"Awfully disapointed" Russian Worker drinks 8 litres of Vodka

[Bitter Ashes]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090428/tod-laid-off-russian-stuns-doctors-with-7f81b96.html


Laid-off Russian stuns doctors with drinking bout

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Russians are no strangers to vodka, but a binge by one laid-off factory worker who consumed an estimated eight bottles in a session had even seasoned doctors gasping in astonishment.

Sergei Kondratyev, from Yekaterinburg city, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper he had just been laid off and, feeling "awfully disappointed," headed to a grocery store for a bottle of vodka and two lumps of cream cheese.


A friend soon joined the 32-year-old -- whom the newspaper noted was of large stature and thus presumably able to take his drink -- and after that, his recollection of events became hazy.


"We did the analysis and gasped.... According to the most modest estimate, this man drank no less than eight bottles," said the chief neurosurgeon at Yekaterinburg's hospital number 23, Stanislav Chursin, commenting as his patient recovered from a coma.


"His blood contained, as a minimum, twice the deadly dose."


The patient, described by the newspaper as clutching his head while he was interviewed, has vowed not to touch another drop.


Vodka in Russia (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/russia.html) is typically 80 proof, or 40 percent alcohol, and sold in half-litre bottles (about 35 imperial ounces, 33.8 US ounces).


A sign of the times that workers are relying on booze more and more to escape how capitalism has treated them... or a tempting new record to break?

[Bitter Ashes]

I've just noticed. I think I might have put this in the wrong place. Although I must admit that, as a worker, I'd struggle to drink 8 litres of vodka, I dont think it should nessicily be in "Worker struggles". Mod please? :lol:

[Dr Mindbender]

Just. Wow.

That had to be the mother of all hangovers. :laugh:

[PRC-UTE]

Moved to sciences since it's not a workers action in the sense that forum was set up for. More of an amazing/odd fact

[Bitter Ashes]

I think there was too much blood in my alchohol stream when I posted that there. Thanks for fixing that :)

[Bitter Ashes]

Just. Wow.

That had to be the mother of all hangovers. :laugh:
Yeah. I was thinking that too. Mind you... you dont get a hangover until you're sober again. Lets do the maths! :D
The body takes about 1 hour to break down a single unit of alchohol. A litre of Vodka contains 100 units of alchohol. So... that's 800 units. 800 divided by 24 is 33, which is 5 weeks. So he will be sober and begining that hangover... hmm, In early June! LMAO!

[brigadista]

having "sampled" russian vodka - this man must be sleeping next to his liver now if he survived--that stuff is lethal

[Pirate Utopian]

Bet he could drink me under the table.

[pastradamus]

Fair play to him! thats amazing! I reckon I could manage 2 litres on a good day but 8! Jesus christ!

[Bitter Ashes]

I've been at my calculator again. :laugh:
8 Litres of Vodka is about 15 pints. The average human body has only 10 pints of blood.
He really would have had more vodka in his body than blood!!!:lol:

[pastradamus]

I've been at my calculator again. :laugh:
8 Litres of Vodka is about 15 pints. The average human body has only 10 pints of blood.
He really would have had more vodka in his body than blood!!!:lol:

Did he get a redundancy package by any chance? Because that should be how one celebrates it! :lol:

[Bitter Ashes]

Yup. That's one pickled gentleman. If he'd died then he'd have been embalmed already at a standard even the Egyptians would have found hard to replicate.

[MarxSchmarx]

Do they still give out the Order of Lenin to such heroes?

[Dóchas]

holy shit thats a lot of vodka!!!!! and id say russian brands are much stronger than the ones we are used to!! that guy must be massive to ba able to take that much!! :laugh:

[Revy]

8 liters...that's like four 2-liter bottles. :ohmy:

Even drinking a huge amount of water can be deadly (for example, 8 effing liters)....this guy is drinking vodka.

[RedArmyUK]

Just. Wow.

That had to be the mother of all hangovers. :laugh:

Drink loads (and I mean LOADS) of water when drinking Vodka, it stops my hangovers Poland :thumbup:

4 bottles a night , Easy ( cheap to in east Europe, 90p a bottle in Ukraine)

[Killfacer]

i wish i could do that.

[Louis Pio]

I get a hangover just reading that story, I bet he wished he was dead when he woke up

[Comrade Kaile]

Haha damn, I told everyone us Russians could hold our alcohols. Man he's almost as good as that guy who jumped out the window twice because his wife was nagging him.

