What started out as a fun night on the town almost turned fatal for a UK teen.
According to an article in Yahoo News,18-year-old Gabby Scanlan drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen, and then needed emergency surgery to remove her stomach.
After sipping on a so-called ‘smoking cocktail’ Scanlan apparently experienced “breathlessness and severe stomach pains.”
She was rushed to a hospital in Lancaster, England. Upon finding her stomach was perforated, surgeons had no option but to remove her stomach. She remains in serious but stable condition.
Obviously the drink has been removed from the menu at Oscars Wine Bar and Bistro while police launch an investigation.
Liquid nitrogen cocktails—which give off wisps of ‘smoke’ as the nitrogen evaporates, freezing the drink into a slushy—became trendy in the US around six years ago before finding their way to the UK.
If Scanlan hadn’t acted quickly, she would certainly have died, say her doctors.
I remember a desert I once ordered for my young son. At the time it made for an exciting spectacle, but in hindsight I feel sickened by what could have been, had some of the liquid nitrogen around the dish made it into his ice cream…
Some fun is not worth having, folks.
Which cities are the most promiscuous in Canada? Well, leave it to the "world's largest sugar daddy dating website" to find out. According to a poll by SeekingArrangement.com, which has over 1.7 million members worldwide, some cities are logging more hook-ups and sexual encounters than others.
Any guesses as to where all the horny men are (at least the wealthy ones, anyway)? Survey says:
The least promiscuous places were Halifax, Calgary and Winnipeg.
Though most of the 2,000 sugar daddies polled on SeekingArrangement.com report having between 2 to 4 sexual partners annually, 36 per cent claim to have "more than 7 partners per year," and they were most concentrated in the above cities.
“There is a reason why women get honked at or whistled by construction workers more often than men driving Ferraris or Mercedes," said Brandon Wade, MIT graduate and Founder & CEO of SeekingArrangement.com. "I would imagine that a man who is wealthy is probably having more sex, and better quality sex, than a man without money.”
Do you agree with the whole money-sex correlation? Why do you think some cities are more promiscuous—or at least have a higher concentration of sugar daddies—than others?
Health Canada, Elfe Juvenile Products, and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) have jointly recalled the Graco Classic Wood Highchairs in models: 3C00CHY and 3C00BPN.
The seat may become loose and detach, causing a potential fall hazard.
Graco reported one incidence of concussion in Canada, while there have been 58 reports of seats loosening or detaching, nine of which resulted in falls and minor injuries.
Customers are advised to stop using the high chairs and contact Elfe Juvenile Products for a free repair kit.
For further information, customers may contact Elfe Juvenile Products toll-free at 1-800-667-8184 or visit the company's website.
From January 2008 to March 2011, approximately 3,439 of the chairs were sold in Canada, and 86,000 between 2007 and 2012 in the United States.
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