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(BBC)   From a "microbiological standpoint" the water was safe to drink, from a psychological standpoint, not so much   ( bbc.co.uk) divider line
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oldfarthenry [TotalFark]
2013-02-22 11:58:41 AM  

ausfahrk: Didn't witness this, but heard it from my wife and kid: They were at the gym for the kid's swimming lessons, and one of the younger students took a crap in the pool. The staff immediately got everyone out and sent in a Roomba-like vacuum robot to retrieve the turd. We truly live in an age of wonder, my friends.


Y'know - an old skool Pac Man robot turd-eater would be a BIG seller in the pool industry.
 
LewDux
2013-02-22 12:09:45 PM  

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKVXTMGWEc
 
pedrop357
2013-02-22 12:14:09 PM  

Because People in power are Stupid: [img2.timeinc.net image 510x316]


1st thing I thought of when I read about this.
 
BitwiseShift
2013-02-22 12:34:40 PM  
Never drink water myself. Fish function in it.


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gadian
2013-02-22 12:37:24 PM  

Tangenital: The water out at my mom's home in rural Oklahoma tasted funny for a while. Later they found a dead Preacher in the water supply.

/csb
//he didn't alter the pressure ala Miss Lam however


So there was a little bit of holiness in everyone for a while?
 
Breech Birth
2013-02-22 12:45:20 PM  
A guy drowns in our lake a few years ago. We're still drinking from it.
That and the deer and the moose crap in it.
 
Breech Birth
2013-02-22 12:51:39 PM  

DrPainMD: FTA: "Officials said an autopsy on Thursday did not provide a definite cause of death..."

Lack of oxygen to the brain. That's pretty much the cause of death for every person who's ever died.


No, I would say it's the stoppage of the heart. You're an MD, you should know better.
 
screwzloos
2013-02-22 12:51:59 PM  
Based on the video, I'm going with hallucinogenic drugs. This, friends, is why you always get a trip sitter.

I wonder how long she tread water in the cistern before she became exhausted from the cold and drowned? Would anyone have heard her calls for help?

/not one of the ways I'd choose to die.
 
boinkingbill
2013-02-22 12:56:06 PM  
I hope she wasn't one of those:  "I love to pee when I go swimming in the tank" types.
 
MeanJean
2013-02-22 01:01:53 PM  
http://us.cnn.com/2013/02/21/us/california-hotel-water-corpse/index.h t ml?hpt=hp_t3

The tap water "tasted horrible," Baugh said. "It had a very funny, sweety, disgusting taste. It's a very strange taste. I can barely describe it."

/barf
 
earthworm2.0
2013-02-22 01:07:29 PM  
Let's see.....
Asian jokes- check.
Bad water jokes- check
Pic of the walker in the well from the walking dead- check.
I'm leaving.
 
DontMakeMeComeBackThere
2013-02-22 01:24:14 PM  
I wonder how the water could be safe to drink - I assume it was treated/filtered between the tank and the taps?


Also:

mesmer242: Wasn't this a CSI episode or a Bones episode or a Law&Order episode? I swear I've seen this one.


Diseased pigeon in a water tank - but it was House, not CSI
 
katerbug72
2013-02-22 01:26:03 PM  

BitwiseShift: Never drink water myself. Fish function in it.


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lol My Grandma always used to tell me, "You can't strain piss outta water!".
 
Snarfangel
2013-02-22 01:28:41 PM  
Soylent Tea is people!
 
nekom [TotalFark]
2013-02-22 01:28:45 PM  

screwzloos: Based on the video, I'm going with hallucinogenic drugs. This, friends, is why you always get a trip sitter.

I wonder how long she tread water in the cistern before she became exhausted from the cold and drowned? Would anyone have heard her calls for help?

/not one of the ways I'd choose to die.