EDIT: I think it was either a 4 story or 8 story building, likely 4, since he survived.

[Sasha]

http://pictureisunrelated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wtf-pics-sooo-sleepy.jpg
think i found a picture of the guy :lol:

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Holy shit. 8 litres of vodka would have killed me for sure. :ohmy:

[piet11111]

wow just wow :huh:

[Sam_b]

8 liters...that's like four 2-liter bottles

no way really?

;)

[brigadista]

holy shit thats a lot of vodka!!!!! and id say russian brands are much stronger than the ones we are used to!! that guy must be massive to ba able to take that much!! :laugh:

trust me they really are -but then Russians seem to it drink at with meals like wine-

[NecroCommie]

I laughed my ass off reading this thread. What a friggin dude!!!! :laugh: That is a major achievment, and one should put that in his CV.

"awfully disappointed" hardly does justice to his reaction. "Gee, I am awfully disappointed at the recent turn in my career. I think its a jolly good idea to drink myself to death... twice."

[Woland]

Yeah, a 'major achievement' indeed- though I liked it more when a 'major achievement' in Russia meant sending the first person into space :rolleyes:

Otherwise, an extremely tragic story.

[Revy]

no way really?

;)

We Americans are metric challenged, that's the only way I know what a liter is ;)

[MarxSchmarx]

The patient, described by the newspaper as clutching his head while he was interviewed, has vowed not to touch another drop.

In my experience, that perspective lasts all of two days.

[pastradamus]

Yeah, a 'major achievement' indeed- though I liked it more when a 'major achievement' in Russia meant sending the first person into space :rolleyes:

Otherwise, an extremely tragic story.

No, its a lot harder to skull 8litres of vodka than it is to send a guy into space. No argument here. :lol:

[Dóchas]

trust me they really are -but then Russians seem to it drink at with meals like wine-

ye i guess they are just more used to it than us...but still!! fucking hell!!! :laugh:

[Bitter Ashes]

No, its a lot harder to skull 8litres of vodka than it is to send a guy into space. No argument here. :lol:
The two seem totaly inseperably entwined to me. I mean, put a fuse near this guy and he'd reach orbit I'm sure XD

[Jazzratt]

In my experience, that perspective lasts all of two days.

Is that your experience of drinking 8 litres of spirits?

Also, fuck I thought I'd been drinking a fair bit recently.

[choff]

I was feeling pretty good last weekend after only half a liter. This guy's inhuman.

[GPDP]

So, he had more alcohol than blood in his body?

Clearly this man is the second coming of Jesus, except instead of his blood being wine, it's vodka.

I, for one, welcome our new Russian Christ overlord.

[couch13]

That just made my day...it absolutely made my day. I want a day dedicated to this man, he isn't a national hero, he's an international hero and a demi-god. He deserves a fucking medal.

[Describer]

A sign of the times that workers are relying on booze more and more to escape how capitalism has treated them... or a tempting new record to break?
Nah... It have been same for about 2 centuries already. Heavy drinking is a part of Russian culture regardless of class or political situation :)

[khad]

This thread has been freaking hilarious. Two pages, and no one's figured out how to do math. :thumbup:


"We did the analysis and gasped.... According to the most modest estimate, this man drank no less than eight bottles," said the chief neurosurgeon at Yekaterinburg's hospital number 23, Stanislav Chursin, commenting as his patient recovered from a coma.

Vodka in Russia (http://www.anonym.to/?http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/russia.html) is typically 80 proof, or 40 percent alcohol, and sold in half-litre bottles (about 35 imperial ounces, 33.8 US ounces).8*0.5L=4L

4 liters, not 8.


Nah... It have been same for about 2 centuries already. Heavy drinking is a part of Russian culture regardless of class or political situation :)

I'm surprised that a leftist would say this. I thought we were actually supposed to care about structural conditions.

It is estimated that working class alcoholism in Russia increased about tenfold from 1920s to the 70s, from just a few percent to more than 30%. Since then it has probably exploded even more.

[Catbus]

Sweet Jesus.

[Sarah Palin]

Perhaps in the way that Sherpas adapted to the lack of oxygen in the air in the Himalayas, Russians have adapted to insane amounts of Vodka?

[Verix]

there sould be a city named after this guy, hell there sould be a country!

[Coggeh]

Fuck me.