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When vinegar pranks go bad.

Moby | 23/10/2007

In Russian style we were drinking shots of vodka as toasts.

Well into the session one of the group decided it would be a funny prank to have some people drink white vinegar. Long story short, 2 of us ended up drinking a shot of vinegar.

Under normal circumstances I don’t think this would have caused any problems, apart from a possible instant vomit/bit of a gag. Said Swedish prankster refused to take it himself, claiming he didn’t know the effects when he did. bad Karma to him.

However what the pranksters didn’t know (I really hope not), was that they gave us distilled vinegar, 70% Acetic acid! According to online sources distilled vinegar isn’t usually stronger than 5%. I guess said sources didn’t check with the Russians.

The result was very swollen tounges, extreme levels of salivating for 3 days, burnt throats and mouths and great difficulty eating/swallowing/sleeping etc.

Goes down as one of those, ‘umm’ moments in travel.

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