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12-12-2007 #1
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This would be the definition of an alcoholic.........
BERLIN(AP) A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday 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 as cargo.
Instead, he chugged the bottle down _ 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 complete his journey home in a few days.
Guess he didn't want to pay that carry on fee. lol
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12-13-2007 #2
Re: This would be the definition of an alcoholic.........
Originally Posted by echimandu
-Quinn
Life is essentially one long Benny Hill skit punctuated by the occasional Anne Frank moment.
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12-13-2007 #3
that man was nearly killed by a combination of idiotic regulations and a desire to be economical.
"A true friend stabs you in the front."
-Oscar Wilde
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12-13-2007 #4
Re: This would be the definition of an alcoholic.........
Originally Posted by echimandu
"Of all losses, time is the most irrecoverable for it can never be redeemed.”
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. "
"Ladies its not the dress that makes you look fat, its the fat that makes you look fat "
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12-13-2007 #5
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Originally Posted by SmashysmashY
Burninating the country side, burninating the peasants. Burninating all the people in their thatched roof cottages....THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!!!!!