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		Bank worker dies after taking too many caffeine pills. I guess they don't air Saved By the Bell episodes in Britain (dailymail.co.uk)		47
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TheAlgebraist		2012-03-08 08:31:08 AM

Subby, I know how long you must have been holding on to this headline, waiting for a caffeine pill overdose. I just want to let you know, it was worth it.

Well done.

Shadow Blasko		2012-03-08 08:32:02 AM

"Mr Fisher suffered from a psychotic condition and had stopped taking his prescribed medication when he digested the tablets.

The inquest was told how he took his life with the caffeine supplements while the balance of his mind was disturbed."

Suicide by speed.

uttertosh		2012-03-08 08:34:38 AM

Shadow Blasko: "Mr Fisher suffered from a psychotic condition and had stopped taking his prescribed medication when he digested the tablets.

The inquest was told how he took his life with the caffeine supplements while the balance of his mind was disturbed."

Suicide by speed.

Speed kills?

Im_Gumby		2012-03-08 08:34:46 AM

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Subbie
Whe

plcow		2012-03-08 08:35:46 AM

Holy fark that's a throwback. How is it that one random episode that I haven't seen since I was a kid came back to me so quickly and vividly, but that I had trouble finding my ID this morning.

Salt Lick Steady		2012-03-08 08:36:20 AM

I'm so excited by this headline.

St_Ides		2012-03-08 08:37:29 AM

I'm so scared.

freewill		2012-03-08 08:37:32 AM

plcow: How is it that one random episode that I haven't seen since I was a kid came back to me so quickly and vividly, but that I had trouble finding my ID this morning.

Senility?

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-03-08 08:38:48 AM

Bank worker? That's a start.

Medical Toilet		2012-03-08 08:38:53 AM

Wow, two Very Special Episode-referencing threads in two days... I'M SO EXCITED

also... coochflap.gif

Im_Gumby: Whar upskirt_roundhouse_kick.gif
Subbie
Whe

Aw shiat, beat me to it.

jimmyjackfunk		2012-03-08 08:39:18 AM

but in the episode she didn't die she just went on to do fantastic work like this (new window)

/didn't Blaire or Tootie do something like this back in the early 80's?

GrymRpr		2012-03-08 08:40:33 AM

Salt Lick Steady: I'm so excited by this headline.

I'm so excited by this headline

/fify

LockeOak		2012-03-08 08:41:26 AM

I would have submitted a better headline, but there's no time.

/no time
//never any time

antidisestablishmentarianism		2012-03-08 08:44:40 AM

It had been a long time since I went through the pharmacology journal but I recall the fatal dose of caffine being something ridiculous like 1600 mg/kg.

vodka		2012-03-08 08:45:55 AM

Ugh, the 90's are now retro. Fark that shiat, worst decade ever.

The_Homeless_Guy		2012-03-08 08:51:28 AM

antidisestablishmentarianism: It had been a long time since I went through the pharmacology journal but I recall the fatal dose of caffine being something ridiculous like 1600 mg/kg.

I think LD50 in rats is like 200 mg/kg. Not sure in humans. Also its quite possible he was being treated with Fluvoxamine (he has symptoms of a mood disorder and possibly an anxiety disorder so it'd be a reasonable drug). Fluvoxamine slows the hepatic metabolism of caffeine/increases its effects.

Salt Lick Steady		2012-03-08 08:53:09 AM

vodka: Ugh, the 90's are now retro. Fark that shiat, worst decade ever.

We give you boy bands and white rappers and this is the attitude you show?

Frantic Freddie		2012-03-08 08:54:40 AM

You can have my Vivarin when you pry it ......pick it up from all over the room.

exatron		2012-03-08 08:54:48 AM

uttertosh: Shadow Blasko: "Mr Fisher suffered from a psychotic condition and had stopped taking his prescribed medication when he digested the tablets.

The inquest was told how he took his life with the caffeine supplements while the balance of his mind was disturbed."

Suicide by speed.

Speed kills?

It wasn't that bad of a movie.

TheRameres		2012-03-08 08:57:16 AM

Came for the "So excited/scared" quotes, leaving satisfied.

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros		2012-03-08 08:58:00 AM

Medical Toilet: Wow, two Very Special Episode-referencing threads in two days... I'M SO EXCITED

I missed the other one...did someone get molested in a bike shop?

Cavemankiwi		2012-03-08 08:58:56 AM

vodka: Ugh, the 90's are now retro. Fark that shiat, worst decade ever.

Someone didn't get laid in the 90's.

Marshall Willenholly		2012-03-08 08:59:35 AM

AC Slater is still hot, though. And those dimples! <swoon>

gummyworm		2012-03-08 09:03:09 AM

ZAZ		2012-03-08 09:06:05 AM

in Mr Fisher's case the level had reached 367mg of caffeine per litre of blood

That's .04%. Caffeine must be about ten times as toxic as alcohol.

BigLuca		2012-03-08 09:06:56 AM

The_Homeless_Guy: antidisestablishmentarianism: It had been a long time since I went through the pharmacology journal but I recall the fatal dose of caffine being something ridiculous like 1600 mg/kg.

