How cold?

[gruntygiggles]

I lay the blame for this happening solely on the establishment that sold the drink. By its very nature, it's clientele are highly likely not to be capable of clear and sober thought, so no blame should be laid on the girl.

It is the bars responsibility to ensure it is aware of any potential dangers of any ingredients it uses in any way.

This girl has had to undergo surgery that will affect the rest of her life. We can take for granted tucking into a massive roast dinner or going out for a nice meal/pigging out on a take away. Not her. She will never have that pleasure again.

Either the bar didn't bother to learn the potential dangers of the use of liquid nitrogen for human consumption, didn't care, didn't train their staff properly or their staff ignored the training...it just boils down to it being their responsibility.

Poor girl.

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

[snip]...it just boils down to it being their responsibility...

Hate to bring humour in at this point of a serious convo, but...
Science pun intended?

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Steve_God

Hate to bring humour in at this point of a serious convo, but...
Science pun intended?

Uncharacteristically for me, on this occasion, no

Did everyone miss this bit?

Paul Aitchison, chairman of Lancaster City Council's Licensing Act Committee, said that he was at the same bar a few months ago and tried the Nitro Jagermeister drink.Mr Aitchison, who at 20 is one of the country's youngest councillors, said: "I heard about this story this morning and I was quite shocked because I have actually tried it myself. It was quite scary to think that it could have possibly happened to me."

Think it's pretty harsh to be calling the girl an idiot. It's commonly used in these kind of things now so she probably thought it was harmless.

We've all done daft things.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Think it's pretty harsh to be calling the girl an idiot. It's commonly used in these kind of things now so she probably thought it was harmless.

We've all done daft things.

+1

I don't think she can in any way be called an idiot. She was in a bar, she bought a drink.

It is for them to ensure that what they sell is safe for consumption.

[dizzyblonde]

I wouldn't go so far as to say she wouldn't enjoy a Sunday roast again.
An old colleague had stomach cancer and subsequently had it removed. He said he had the gullet(pipe running from throat to stomach) made into it instead. He could still eat, but rather than food hitting the stomach and being digested, it didn't quite work the same for him, so he had to eat things in a certain manner.

I'd presume this lass will be left in a similar fashion after her stomach is removed.

Well it's fortunate for her she didn't die from it.

She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bars fault.

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

This piece got me wondering on two counts:

1 - how stupid do you have to be to drink liquid nitrogen?
2 - how stupid do you have to be to sell a drink containing liquid nitrogen?

Pretty stupid on both counts, although young, naive and p*ssed prob'ly didn't help. It is a well known fact amongst those that know me, I would drink dirty dish water if there was alcohol in it, some people have even seen me performing spillage drills (long story), but that being said even I would refuse a drink with liquid nitrogen in it........well at least until it had been in the glass a few minutes.