s the cause of his death. What the hell is it with stupid Brits getting idiotic drunk at resorts on airlines, on the street? They ruin things for others.
What is thoughtless about those comments. They are precise as lasers.
Bastard should have been insured. I can die in any country in there world, plus any state in the US and APASI will fly my body back home for the funeral. Kids don’t have to do anything except make a call.
Darwin award
If it was a person-to-person challenge, it should have been laughed off as clearly insane and dangerous.
But assuming it was a challenge posted at the bar, I would have interpreted it as a challenge to "Have one of each drink over some reasonable period of time, like a week, and win a prize."
I've seen similar challenges at bars: "Ask for a punch-card, have one of each of our specialty drinks, get the card punched for each one, and then redeem the card at the end of the week for a free (something)."
Downing them all one after the other is suicide.
“Drink to me, drink to my health
You know I can’t drink any more.”
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