I think LD50 in rats is like 200 mg/kg. Not sure in humans. Also its quite possible he was being treated with Fluvoxamine (he has symptoms of a mood disorder and possibly an anxiety disorder so it'd be a reasonable drug). Fluvoxamine slows the hepatic metabolism of caffeine/increases its effects.

Plus that the dose that 50% die. You just need 100 kids to dose in the 1% lethal range, and bob's yer uncle.

DubyaHater		2012-03-08 09:12:10 AM

I'm so excited....I'm so excit.....*Thunk*

weapon13		2012-03-08 09:16:13 AM

Rozotorical		2012-03-08 09:19:24 AM

Good thing he didn't smoke cannabis that shiat could umm, ahhhh do something.

Louisiana_Sitar_Club		2012-03-08 09:30:51 AM

freewill: plcow: How is it that one random episode that I haven't seen since I was a kid came back to me so quickly and vividly, but that I had trouble finding my ID this morning.

Senility?

Oh, ouch.

poot_rootbeer		2012-03-08 09:45:10 AM

Pep pills, pep pills, Beverly Sills, oh boy *slap* oh boy.

NHL88		2012-03-08 09:53:14 AM

itsfullofstars		2012-03-08 09:59:28 AM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-03-08 10:04:08 AM

Medical Toilet: Wow, two Very Special Episode-referencing threads in two days... I'M SO EXCITED

All we need now is for Mr. Belding to die in an autoerotic asphyxiation incident.

/Wait, that was Saved By The Bell The New Class, wasn't it?

ph0rk		2012-03-08 10:13:11 AM

vodka: Ugh, the 90's are now retro. Fark that shiat, worst decade ever.

I think the worst decade ever was really about 1986-1994

True, some good shiat came out in 1992, and 1988, but the age of the ridiculously oversized sweater shall live on in infamy.

I wonder what people will shudder about in 2032. Skinny jeans, or will they be back in style again, like skinny ties?

StreetlightInTheGhetto		2012-03-08 10:13:15 AM

What are you talking about-I don't need pep pills to be suspicious-If I wanna comment on it, I'll comment on it-Who's gonna stop me-You, Pep Pill Boy?-Pep boys- pills-Beverly Sills-Oh boy ah boy-Uh oh-uh oh...

/Because I got beat to I'm So... Scared!
//Christ, I don't know how I remember that episode either. That's about the only one I do remember, that and vague memories of some Hawaii trip with a new cast member
///sigh

signaljammer		2012-03-08 10:13:25 AM

Knew a girl in HS that somehow got busted for weed, had to spend the night in jail, had 5 15mg dexadrines on her that she didn't want the authorities to find, so she swallowed them! Said she didn't die, but that she often wanted to!

Layzerd		2012-03-08 10:13:33 AM

Evil-Imposter		2012-03-08 10:13:50 AM

It's threads like this one that make me want to hug every last Farker/Farkette out there.

belhade		2012-03-08 10:46:20 AM

I dunno, I still preferred Liv Tyler's freakout.

3.bp.blogspot.com

/Liv Tyler - so hot
//Liz Berkeley - not so much

trappedspirit		2012-03-08 10:57:41 AM

Wasn't there a fresh prince of bel-air episode covering this? Wasn't Carlton the abuser?

utah dude		2012-03-08 11:03:17 AM

how mg total? ~350 per litre of blood. how many liters of blood do people have?

/sitting tat 600 mg every morning except weekends.
//with 100mg sertraline on top.
///and protandim
////bio-gingko
//DMSO
//and antioxidant loaded vitamins

StreetlightInTheGhetto		2012-03-08 11:20:50 AM

trappedspirit: Wasn't there a fresh prince of bel-air episode covering this? Wasn't Carlton the abuser?

IIRC it wasn't caffeine but shadier pills that Will had in his locker and Carleton thought were aspirin or something WHY THE HELL DO I KNOW THIS

StrangeEmily		2012-03-08 11:29:07 AM

Was the not airing Saved By The Bell episodes in Britain a joke? Because its actually on, ALL the time.

trappedspirit		2012-03-08 11:40:14 AM

StreetlightInTheGhetto: trappedspirit: Wasn't there a fresh prince of bel-air episode covering this? Wasn't Carlton the abuser?

IIRC it wasn't caffeine but shadier pills that Will had in his locker and Carleton thought were aspirin or something WHY THE HELL DO I KNOW THIS

Yeah, seems like I remember getting the idea that they were white crosses or even black beauties but they never quit said what they were.

trappedspirit		2012-03-08 11:40:51 AM

*quite

Teenwolf		2012-03-08 01:59:56 PM

trappedspirit: StreetlightInTheGhetto: trappedspirit: Wasn't there a fresh prince of bel-air episode covering this? Wasn't Carlton the abuser?

IIRC it wasn't caffeine but shadier pills that Will had in his locker and Carleton thought were aspirin or something WHY THE HELL DO I KNOW THIS

Yeah, seems like I remember getting the idea that they were white crosses or even black beauties but they never quit said what they were.

It was Will who had them in his locker, and Carlton thought they were Vitamin E. They sort of chickened out on their "very special episode," as far as I'm concerned, since none of the main characters voluntarily took the pills. Will had them from a friend but wasn't planning on taking them. Carlton only took them because he didn't know what they were.

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