Darwin is cheated again

[Doubting Thomas]

Kid downs a quart of soy sauce on a dare, goes into a coma, lives.

http://www.examiner.com/article/soy-sauc...after-dare

[Minimalist]

Asshole.

[Jackalope]

In the end, the Reaper Darwin will get what's his. Someone that stupid is bound to do more fatally stupid things, and luck only goes so far.

[Something completely different]

lol

Now to round two!

[The Grand Nudger]

LOL, I don;t know if I'm doing my youngest daughter (Morrigan) a disservice in telling this tale.....but....

When she was three, she somehow got ahold of a morton salt cylinder. She pried the spout out - and went bottoms up. I catch this horrifying little episode from across the room and sprint over the disney debris between her and I to save my baby from herself - as it were. There was no way for me to know how much salt she'd ingested - though for some reason or another I wanted to imagine that it was a hell of alot more than any other kid could ingest.......

My head is swimming with horror stories from my own childhood - growing up near and on the coast - and all of the safety lessons and dire proclamations with regards to the consumption of salt (specifically salt water) that this entails. My first instinct is to either call 911 or drive her to the ER (get her stomach pumped). But, having had "panicked parent" moments turn out to be rather embarrassing once I made it to the ER before...I did what any responsible caregiver would do - I decided that it would be wise to consult the internet, that bastion of good parenting advice and oracle of what is or is not an impending risk to one's (or one's child's) life.....first.

As it turns out, it takes more salt than I'd imagined (or was led to believe) to pickle ones brain (though not quite as much as I would like..given the scenario I was facing at the time). So I decided that I'd watch her for just a little bit to see if I could detect any change in her behavior that would lead me to conclude that there was a problem. I was expecting her, I suppose, to stumble around like a grog soaked pirate - though why I was expecting this at the time - I couldn't tell you today. In the end, she must not have ingested as much salt as I imagined (but I still think that there's something to be said for how much style she had in the doing of it, certainly more style than any other kid could muster up).

I suppose Morrigan just wanted Morton (and Darwin), to know that no shits were given - that they didn't have anything on her. Either that, or I need to watch her silly ass just a little more closely.

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