Posted on 09/18/2015 6:30:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A wine bar and bistro is being fined over 100,000 pounds for causing a woman severe injuries.
According to the BBC, Gaby Scanlon was celebrating her 18th birthday at Oscar’s Wine Bar & Bistro in 2012.
During the celebration, a bartender gave Scanlon a Nitro-Jagermeister, which contains liquid nitrogen.
“I turned to the man and asked if it was okay to drink. He said, ‘Yes,” Scanlon testified in court. “Smoke was coming from my nose and mouth. Straight away, I knew something was not right. My stomach expanded.”
She was immediately rushed to the hospital, where doctors say she was close to death.
In fact, surgeons had to entirely remove her stomach and connect her esophagus to her intestines.
Experts say that the liquid nitrogen must completely evaporate before the drink is safe.
Health officials say they told the owners of the bar that they had concerns about the drink months before it was ever served to Scanlon. They say they even sent a letter with guidelines on how to properly serve a drink with liquid nitrogen so no one would get hurt.
The BBC says the bar pleaded guilty to one count of failing in the duty of an employer to ensure the safety of persons not in its employment.
The reason the drinking age is 21 here is in the hope you will gain some sense in the three years between 18 and 21.
Dry Ice drinks are all the rage in the “Cool and Trendy” clubs.
There are hundreds of videos on Youtube showing how to make them.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dry+ice+drinks
I dont think it eas entirely the cold. The expansion of the nitrogen probably burst or damaged her stomach. I wonder if you could use it to peoduce extremely long and forceful belches. I’ll let someone else try first. Lol
Poor girl.
I don’t think she was stupid — just trusting. It seems like a harsh sentence.
I would imagine dry ice wouldnt be nearly as dangerous. It would still be really stupid to try to swallow, but probably wouldnt kill you.
Two or three shots before the N2 shot would probably be typical and impair judgement. The poor woman...I feel really sorry for her and her parents.
Literally.
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