Gallon of Water
by Those of you who know me... know i have a big mouth. Ill admit it, i do talk alot. Usually its just stupid drivel that comes out, but EVERY once in a while (and i stress ONCE) I come out with something I regret. Like yesterday, during a calm and leisurely company lunch. I mentioned the fact of a human stomach not being able to ingest a gallon of milk. After a discussion of this, I said i could probably drink a gallon of water, but not milk. ooops...
Everyone started betting on this, and as of right now, I have 30 bucks against me as to if I can drink this gallon of water that is sitting calmly on my desk right now...
Am I nervous? Yes, just a little bit.
Do I think I can do it? hmm, dunno im gonna try
Do I feel stupid? Obviously...
Anybody else have any suggestions or ideas on how I can drink a gallon of fluid in 6 and a half minutes?
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i think it can be done. just try not to think of it as a galon. figure a lil more than 3/4 of a quart per minute. try not to look at the galon container. maybe get someone to pour the cups for you. take long, deep swallows. you'll do it.
does throwing up end the game?
this is very dangerous, as it can wash away vital nutrients in your body (especially your brain). I forget how I know this, but I do. Please don't do it.
you are right in this todd, but not from one gallon. Over drinking of water CAN dillute minerals in your blood, but this is a factor in drinking mulitple gallons of water... not just one.
well a gallon in a short period of time can still be very hazardous. It's a flush.
michael, gambling is wrong!
she's got a good point.
no no no... I am not gambling... THEY were on if i could do it or not... im not taking any money from anyone... i just wanna see if i can do it... im looking around trying to see if drinking a gallon of water is bad, from what i can tell i dont see anything bad about it... besides the fact that you might have to pee bad afterwards
nothing wrong with a gallon. i'd be dead now if there was.
go for it.
looks like more than a gallon is dangerous....
http://yarchive.net/med/overdrink_water.html
haha, thats EXACTLY the page i was looking at... this guy is crazy.. 5 gallons is alot
I think you are safe:
I didn't see this page but, I just thought it could be dangerous. Won't you get sick or run out of room?
there's always that.
Your stomach stretches. It's not dangerous.
a gallon of water is not that much.
i can do that in my sleep.
the milk i've tried. thats just impossible. without throwing up
i think that the water will get absorbed into your fat cells, not unlike how water soaks into a sponge. the odds are with you
hahaha, thanks matt... although i do agree i have more than my fair share of fat cells.... i DONT think my fat can absorb a gallon of water in 6 and a half minutes... if so, i am an genetic FREAK!
O it has to be done in six minutes, won't they just be satisfied if you don't die? I think it should count as long as you don't go off to tinkle before it's all down.
No, you can do it. Eat something really salty before hand.
this is a good idea. need it to stick a little.
hmmm any suggestions? pretzels? just eat straight salt?
Dude, eating straight salt is nastier than a gallon of water. I drink about 3 gallons of water during a typical work day; then another 1/2 gallon with lunch and 1/2 gallon with dinner. I think that article about dying is crap. Water is good for you.
And fast food is really salty. Whenever I have BK, I drink twice as much water as usual.
Well i failed.... i made it through 5 and cups.... feeling good... then... felt a little rumbly in my tummy... made it to the bathroom and puked it all up... DARN!!! well.. next time.
Dude, you puked? That's nasty. I really believed you could do it.
yeah... i was close... but then... i was like... uh oh
DUDE, i totally thought you could do it, but you have TOTALLY made my morning! i am still cracking up at this.
actually, if you had been prepared you would've not had anything to eat, and no water until the event. THEN you would've been able to drink it all.
how do i know? we have a friend in our group JUST like YOU adn we challenged him and he drank it in 5 minutes, maybe less.
oh yeah... i KNOW i could do it... i drank coffee this morning... too and had a muffin. These guys are trying to collect 10 bucks from me too.. im like YEAH right, YOUR were the ones betting on me...
so you drank the water after the coffee and the muffin? no wonder you hurled
yeah... i know.. sucks right? if i prepared i would have been able to pull it off.
you let us down m&m boy :P
I'm not disgusted, suprisingly. I'm intrigued does this mean we'd all react the same way? Too much water and we blow chunks?
lol, that was the good part about it, i hate puking, its nasty... it wasnt chunks... it was all water, lol.
puking cold water is a very very interesting feeling. Usually the chunks are CHUNKY and all hot and ugh just gross. Water is so smooth and cold. It happened to me once and .. I liked it. And I HATE throwing up.
"and I liked it" hahaha!
a real man could do it.
i know, im sorrry tai... i have let you down.
it's ok. i still love you and if i ever got you in a room alone i'd most definately give you a handshake
HAHAHA... well thanks, im sure you give VERY good handshakes...
I had faith in you Mike. Try again tomorrow. No food beforehand....ugh....yucky.
hmm, i dunno about tomorrow, im not a big fan of throwing up, i havent thrown up in YEARS... like literally... since i was probably 16. Im not to thrilled in doing that again... ill give it a few weeks.
My husband is the same way. He'd pretty much rather die than throw up. The worst was right after he'd had a hernia operation, the pain medication made him sick....imagine heaving THE DAY you got stitches in your belly...not fun.
i like throwing up when i'm sick. it gets everything out of my system and makes me feel better. i don't understand how people can go for years without throwing up.
i do, i hate it so much. i would rather die than to hurl. its just so nasty and you feel nasty.
I'll admit that when I have felt ill, I have made myself throw up. And yes, I've felt a GAZILLION times better afterwards.
You have my permission to think less of me now, hahaha.
dude i was at pnc art center once, and this kid took a 2 liter pepsi and drank the whole thing in like 4 minutes casually. it wasn't even for a bet. it musta been flat
wow, now THATS impressive... whatcha think yay man... you think i you could do the gallon of water?
i dunno man, a gallon of water, thats really rough. i drink nearly 2 gallons every day though, but not in 6 minutes. props for even trying, at least spewing water is better than milk
yeah... i know i could have done it in more time... and... i was replaying what i did, i think i took a breath inbetween cups...a nd then swallowed it.. i was trying to burp inbetween drinking.. but... no dice... UGG im soo disapointed in myself.
if it's any consolation, i had no faith in you so therefore i an not disappointed in you
aww janine, thank you, i love you too... this WILL be tried again, and i KNOW i will be able to do it this time...
wow, dude. so close. you'll get 'em next time.
this reminds me of a Goldfinger/BloodhoundGang show i went to. they let some kid on stage and said he had to drink a 12 pack of warm mountain dew bfore two songs were up and he'd get 50 bucks. he threw up.
that goldfinger dude has the most amazing crowd control! but what i saw (make that didnt see since i covered my eyes) was waaay grosser than onstage vomiting.
Ever time i see Goldfinger, ive ALWAYS been amazed at the way they can get a crowd going, and the stage presence... wow. So awesome, the lead singer rocks! and hes hot too!
Feldman is the man. He commands the stage. Always.
I miss their old guitarist, I think his name was Charlie. The bald dude. He was like a metal guitarist or something. I've seen them a lot of times and EVERY time I thought, "what balls!"
he was insanne, the things he did while playing guitar were amazing.
Run ALL over the stage, kick off of amps, do timed jumps that looked about 5 feet high to me AND the occasional "swing your guitar around your whole body" trick.
man, not to rain on the parade, but I hated Goldfinger when I saw them, they were so crappy! But, maybe they were just drunk... Idiots!