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A 28-year-old Californian woman has died of water intoxication after taking part in a radio station's water drinking contest.

Jennifer Strange was competing in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" competition, trying to win a Nintendo Wii video game system.

Sacramento County's assistant coroner, Ed Smith, said an investigation had found evidence "consistent with a water intoxication death".

Ms Strange's mother found her body at her home in Sacramento on Friday after Ms Strange called her supervisor at her job to say she was heading home in terrible pain.

"She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad … That was the last anyone heard from her," said Laura Rios, one of Ms Strange's co-workers.

Earlier on Friday, Ms Strange took part in a radio station contest in which participants competed to see how much water they could drink without going to the toilet. Initially, contestants were handed 220-millilitre bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes.

"They were small little half-pint bottles, so we thought it was going to be easy," said James Ybarra, a fellow contestant who stopped after drinking five bottles. After he quit, the remaining contestants, including Ms Strange, were given even bigger bottles to drink, Mr Ybarra said.

Possibly this is taking ones love for the big N a little far?

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jac33au
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www.liveleak.com/

the dj and other staff have been sacked cause they joked about the risks on live broadcast
24/01/2007
Wii Fit
Hervey Bay, Queensland
the-o
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i think my math teacher knew her or somthing he was talking about her death.
22/01/2007
in your brain rummaging through your thoughts.
monkii
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meh, she looked kinda ugly...
20/01/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
ren_caz243
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i saw this on the new the other night.. sad... can u actually believe a nurse called up the show and told them the contestants could get water intoxication n the radio host just sad "like yeh we know".
18/01/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
tehcid
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Nogaku said:

j****s said: I think the organisers of the contest should be put up for manslaughter... Suerly they knew they were putting their contestants' lives at risk? It's unacceptable.


Who's ever heard of drinking too much water?



It does sound ridiculous considering it's our life juice. It occurs when you drink large amounts of water in a short period of time and it effectively dilutes your blood, which needs a certain level of sodium and poses a health risk when this level drops. You'd think overdrinking problems would center around the bladder.
18/01/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
Ravi
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cptn, i edited out the parts i thought were a bit sensitive. The radio show got canned. They arent responsible because they got contestents to sign legal forms which say the contestants are liable and responsible for their own actions and consequences. Pretty sad really.
18/01/2007
Sydney
crazy_nuts
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if u people r gona cry about this kinda stuff why r u even on the internet
18/01/2007
texas
Nogaku
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j****s said: I think the organisers of the contest should be put up for manslaughter... Suerly they knew they were putting their contestants' lives at risk? It's unacceptable.


Who's ever heard of drinking too much water?
17/01/2007
Brisbane, Queensland
cptn_spoon
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Follow-up: 10 radio personnel got the sack as a result, the investigation continues.

www.smh.com.au/
17/01/2007
Syd
cptn_spoon
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Pretty sure I can't edit a news item and if I can I don't know how...anyone care to explain?!

Honestly, of course every death is a tragedy but if we can never focus on the lighter side of life then we'll all be awfully depressed since about 133,284,000 die every single day.

The blatant carelessness of the radio station was what I thought was highlighted and since this was originally sourced from a blog, then trackedback to the SMH article I thought it only fitting to paste the entire article as I originally found it...outro and all.

I agree, anyone who has a hearty laugh at this needs their head examined, but anyone who can't appreciate the absurdity of the situation needs to seriously lighten up in my humble opinion (assuming no one knew her personally, that is, of course, a different kettle of fish)!

Article can be removed if it is deemed inappropriate, I feel the byline gives plenty of warning. If I end up passing in a less than sombre way I hereby give permission for anyone and everyone to have a little absurd thought at my expense!

Sorry if anyone was offended but, without getting into some sort of philosophical and psychological debates for my reasons...lighten up!
17/01/2007
Syd
desi
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I wonder if common sense factored into this incident; swollen bladders cause pain.
17/01/2007
I'm in your profile, deleting your spams for Great Justice.
Djank
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i'm not touching this one...
17/01/2007
NSW
jcocks
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I think the organisers of the contest should be put up for manslaughter... Suerly they knew they were putting their contestants' lives at risk? It's unacceptable.
17/01/2007
Bunbury, Western Australia
joemama156
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BillyARock said: im sorry, i know im going to hell, but i thought it was kinda funny.

(thats what im talking about) people
17/01/2007
California
joemama156
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dude thatz not funny
17/01/2007
California
BillyARock
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im sorry, i know im going to hell, but i thought it was kinda funny.
17/01/2007
Melbourne Vic
swiftsteve
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that sux
17/01/2007
Sydney
Trident
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This is not cool. I heard on the news that it was a result of water swelling the brain. Anyone who laughs at this is pretty heartless (although at the 'russian roulet for a PS3' i laughed then regretted it), this sort of tragedy should NEVER be joked about, seriously, its so injust.
17/01/2007
Adelaide
Toma
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milmoe said: "Possibly this is taking ones love for the big N a little far? Unfortunately she was down to her last life...

GAME OVER."

I can't believe i just read that. In an attempt to sound witty, you have shown so much disrespect. I hope you never post this type of garbage again. This site is just going downhill.



I agree. That's shocking to make fun of a tragedy like this.
GG ADMINS.
17/01/2007
Perth
crazy_nuts
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well did she win?
17/01/2007
texas
milmoe
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"Possibly this is taking ones love for the big N a little far? Unfortunately she was down to her last life...

GAME OVER."

I can't believe i just read that. In an attempt to sound witty, you have shown so much disrespect. I hope you never post this type of garbage again. This site is just going downhill.
17/01/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
yizzle
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next headline like this will be

"play russian roulette for a ps3"
17/01/2007
Cherrybrook, Sydney
Trebla
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Captn-spoon the last paragraph about the “ Game over” should be removed out of simple respect!
16/01/2007
Gold Coast
Trebla
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Thegame have a bit of respect for the dead. I know that may sound harsh but it`s a true story. I admit it does sound like a joke but it is true. I hope other people that post here do so with respect. Thank you all, and may she rest in peace.
16/01/2007
Gold Coast
thegame10
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uhmmmm lol?
16/01/2007
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Brisbane
mreddie
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Sad story for which I don't really see a point of it being on this site to be quite honest.
16/01/2007
Melbourne
zfishes
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RIP Ms Strange
16/01/2007
Sydney, Australia
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