A new level of stupidity...

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo weird news...

Man bitten after putting snake in mouth PORTLAND, Ore. - Snake collector Matt Wilkinson of Portland grabbed a 20-inch rattler from the highway near Maupin, and three weeks later, to impress his ex-girlfriend, he stuck the serpent in his mouth. He was soon near death with a swollen tongue that blocked his throat. Trauma doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University saved his life. "You can assume alcohol was involved," he said. Actually, not just beer. It was something he called a "mixture of stupid stuff." Calls from cable network television stations poured in Tuesday, when he still had sore muscles and nerves from the venom. It happened at a barbecue with friends. Wilkinson, 23, had downed a six-pack and his ex-girlfriend asked him for a beer. He handed her one, not realizing the snake was also in his hand. "She said, 'Get that thing out of my face,'" Wilkinson said. "I told her it was a nice snake. 'Nothing can happen. Watch.'" So he stuck the snake in his mouth. "It got a hold of my tongue," he said. He was having breathing problems when his ex-girlfriend drove him to the hospital. "She was the only one sober," Wilkinson said. En route, they spotted a police car and asked for help. His next memory, he said, was waking up at the hospital. Doctors could not get a breathing tube down his throat. Dr. Richard Mullins cut a hole in Wilkinson's neck to insert the breathing tube. Physicians started giving antivenin, moved him to intensive care and kept him sedated until the swelling went down. The Poison Control Center sees about 50 people a year with snake bites, usually hikers. Deaths from rattlesnake bites in Oregon are extremely rare. Wilkinson, who works in construction, has yet to return to work. His three Western diamondback rattlers have been removed from his home. He says co-workers have been pretty blunt. "They were like, 'What the heck were you thinking?'" Wilkinson said. The answer? "It's my own stupidity."

At least he admits it... and is anyone surprised that alcohol is involved? Almost a Darwin candidate, but not quite

[Captain Obvious]

I think the alchol thing is a bit of an excuse... i mean, i have been pretty hammered and NEVER would i have thought sticking a live snake in my mouth is a good idea. Or, if i have been wasted enough to think that, i was physically incapable of it.


EDIT: Cool! now am a Zhentarim Guard! Although, the Drow was pretty cool too

[Cloudbringer]

Ooooooooookaaaaaaay......Well, there's one you won't want your kids imitating! Don't you teach toddlers not to put everything they see into their mouths? LOL

I agree with you, Captain Obvious! Even quite drunk, most people would remember that snakes bite and can be poisonous.

I'm just guessing here...but doesn't sound like the girlfiriend was terribly impressed, either!

[Ilander]

Nice, Cloudy.

I have a phobia of being bitten (I think it's a good one to have!), and as such, cringe a bit at the thought.

Would've been much worse if it had been a spider.

[Bungleau]

I don't know if she was his ex-girlfriend before or after this display of... anti-intelligence

But yeah... I don't think I've ever been that drunk

[Dragonshadow]

I don't think any of us have ever been that drunk.

[dplax]

Wilkinson, 23, had downed a six-pack

After a six-pack he did that? Sheesh...what would it have been after a bottle of whisky?

[Cloudbringer]

Originally Posted by dplax After a six-pack he did that? Sheesh...what would it have been after a bottle of whisky?

A python? Or a bear trap?

[pritchke]

At first I thought this thread was about OJ.

I wonder if anyone else in the world even those dead or not yet born as been bitten on the tongue by a rattlesnake. He is most likely the first and possibly the last.

[Dreamer128]

Ah.. the world is full of idiots. Down here, they just arrested a duo that was trying to smuggle marijunana into a policestation.