Re: The Weekly Dirt, for 31 March '98

At 02:25 PM 4/7/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-04-07 10:25:07 EDT, you write:
>
><< 
> This has been bothering me since I first read it.  I assume the heart of a
> mammal would fail under the same circumstances, wouldn't it?  Such as 4-H
> kids putting a running hose in a hog's mouth to increase its weight?
> Margaret
>  >>
>You could not drink enought in one sitting to kill your self-unless your
>stomach broke.
>What happens is that people over a few weeks consume large amounts of water-
>this water is passed out the body with salts that we need to live- and  low
>and behold there is heart and kidney failure.

But a hog sitting there unable to remove the hose "at one sitting" is at
risk of a lot of problems including a burst stomach in my estimation.  So
much for "nice farm boys" not being cruel to animals.  If I ever see one
doing that, I'll plant my sole on the seat of his jeans, if he's lucky
enough to be facing away from me.  Margaret

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