What's worse than drowning? Drowning while tripping balls! Must have been hell, if that was indeed the case.
 
darcsun
2013-02-22 02:02:17 PM  
They mention that they had to cut open the top to get her out.  I'm sure she was bloated and all.. but still, how did she get in in the first place?
 
Long Duck Dong's Aww-toe-moe-beeel
2013-02-22 02:02:18 PM  
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Mouth: "This supposed to be water?"
Mama Fratelli: "It's wet ain't it? DRINK IT!"

Grosso Mikey.. Grosso.
 
HairyTwatter
2013-02-22 02:37:04 PM  

darth_badger: I bet she thought the cistren was a giant Coke can and she fell in while attempting to urinate in it.


You magnificent bastard
 
Somaticasual
2013-02-22 02:39:54 PM  
That's too bad. They had the only long pig on tap..

//aren't you glad that was an L not an R. Took the high road..
 
SweetDickens
2013-02-22 02:49:54 PM  
What gets to me is why anyone would ever trust what any "official" says.  Ever!  Remember Fukishma?  Yea that is still going on.....
 
Max Awesome
2013-02-22 05:41:10 PM  
Yeah, there's no way in hell that water was actually safe to drink.
 
911Jenny
2013-02-22 05:48:34 PM  

aevorea: Here's a link to a surveillance camera's footage that shows Ms. Lam's last known location (well, prior to corpse-watering up the place).

It looks as though she is either mentally ill / outta her mind on drugs, or playing drunken hide-and-seek with a companion who's holding down the door-open button.


That video was just flippin' creepy. I half expected it to end up being one of those videos that lures you in then suddenly some horrific picture pops up and a scream or growl comes out full volume.
 
mesmer242
2013-02-22 05:57:49 PM  

DontMakeMeComeBackThere: I wonder how the water could be safe to drink - I assume it was treated/filtered between the tank and the taps?


Also:
mesmer242: Wasn't this a CSI episode or a Bones episode or a Law&Order episode? I swear I've seen this one.

Diseased pigeon in a water tank - but it was House, not CSI


I was actually thinking of this CSI NY episode: http://www.csifiles.com/reviews/csi/cool_hunter.shtml
which does have a woman's body in a rooftop water tank.
 
pedrop357
2013-02-22 06:12:03 PM  
We need to watch all of these people for 28 days after they drank or bathed in that water.
 
duckpoopy
2013-02-22 09:17:42 PM  
If a living person shiat in there it wouldn't be safe to drink. But stick a whole dead ass and colon in there and everything is fine.
 
DrPainMD
2013-02-22 10:22:06 PM  

Breech Birth: DrPainMD: FTA: "Officials said an autopsy on Thursday did not provide a definite cause of death..."

Lack of oxygen to the brain. That's pretty much the cause of death for every person who's ever died.

No, I would say it's the stoppage of the heart. You're an MD, you should know better.


As long as the brain continues to get oxygen (and has an outlet for waste), a beating heart is not necessary.
 
Dadoody
2013-02-23 03:04:05 AM  
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Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute
2013-02-23 08:58:05 AM  

The One True TheDavid: Don't people pee and poop when they die?


I was on a murder trial once and had to view the crime scene photos of a woman that was drowned in her bathtub.   I wouldn't call it pee and poop.  More like a complete evacuation.  Like everything inside of you just relaxed and let loose.

The More You Know.
 
The One True TheDavid
2013-02-23 02:05:45 PM  

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute: The One True TheDavid: Don't people pee and poop when they die?

I was on a murder trial once and had to view the crime scene photos of a woman that was drowned in her bathtub.   I wouldn't call it pee and poop.  More like a complete evacuation.  Like everything inside of you just relaxed and let loose.

The More You Know.


You think he'd have the decency to clean her off afterward. Didn't they have a hand shower? When my longhaired dog has diarrhea we stand him on the tub and hose his rear end off, so I know it can be done.
 
RufusLake
2013-02-23 07:19:09 PM  
No, "bath salts" comment yet? Really?
 
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