Pissed!

[Oz]

Reported by news.com.au

Drinking game turns deadly
By Arkady Yuzhny in Russia
November 20, 2003

ALEXANDER Nakonechny triumphed at a vodka drinking marathon in Russia after guzzling three half-litre mugs of vodka in quick succession, but failed to collect his prize after dying on the spot.

The weekend contest in the southwestern city of Volgodonsk also left four other male contestants fighting for their lives at the local hospital, although one woman who took part managed to stagger out of the clinic a few hours after being rushed there for an emergency stomach pump.

In an alcohol-hardened nation where it is not uncommon for Russian men to down a litre of the liquid on a night out, Nakonechny's feat of winning the contest - which earned him a prize of ten bottles of vodka - should have been cause for celebration.

But prosecutors in Volgodonsk have slapped charges of causing death through negligence on the organisers of the drinking competition, the managers of a local food and drink shop, who face three years in jail if convicted.

"If we can find the grounds to charge them with causing death by flouting their professional duties or if another person dies as a result of this marathon, they will face up to five years in prison," Volgodonsk's deputy prosecutor general Sergei Lubenets told AFP.

He added that the organisers could also be charged with breaking the law on advertising, which forbids staging events which promote the consumption of alcohol.

The participants of the event, which took place in the shop, were invited to down half-litre glasses of the Russian national drink and refill as much as they could from buckets filled to the brim.

News of the "Vodka Marathon" spread across the city and 50 people queued up outside the shop for the chance to down a free mug of vodka and try their luck at outdrinking the others.

The rules allowed them to accompany the vodka, as is traditional in Russia, with sausage, black bread and mustard.

The person who drank the most and managed to stay on his feet was to be declared the winner.

Nakonechny soon left the other contestants behind but within minutes of his victory collapsed and died, joining the other 40,000 Russians who die each year from alcohol poisoning.

Lightweights.

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by Oz

Lightweights.

Teh Oz could outdrink teh whole of Russia!

In Soviet Russia, Vodka drinks you!!

[HogieGT-R]

damn......i must be a wicked lightweight with alcohol if that's the case...but i've never thrown up.....damn i want some liquor now..oh wait i see my bottle of Smirnoff on the bookshelf score! one shot for me!

[Ace$nyper]

OZ $20 bux put up or shut up lets do this thing!!!!! for AFs offical drunk

[titutus]

lol!!

[jinushaun]

three half-litre mugs of vodka in quick succession

Fuck me!

[integra818]

I have a question, what do you think is more dangerous, 3 half liter mugs of Vodka, or 3 half liter mugs of 100 octane gasoline??? He might'ev still been alive if he drank gasoline instead.

[gnasha]

The hardest is to keep your teeth tighten when you throw up so you can keep the chunks of pizza.

I've done a litter of vodka on my own once with a few more things... ended up smashing a window in a door of my with friend flat with my fist.

[Ace$nyper]

OMG how drunk was i to offer teh ozzie a drinking contest i'm so doomed! PS my liver hates me.

[higgimonster]

Originally Posted by Toksin

In Soviet Russia, Vodka drinks you!!

lol

[Marc04]

In a brief obituary the Baltimore Clipper reported that Poe had died of "congestion of the brain."

holy christ thats a lot of booze.

[YogsVR4]

Darwin at work

[Steel]

I think a better contest would be see who can smoke 3/8'ths of an ounce of weed first and not pass out with their brains oozing out of their ears...

[Oz]

Goddamn I hate that feeling. I had to joints of the filthiest stuff I've ever smealt about a month ago and just lay there gonnnnnne for about 3 hours. Then had pizza. Then chucked that up, then slept for another 8 hours. Stoooopid Ozzy.

[dirtydx]

i bet everyone in the bar laughed at him when he passed out. then it would be like "oh shit, he's dead."