Maria Barbu, 17, has died in Brasov, Romania after she tried to Twitter while soaking in a tub.
She was found in the tub by her parents. The battery appears to have run out and she plugged in the computer to continue to tweet.
Mythbusters confirmed how death could be caused by radios in a bathtub.
Twitter has been at the heart of cases involving death threats, but this is the first that I have seen as an indirect cause of death.
sometimes somebody put yourself in a potencial disaster route for nothing. it is one of this cases.
can i just say LMFAO to leamus’ comment, ‘natural selection’. so brilliant.
lol
I found this Twitter related funny over at Popehat’s blog. Enjoy.
http://www.popehat.com/2009/06/24/the-shape-of-things-to-come/
Gyges,
Yeah, I’m pretty sure factory farming is going to kill us all but it’s going to kill our taste buds first. To me nothing compares to the horror that is a factory farmed tomato made nice and ruby red by ethylene gas (while no where near ripe, had it been green it wouldn’t even be fit for frying) and with all the flavor of a wet sponge. Meh.
Buddha writes: Biologically speaking, probably pork on the taste issue. After all, the porcine is a test animal of choice due to similarities to human biology, morphology aside.
me: eeewwww. pork? like raw pork? does anyone know what that tastes like? those of us who had to take home ec (while the boys took shop) and listened to their mothers and health experts when learning to cook know that one does not eat raw pork. they don’t make it into carpaccio. or sushi. it may be the other white meat but the thought of eating raw tofu that tastes like raw pork which is supposed to taste like raw human flesh is getting more and more vomititious by the minute.
can we go back to strawberries, Please????
Buddha,
Not to mention the diet issue. Seriously though, I had pork chops the other day that while really well prepared, compared to what I (in my extreme old age) remember what pork tasted like in my childhood in the same way farmed trout compares to fresh caught wild trout.
Jim,
Think Pork. Although I’d be pretty insulted if someone compared me to the stuff they sell in Grocery stores these days.
Sorry if this ends up being a re-post, my original attempt is being held up by a little shameless self promotion I tried.
Biologically speaking, probably pork on the taste issue. After all, the porcine is a test animal of choice due to similarities to human biology, morphology aside.
Jim Byrne writes: While I’m sure there may be some twisted consumers that may be willing to purchase it for the novelty; who was the person that determined they had mananged to succesfully reproduce the taste?
me: the same people who said that no one ever went broke underestimating what people will buy? I think it was in reference to gin flavored toothpaste.
my personal favorite toothpaste is called Marvis and its from Italy.Jasmine mint is the best, I think, of all the available flavors.
doesn’t this beg the question : who among us can verify what human flesh tastes like and is there one body part that might be more flavorful than another?
tofu tends to take on the flavor of whatever you cook it or season it with. the texture takes some getting used to, I think, but once one does, it is a good source of protein, very low in fat and easy to digest. its popular with dancers who do have to eat something once in a while and are slaves to maintenance of the ideal body type.
I like it and generally eat it raw, but still can’t wrap my head around tofu hotdogs, tofu ice cream or tofu cheesecake.
Since we’re on the topic of food. [chuckle]
Last night I watched the Independent Lens documentary about the Uruguayan college athletes that survived their plane crash in the Andes. (definately worth viewing)
The story reminded me that someone had created a tofu concoction[sp?] that was supposed to taste just like human flesh -called HUFU.
While I’m sure there may be some twisted consumers that may be willing to purchase it for the novelty; who was the person that determined they had mananged to succesfully reproduce the taste?
GWLawSchoolMom,
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
Lotta writes:
Best way to eat strawberries:
Buy or pick ’em ripe, Take the green thingy off and wash and pat dry. Arrange strawberries pointy side up in a small plate- preferably a white plate. Melt a small bar of dark chocolate and drizzle over strawberries. Nom. NOMNOMNOMNOM. Strawberries and chocolate are an aphrodisiac.
me: other best way to eat strawberries is with champagne, the best you can afford and a bowl of whipped cream, lightly sweetened and perfumed with a small amount of vanilla. while doing the chocolate thing is fine when alone and in need of something spectacular,the champagne way should include someone else. someone you kind of sort of really are into.
Actually, her parents told at the TV that she was making some plans of a meeting with her friends on messenger, not on tweeter, while she was in the bath. The battery turn off so she took the adapter to continue the conversation.
Sad but true!
I found this on the web:
Update: Pro TV, a Romanian news network, has reported that the tween’s name was Flavia Boricean, not Maria Barbu. Also the laptop did not fall into the bathtub, but instead electricity was conducted through Flavia Boricean’s wet hand.
Best way to eat strawberries:
Buy or pick ’em ripe, Take the green thingy off and wash and pat dry. Arrange strawberries pointy side up in a small plate- preferably a white plate. Melt a small bar of dark chocolate and drizzle over strawberries. Nom. NOMNOMNOMNOM. Strawberries and chocolate are an aphrodisiac.
see:
http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/20/the-rubens-plan-being-chubby-and-horny-cited-as-keys-to-long-life/
And this is the thread poor Jim was told to stay on-topic in….LOL