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Sounds horrific; oh well - next time someone offers her a liquid nitrogen cocktail she can truthfully say: "No thanks, I don't have the stomach for it."

 RossDas wrote:
Sounds horrific; oh well - next time someone offers her a liquid nitrogen cocktail she can truthfully say: "No thanks, I don't have the stomach for it."

Badum TISH

Takes guts.

Theres a few belly laughs to be had.

Gut Check

Poor girl.

That's a pretty crappy thing to happen when you're out on the town with your friends.

Good lesson for the rest of us, though!

 mattyrm wrote:


I live in Middlesbrough

That explains allot.

When I was at the Irish pub in town (Rooneys! for those aware of the Boro) at the age of 15, I was on about my 9th pint of Guinness and the barman said to me "You best slow down or you'll never see your 18th birthday!"

9th pint of Guinness. It's not the alcohol I'd be worried about, it's the blockage the day after...

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Albatross wrote:There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not normally sympathetic to Darwin Award candidates, but I think there is little responsibility on the victim for being injured because they were served something toxic in a restaurant, wherein the common assumption is that the food that is served will not injure you.

"fancy stupid as feth looking cocktail"

Just say no.

To quote a friend: "She should LN2 handle her alcohol better."

 azazel the cat wrote:

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Dry ice is around -80 celcius which is a pretty dangerous temperature for anything you plan to ingest. And having seen liquid nitrogen from our cell storage tanks boiling on the cold storage room floor, I don't even want to think what it would do to internal organs...

 Albatross wrote:
I'm hearing from a pal of mine that Liquid Nitrogen is added to drinks because it evaporates on contact with alcohol, and that once the vapor has disappeared it's safe to drink. Perhaps she just quaffed it a little too early?

There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not a chemist, but that sounds right. The freezing is a byproduct of the liquid nitrogen hitting water. If it hits alcohol, the reaction is different because alcohol has a different freezing temperature, so it reacts differently. Maybe they used too much, or didn't let it dissipate. This is speculation, but I'm sure if they were given the chemical, there must be a practical use for it.

"Blame the Victim!" Is that enough for you?

 azazel the cat wrote:

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Albatross wrote:There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not normally sympathetic to Darwin Award candidates, but I think there is little responsibility on the victim for being injured because they were served something toxic in a restaurant, wherein the common assumption is that the food that is served will not injure you.

AFAIK, Nitrogen isn't toxic. I mean, the air around us is 78% Nitrogen afterall.

its the super cold thats the dangerous part. The same reason Dry Ice is dangerous.

Honestly, it sounds like the bartender fethed up. If a restaurant or bar is selling something, it should be implied that it's safe for consumption.

Allergies aside, I shouldn't have to go into any dining or drinking establishment and have to cross off which items will kill me, and which ones won't.

 Fafnir wrote:
Honestly, it sounds like the bartender fethed up. If a restaurant or bar is selling something, it should be implied that it's safe for consumption.

Allergies aside, I shouldn't have to go into any dining or drinking establishment and have to cross off which items will kill me, and which ones won't.

Alcohol is poisonous to everybody

Only in irresponsible amounts.

Similarly, the bartender served the girl an irresponsible amount of LIQUID FREAKING NITROGEN.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
Honestly, it sounds like the bartender fethed up. If a restaurant or bar is selling something, it should be implied that it's safe for consumption.

Allergies aside, I shouldn't have to go into any dining or drinking establishment and have to cross off which items will kill me, and which ones won't.

Alcohol is poisonous to everybody

Speak for yourself

I've been building up my resistance to its poisonous effects every weekend...

This is why all the cool kids drink alone at home.

oh wait.

I'm sure there is a joke in there about cool kids and liquid nitrogen...

 Grey Templar wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Albatross wrote:There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not normally sympathetic to Darwin Award candidates, but I think there is little responsibility on the victim for being injured because they were served something toxic in a restaurant, wherein the common assumption is that the food that is served will not injure you.

AFAIK, Nitrogen isn't toxic. I mean, the air around us is 78% Nitrogen afterall.

its the super cold thats the dangerous part. The same reason Dry Ice is dangerous.

Damn glad someone mentioned this. I am pretty damn sure that nitrogen, even liquid nitrogen is more or less inert and least likely to react with other chemical solutions. There is a reason why sometimes they use liquid nitrogen to freeze objects like a rose and then break it apart. My guess is that she was given the drink before the nitrogen was able to turn back into a gas.

 VermGho5t wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Albatross wrote:There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not normally sympathetic to Darwin Award candidates, but I think there is little responsibility on the victim for being injured because they were served something toxic in a restaurant, wherein the common assumption is that the food that is served will not injure you.

AFAIK, Nitrogen isn't toxic. I mean, the air around us is 78% Nitrogen afterall.

its the super cold thats the dangerous part. The same reason Dry Ice is dangerous.

Damn glad someone mentioned this. I am pretty damn sure that nitrogen, even liquid nitrogen is more or less inert and least likely to react with other chemical solutions. There is a reason why sometimes they use liquid nitrogen to freeze objects like a rose and then break it apart. My guess is that she was given the drink before the nitrogen was able to turn back into a gas.

Thats my guess too.

Its probably something that your supposed to wait before drinking. And she was dumb enough to down it right away.

No such thing as a stupid person...but she comes real real close....

 VermGho5t wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

PhantomViper wrote:That is probably Dry Ice that is used to make the drinks emit smoke and actually not liquid Nitrogen.

I would not recommend ingesting dry ice, either.

Albatross wrote:There is a disappointing lack of VB (Victim Blaming) in this thread. What's happened to you OT? You used to be cool.

I'm not normally sympathetic to Darwin Award candidates, but I think there is little responsibility on the victim for being injured because they were served something toxic in a restaurant, wherein the common assumption is that the food that is served will not injure you.

AFAIK, Nitrogen isn't toxic. I mean, the air around us is 78% Nitrogen afterall.

its the super cold thats the dangerous part. The same reason Dry Ice is dangerous.

Damn glad someone mentioned this. I am pretty damn sure that nitrogen, even liquid nitrogen is more or less inert and least likely to react with other chemical solutions. There is a reason why sometimes they use liquid nitrogen to freeze objects like a rose and then break it apart. My guess is that she was given the drink before the nitrogen was able to turn back into a gas.

This.
The girl wasn't poisoned, and didn't get frozen (at least according to the reports) the major problem was that as the nitrogen hit her stomach, it warmed up, expanded and ruptured her stomach.
So the chest pains she felt were the acid and enzymes in her stomach attacking her own flesh presumably.

I'd say blame lays on both sides, I'm 18, and even if I was blind drunk there is no way that I'd be stupid enough to drink liquid nitrogen. Conversely, the bar was really really freaking stupid to serve a drink with liquid nitrogen in sufficient quantities to be able to rupture somone's stomach. presumably the barman/drink designer didn't understand the concept of thermal expansion.

Incoming Liquid Nitrogen as a consumable ban.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Incoming Liquid Nitrogen as a consumable ban.

That's gunna get a cold reception from some drinkers.

Leave it up to the states to expand it even more when its a federal ban

And this is why we only drink beer and neat whiskey kids. Cocktails are bad for one's health.

Well that sucks...

The people I know who have had gastic sugery always seem to get the worst gas afterwards.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Its probably something that your supposed to wait before drinking. And she was dumb enough to down it right away.

Probably more like the bartender fethed up while making the drink, putting far too much nitrogen in it. I don't think anyone would think it's a good idea to make a drink that starts of lethal, but gradually becomes ok to drink over time.

"Will my drink still kill me, or is it ok to drink it now?" is not a good recipe for repeat business.