Death by gaseous inversion?
July 26, 2007 2:49 PM Subscribe
Can you die by excreting too many things at once?
Okay. I'm going to be crude here. It's easier than trying to come up with pleasant euphemisms for everything.
Say you're taking a leak, and you also burp and fart at the same time.Is it possible to die from this? What other combinations of this phenomena, and are any of them lethal?
Okay. I'm going to be crude here. It's easier than trying to come up with pleasant euphemisms for everything.
Say you're taking a leak, and you also burp and fart at the same time.Is it possible to die from this? What other combinations of this phenomena, and are any of them lethal?
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is one of those rare moonbat questions that is probably better for yahoo answers. Alternate reason for deletion: WHAT ARE YOU ELEVEN??!?!?!?
Is there anything that makes you think you could?
Widespread urban legend. I heard lots of variants of this when I was a kid.
posted by nebulawindphone at 2:54 PM on July 26, 2007
Widespread urban legend. I heard lots of variants of this when I was a kid.
posted by nebulawindphone at 2:54 PM on July 26, 2007
Why would this be lethal? The only thing I can think of that might remotely be a problem is an aneurysm from straining too hard.
posted by rolypolyman at 2:54 PM on July 26, 2007
posted by rolypolyman at 2:54 PM on July 26, 2007
No you can't die from that, unless someone shoots/stabs/mauls you while you're peeing, burping, and farting.
Incidentally, the tags "at," "the," "same," and "time" probably aren't useful here.
posted by ludwig_van at 2:58 PM on July 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
Incidentally, the tags "at," "the," "same," and "time" probably aren't useful here.
posted by ludwig_van at 2:58 PM on July 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
I, too, heard a lot of variants on this when I was a kid.
I stopped giving them any credence when I was about 12.
Why haven't you? Or are you just fucking with us?
posted by dersins at 3:00 PM on July 26, 2007
I stopped giving them any credence when I was about 12.
Why haven't you? Or are you just fucking with us?
posted by dersins at 3:00 PM on July 26, 2007
I remember a performer once telling a story about how his entire family came down with horrible flu, culminating in a description of his son walking out to the living room, coughing, then vomiting and crapping himself simultaneously
The boy lived, but he probably wanted to die of embarrassment once he found out he was part of his father's schtick.
posted by maudlin at 3:00 PM on July 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
The boy lived, but he probably wanted to die of embarrassment once he found out he was part of his father's schtick.
posted by maudlin at 3:00 PM on July 26, 2007 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: That Straight Dope answer is a little less convincing than most. After all, the doctors are posing the question to Cecil Adams.
What if THE TRIPLE THREAT caused a sudden drop in blood pressure? Could that have any effect? I need to know if I need to live in fear of this, or even the dreaded QUADRUPLE threat.
posted by pantsonfire at 3:04 PM on July 26, 2007
What if THE TRIPLE THREAT caused a sudden drop in blood pressure? Could that have any effect? I need to know if I need to live in fear of this, or even the dreaded QUADRUPLE threat.
posted by pantsonfire at 3:04 PM on July 26, 2007
You don't need to live in fear of it. It's a ridiculous concern.
posted by cortex at 3:13 PM on July 26, 2007
posted by cortex at 3:13 PM on July 26, 2007
Swap burp for vomit and fart for spray, and I can safely say 'no'.
posted by pompomtom at 3:19 PM on July 26, 2007
posted by pompomtom at 3:19 PM on July 26, 2007
It won't kill you. But I heard that every time that happens a unicorn dies.
posted by heavenstobetsy at 3:28 PM on July 26, 2007
posted by heavenstobetsy at 3:28 PM on July 26, 2007
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posted by jessamyn at 2:52 PM on July 26, 2007