In a sick, twisted sense, she accomplished her goal. I'm sure her life insurance will buy a multitude of Wii consoles for the kids.

We have "hydration" stressed to us so much at OCS due to the physical demands that they also educate us on water intoxication to prevent over-hydration. I believe I remember that 1 quart / hour is the target rate for sustainable water intake during days of heavy physical activity.

That's ridiculously hardcore... not to mention bizarre.

Yeah, it's way more hardcore than just camping out, like every other fanboy.

Because she did not wii enough, the wii killed her. Her wii was not able to GoW.

The radio station that ran this contest has fired 10 of its employees involved in the contest. Apparently the morning personalities running the contest had even made jokes on air about people dying from water intoxication and had even received a phone call warning them about the danger of the contest. I'm expecting a suit to follow, despite the waivers that were signed by the contestants.

It really seems wierd to me that the human body will just continually absorb water until the cells are super-saturated. I would think it would just keep flushing out through the bladder or simply make you pee your pants as a defense mechanism. But no, you can just keep drinking and holding it in, and your body will keep absorbing until you die. Wow.

You can get drunk from the water before you get enough in your system to kill you. It messes with the electrlyte balance in your brain or something.

When Monica worked at the group home, they had an individual that had to be monitored at all times because of this. At every opportunity the individual would try to drink as much water as they could hold.

Turns out we are surrounded by appliances designed to despense water...