A few months back, my friends, and I (John, Andy, Dj (me)), got together at my house overnight to hang out, watch movies, and play around with some fireworks.

At first, it was just Andy, and I. But after growing bored, we called my friend John up, and asked if he wanted to come over and hang out. He replied yes, and said he had 'Happiness in pill form'.

It's at this point I grow a bit worried, not really knowing John for all that long, I assume he's talking about illegal pills, and try and disuade him. He shrugs off my warnings, I remind him my father is a police officer, but he doesn't seem to care.

At around 11pm he makes it to my house. At which point, he produces what I now label 'Unhappiness in pill form'. The pills are 250mg Caffiene Pills. He has 12 of them. Nothing really happens with these pills through the night, and they just get left on the counter... Until I find the vegetable chopper in the kitchen... I bring it out, ask John to get the caffiene pills, and commence to chop them up.

I just did this as a joke, because we weren't really doing anything with them. Once the pills were a fine powder, John says, "Dj! Let's put this in a slushy!"

To which Andy replies, "YES! I'll eat it!"

He regrets ever saying this a few hours later, as we're calling poison control, frantically asking what we should do. The operator tells us to call an ambulance immediatly. Andy, still concious, vomiting, shaking, and looking like he's about ready to die, says at this point that if we call an ambulance, he'd crawl out the door, and leave if he had to. I forgot to mention that Andy, at the time, was 102lbs. That weight, with 3,000mg of caffiene does not mix well.

But we believed him, and stayed with him the rest of the night, and took him home in the morning. A few days later he was feeling fine again. Although I'm sure one of us will end up winning the Darwin Award at some point.

Submitted on 08/01/2006

Submitted by: Dj
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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
You're probably referring to "No-Doz" or some other brand of caffiene pill. We'd crush a FEW at a time and add them to an entire VAT of good ol' Navy coffee (and I'd be up for 72 straight hours before crashing and burning), but adding the entire contents to a singular Slushsee??? Your friend was a gulli-bull, and YOU GUYS enabled him! Good PA, I found it funny enough!

Fitzroy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'm curious about the ages of participants in this, but in general I think it is adequate Personal Account material. Even if others decide it does not make the cut, I do want to express appreciation for the contribution.

Sheryl said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'm pretty (well, very) neutral on this one. Caffeine makes me ill too, even in small doses. I'm voting neutral mainly because your friend was too stubborn to take the ambulance alternative.

Jorge said:
Neutral: Personal Account

Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Although a common story, refusing medical attention makes it worthy. Clearly this man has some underlying DA material potential in abeyance. I'm sure we'll hear from him again!

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