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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20231 Gordon Gender:	Death by lamington Jan 26^th, 2020 at 7:05pm Sad, but at least she died doing what she loved best. Woman dies after choking in lamington-eating competition on Australia Day https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/woman-dies-after-choking-in-lamington...
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16428 Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 7:07pm Choked on the white bits.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80318 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 8:36pm SHe died with a lamington in her hand....
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Death by lamington Reply #3 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 8:53pm HOW AWFUL coconut of all things.. what were they thinking?? I have a dread of suffocation not being able to breath... it scares the daylights out of me.... who would have thought a lamington could kill... I will never look at one the same way again.
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Mattyfisk Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 92377 Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #4 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 9:26pm White on the outside, tinted within. Choking on lamingtons is their revenge for choking a darkie. You know, on the oval after the game.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80318 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #5 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 9:26pm The Queensland Death Lamington.... a rare species... limited to a very small demographic in Queensland. It's the secret ingredient.... don't say anything but it has something to do with Cane Toads...
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 80318 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #6 - Jan 26^th, 2020 at 9:28pm Mattyfisk wrote on Jan 26^th, 2020 at 9:26pm: White on the outside, tinted within. Choking on lamingtons is their revenge for choking a darkie. More like a bit of white sprinkled on a bit of dark and hey, presto - Indigecake! 'choking a darkie' is not quite choking an Indigenous.... coughs ...
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Reply #7 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 2:10am

NZ makes their Lamingtons really 'moist' and soft.
Aust makes their Lamingtons really 'dry' and hard.

NZ makes better pavlovas too! Wink

No wonder someone finally choked on one of those Aussie made Lamingtons.
God knows how I used to choke on the bloody things before I just gave up on them entirely.
Even had a Boong mate come up and say "Want more nits on your Lamo?" as he scratched his hair over it. Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 7:27am

Sure, the jokes write themselves in this instance

but who would have imagined, when that woman was a new born, sixty years ago, that she would die in public, gasping and disbelieving at what was happening to her

so please spare a thought for her family and friends at this time

What is the point of these eating competitions?

Is it a response to the hunger our forebears suffered, not all that long ago?

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Injury Facts 2017 reports that choking is the fourth-leading cause of unintentional injury death—and it happens frequently at eating competitions

A list of known fatalities from eating / drinking contests follows:
USA
1906 Johnsburg, IL Frank Miller dies after competing in a Limburger cheese eating contest
1983 North Carolina Marine dies in donut eating contest at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
1999 Chicago, a 12 year old school girl dies playing “Chubby Bunny” in an unsupervised classroom. The goal of “Chubby Bunny” is to say “Chubby Bunny” after stuffing one’s mouth with as many marshmallows as possible.
2007 Sacramento, woman dies of water intoxication after competing in a bladder endurance contest sponsored by a radio station.
2010 San Pedro, California 13 year old Noah Akers choked on a hot dog topped with whipped cream at a fundraiser for Haiti
2012 Deerfield Beach, Florida Eddy Archbold dies after winning an insect eating contest held at a reptile store
2014 Custer, SD Walter Eagle Tail passes away after choking in a July 3 hot dog eating contest.
India
2007 India, man (believed to be epileptic) dies from breathing complications in an idli eating contest
2008 India, engineer at Nokia Siemens of India chokes after making a pastry eating bet at a company party.
2009 Hyderabad, India Bandu Joshi dies after stuffing 6 laddus into his mouth
2013 India, 13 year old schoolboy Bharat Sharma chokes to death after attempting to swallow two idlis
2014 India, 52 year old man chokes to death in idli eating contest
UK
2008 Wales, man dies in unplanned post party cupcake contest to use up left over buffet food. Articles about the contest do not make it clear if the contest was a mouth-stuffing contest or a speed eating contest
2013 England Sharon Dixon passes away after choking on boiled eggs at a pub’s eating contest
2014 Berkeley, England Former Royal Marine Gary Simms chokes in pickled egg eating contest.
Canada
2004 Canada man dies after choking in chicken wing eating contest held at Regina bar.
2006 Canada, woman dies in “Chubby Bunny” contest held at Ontario fair
Japan
2002 Japan, school boy dies in cafeteria after attempting a stunt seen on a televised eating contest.
2004 Japan, housewife dies in bread eating contest in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Taiwain
2008 Taiwan graduate student dies after victory in a steamed bun eating contest
Russia
2009 Kaliningrad, Russia Boris Isaev chokes in pancake eating contest
Thailand
2010 Phetchchaburi, Thailand 66 year old Hing Laichan dies after choking in noodle eating contest
Ukraine
2011 Tokmak, Ukraine 77 year old Ivan Mendel wins dumpling eating contest, then dies
2014 Staryl, Ukraine Lyana Koroleva experienced a heart attack while claiming her prize for winning a vareniki (dumpling) eating contest
Tunisia
2012 Tunisia Dau Fatnassi dies after eating 28 raw eggs to win a bet
Australia
2013 Australia 64 year old Bruce Holland experiences a fatal heart attack while participating in a tavern’s chilli pie eating contest
Spain
2013 Spain Joaquín Alcaraz Gracia passes away after winning a beer drinking contest
Romania
2013 Romania unnamed 60 year old chokes to death in a sausage eating contest.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8639 armidale Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #9 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 7:43am man has killed himself by leaping into a vat of whisky at the Glenfiddich Distillery. Brian Ettles, 46, drowned after he threw himself inside the 50,000-litre tank. Paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene but the father-of-two died inside the wooden vat on Saturday. Glasses were raised in farewell.
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Reply #10 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 7:55am

