my dad is a plumber who loves doing his own renovations. anyway he'd just finished building his own bar so that he could serve his guests drinks and he had some turpentine left over but he didn't have a container to put it in and because he'd been drinking, the only thing he had was empty beer bottles. so he decided to pour the left over turps into the bottle. as his guests started to arive he started to drink some more and because he had two bottles on the counter (one with turpentine and the other with beer) he picked up the wrong bottle and continued to drink. he only realised that what he was drinking was turpentine when he had finished the first mouthful. Although my dad is ineleble for a darwin award i think he deserves an honerable mention for putting the turpentine into a beer bottle and then drinking it without noticing

Submitted on 12/07/2008

Submitted by: Tom Boyd
Reference: Personal Account

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Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
I'm really torn on this one. Yes, it was pretty stupid put turpentine in a beer bottle and then drink it. However it sounds like he may have been distracted with the guests arriving and simply neglected to put a warning label on the bottle. If that was the case then he was just a victim of lousy timing & distractions, and not outright stupidity. Now if he didn't think labeling the bottle was necessary then that's another story all together... Thanks, Tom.

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I think that this guy deserves a mention. Guests arriving or not, one ALWAYS makes sure that poisonous chemicals are properly put away and labeled! Plus, how thick does someone have to be not only to put the junk in their mouth, but to SWALLOW it!? My dad did some painting last summer, and if turpentine tastes half as bad as it smells, this guy REALLY wasn't paying attention! I think this'll do for a Personal Account. Thanks, Tom!

James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
It's a personal account and it IS funny, so I will vote to keep it as well!

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