Life With Frenchie

BERLIN (AP) — A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

Instead, he chugged the bottle down — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.

The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.

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It’s out boys & girls - The Mitchell Report. It’s 409 pages, so I don’t exactly have time to read it right now, but feel free to peruse through it. I hope to get around to posting my thoughts in the next day or so…unless painting gets in the way!

Well, last night was the season finale of Kid Nation. What a letdown!

There were a few good things about the finale:

• Zach was awarded the last $20,000 gold star.
• They gave away 3 more gold stars (worth $50,000) each.
• It was the finale!

I must say, they did not fail to disappoint in the “I can’t believe they did that” category. The show started with the “job board” on fire and then the host burned the journal. This meant Bonanza City was without rules or leaders. So what do a bunch of 9-15 year old kids do in that case? Raid the candy store, of course! I was just speechless with exactly how crazy the kids went. A few level-headed kids prevailed and they did clean up the mess (and it was a BIG mess) the next day, but still. I’d like to think that MM would not have behaved that way, but kids do get caught up in the excitement of the moment, so I’m not sure. I do know I’d still be pretty upset with seeing her act that way.

Other than that…meh, it was nothing spectacular. There was a lot of sappiness after they surprised the kids by bringing their parents in. They showed the parents around town, had dinner together, and then presented the final three gold stars. A bunch of “blah blah blah” about how proud some parents were of their kids and the kids saying how much of a life changing event this has been, etc.

Well, at least there’s still The Biggest Loser finale next week to look forward to!