Death by Water

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Drinking the recommended amount of water daily is good for one’s health and skin. However, it is also important to know that drinking too much water can also lead to serious health issues.

A mother in California was unaware of the serious consequences which can stem from too much water intake and died after her participation in a radio station’s water-drinking contest in 2007.

Jennifer Strange, 28, had participated in KDND-FM’s contest “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” in which whoever drank the most water would win a Nintendo Wii. She told other contestants she was doing it for her three kids at home.

The competition called for the participants to drink as many water bottles as they could without going to the bathroom. Halfway through the contest, the radio hosts upped the amount of water that needed to be drank.

While some listeners, one being a nurse, called in to warm the radio hosts of the risks of their contest, the concerns were waved off by the hosts, who claimed that that all the contestants had signed releases and proceeded to make jokes about the body being made of mostly water, meaning the contestants would be fine.[10]

Mrs. Strange was not fine. She quit at second place due to not feeling well, telling one of the radio hosts that she was in pain. Mrs. Strange is said to have drank around 7.6 liters (2 gal) of water in three hours, causing her to become bloated to the point that one of the radio hosts mentioned she looked pregnant.

After calling sick into work, Mrs. Strange went home and was found dead in her bathroom just hours after her participation in the contest. The cause of her death was determined to be water intoxication.

Her husband sued the radio station. It was discovered that the contest was not approved or even sent to the station’s legal department for review and that no warning was provided to the contestants over the risks involved in the contest itself, though contestants were told to quit if they felt ill.

The jury sided with Mr. Strange, finding that Entercom Sacramento LLC was liable for Mrs. Strange’s death and owed the family $16.5 million. Ten radio station employees were fired after the event, three of whom were the hosts from the morning’s competition

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Reply #11 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:38am

Texas radio 45COLT held a ladies' hot-shot shoot-out at 10 paces, emptying the pistols into the other contestant. By 11.24am there were 3 still standing and a 3-way fire-fight was organised by station manager Chuck Triggered, with 2 spare magazines each. Last to lay down her iron was Jo-Anne Grits who spat blood and said "I'm suing , Chuck."

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Reply #12 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:41am

chimera wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:38am:

Texas radio 45COLT held a ladies' hot-shot shoot-out at 10 paces, emptying the pistols into the other contestant. By 11.24am there were 3 still standing and a 3-way fire-fight was organised by station manager Chuck Triggered, with 2 spare magazines each. Last to lay down her iron was Jo-Anne Grits who spat blood and said "I'm suing , Chuck."

She ate lead ?

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8639 armidale Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #13 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:44am Yes that was the guts of her court case. She had brain malfunction and walked backwards, ducking and weaving.
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PZ547 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9282 Gender:	Re: Death by lamington Reply #14 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:46am chimera wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 8:44am: Yes that was the guts of her court case. She had brain malfunction and walked backwards, ducking and weaving.
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