farmerwrx

one of my mates is trying to tell me and five other mates you can get drunk on water!
what an **** he is really serious about it, any comments lol

Dracoro

Stick some sugar and hops into it and I'm sure it's possible

ajm

There is actually a condition called Water Intoxication. Look up hyponatremia. You can become very drowsy and even pass out or go into a coma if you drink too much because it dilutes the electolytes in your blood.

Freak

when we were 14 we managed to get a friend drunk on lilt...
we then told him we had been lying about the alcoholic content and it was in fact 0%

Dream Weaver

ajm is correct AFAIK

farmerwrx

yes i know all that about hyponatremia
definition of intoxication of water is poisoning
definition of drunk is intoxicated with alcohol

ajm

One could argue that intoxication by alcohol is also poisoning. I'd apologise to your friend gracefully!

farmerwrx

no way he's wrong you cant get drunk on water

D.K.1

I wouldn't have thought you could get drunk on water

ajm

Arguments with you must be fun then.....

farmerwrx

he was really pi55ed at the time but we have pulled his leg over it but he is being perdantic about it now, he won't back down over it

Ale555

Drunk on water must be good...even much cheaper than the ways I know.

But the thing about lieing to another (Freak) I do know also!

FLAT ERIC

iTrader: (1)

If you are using "drunk" in the literal sense then no.

If you are using "drunk" in the figurative sense then yes.

As you would be displaying drunk like symptoms.

Being as he was either really pi55ed at the time or hyponatremic when he made this sweeping statement you will never know which version of "drunk" he meant.

Hence his statement could still be right or possibly wrong.

Bubba po

There are so many ways that this sentence could be punctuated.

1. No way! He's wrong; you can't get drunk on water. (The intended meaning, I believe.)

2. No way he's wrong, you! -Can't get drunk on water.

3. No way he's wrong, you CANT! Get drunk on water.

There are others.

JackClark

I tried it as a kid, ended up pissing a lot.

boxst

Ah, so you were drunk then. Did you try to phone your ex-girlfriend as well?

Steve.

zoog

Water intoxication, following excessive ingestion leading to hyponatraemia is potentially lethal as the resultant cerebral oedema (swelling of the brain) leads to fitting, coma and death, if severe.

Don't try it at home, kids!

midget1500

anyone know how much water the average person would need to drink over a specific time period for it to be fatal?

ozzy

AFAIK, Hyponatraemia is defined as "deficiency of sodium in the blood; salt depletion"

The only cases of this I've ever heard of have always been elite endurance athletes or drug users. That is they've sweated heavily and not only lost loads of fluid, but loads of salt.

If you then just drink loads of water (coz you think you're dehydrated) then it would make matters worse as sodium levels get even more diluted.

The "intoxication" is the lack of sodium in the blood, leading to swelling of the brain and causing dizyness, confusion, etc..

How much depends on a number of things current blood sodium levels, bodyweight, your diet and how much food exists in your system. Can't find any figures searching the net, but one case suggested a girl taking LSD and drinking 7 litres in an hour.

I guess if you're not exercising heavily or sweating buckets at some club out of it on ectasy or LSD, then it would take huge volumes of water to dilute an average persons sodium levels.

So, can you get drunk on water? well I'd say no. what is possible is to drink too much, lower your electrolyte levels and then start to see symptons of swelling of the brain.

A severe blow to the head can induce the same symptoms as being drunk, but I wouldn't say you can get drunk by hitting someone on the back of the head with a baseball bat

Stefan

ajm

It would vary from person to person, but I think it would need to be a LOT.

From http://my.webmd.com/content/article/36/1676_50497.htm

ajm

You never heard the expression "punch drunk"?

I think what we are getting into here is an argument over the definition of drunk.... and if we are going to be picky about the words used in the "exam question" then I maintain that I "can get drunk on water" just as well as I can get drunk on land!

ozzy

think you've had one too many blows to the head after that joke

papascooby

yes you can(ish)

Spend a night drinking Pernod

The next day if you drink a large quantity of water it reacts and somehow gets you pissed again.

apparently

Graz

Wasn't that what killed Leah Betts? It wasn't the ecstasy she'd taken that caused it but the fact she'd consumed gallons of water without actually doing anything energetic. I'm sure I heard that somewhere.