Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 8:46 am
Look at him bragging about it which is the worst.
A SWANSEA University rugby captain has gained internet notoriety after posting videos of himself drinking potentially lethal amounts of alcohol.
More than 250,000 people have watched the YouTube videos by 21-year-old Rhys Dixon – whose online alias is Swansea Student Drinker.
Swansea student Rhys Dixon
.In one clip, he downs a pint of neat vodka followed immediately by a pint of Jack Daniel's whiskey. He drinks both in just under 10 seconds.
"I don't taste it because I drink it that quickly," he told the Post.
"I do not open my gullet, I just swallow really fast. Plus I had two cans of Strongbow to warm up."
Doctors and drink charities said this level of excess could give a person a heart attack or leave them in a coma.
But Mr Dixon said he was peer- pressured by friends into recording the videos in what appears to be a case of booze-related one-upmanship.
"It started when I saw a video online of a guy downing a bottle of red wine, and I knew I could do it faster," Mr Dixon said. "Then another person who calls himself Man vs Booze came along and posted a few videos. I thought it was a bit weak and all my mates said "we know you can do it faster". They just kept pressuring me.
"It's not something a sensible human being would do by themselves, I just wanted to prove a point."
Chris Sorek, chief executive of charity Drinkaware, said: "Drinking to excess in a short period of time can cause an individual's blood alcohol concentration to sky-rocket and can lead to nausea, confusion, loss of bladder and bowel control and passing out.
"In the most serious cases, alcohol poisoning can cause slowed breathing and result in a coma or even death."
In one of his videos, Mr Dixon pours a 70cl bottle of Jagermeister into a Pyrex jug and consumes it in mere seconds.
Another shows him glugging a 1.5 litre magnum of red wine in one go.
He claimed he was sick straight after recording the videos and therefore did not feel the full effects of the alcohol. This is not shown in the footage.
"I kept it down and wasn't feeling sick, but then I realised this is stupid, I will die," he said.
"I went outside and made myself throw up. It was five minutes of prolonged chucking my guts up."
He is a third-year politics, philosophy and economics student who wants to go into sales after he graduates in two weeks' time.
He captains Swansea University's first-year rugby team and is originally from Llandogo, near Monmouth.
He claims he has been recognised in Swansea city centre bars and clubs, where people have bought him alcohol and encouraged him to reenact the videos.
Social networking sites such as Twitter have been awash with thousands of messages of support from across the country.
Alcohol-related deaths in recent years have prompted many universities to ban its sports teams and societies from holding initiations, where students often have to drink vast quantities of booze.
Exeter University took this step in 2008 after 18-year-old first-year Gavin Britton died after downing a cocktail of shots and pure spirits during a pub crawl.
Swansea University declined to comment on Mr Dixon's videos.
But shortly after being contacted by the Post, the videos were removed.
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Letha ... story.html
A SWANSEA University rugby captain has gained internet notoriety after posting videos of himself drinking potentially lethal amounts of alcohol.
More than 250,000 people have watched the YouTube videos by 21-year-old Rhys Dixon – whose online alias is Swansea Student Drinker.
Swansea student Rhys Dixon
.In one clip, he downs a pint of neat vodka followed immediately by a pint of Jack Daniel's whiskey. He drinks both in just under 10 seconds.
"I don't taste it because I drink it that quickly," he told the Post.
"I do not open my gullet, I just swallow really fast. Plus I had two cans of Strongbow to warm up."
Doctors and drink charities said this level of excess could give a person a heart attack or leave them in a coma.
But Mr Dixon said he was peer- pressured by friends into recording the videos in what appears to be a case of booze-related one-upmanship.
"It started when I saw a video online of a guy downing a bottle of red wine, and I knew I could do it faster," Mr Dixon said. "Then another person who calls himself Man vs Booze came along and posted a few videos. I thought it was a bit weak and all my mates said "we know you can do it faster". They just kept pressuring me.
"It's not something a sensible human being would do by themselves, I just wanted to prove a point."
Chris Sorek, chief executive of charity Drinkaware, said: "Drinking to excess in a short period of time can cause an individual's blood alcohol concentration to sky-rocket and can lead to nausea, confusion, loss of bladder and bowel control and passing out.
"In the most serious cases, alcohol poisoning can cause slowed breathing and result in a coma or even death."
In one of his videos, Mr Dixon pours a 70cl bottle of Jagermeister into a Pyrex jug and consumes it in mere seconds.
Another shows him glugging a 1.5 litre magnum of red wine in one go.
He claimed he was sick straight after recording the videos and therefore did not feel the full effects of the alcohol. This is not shown in the footage.
"I kept it down and wasn't feeling sick, but then I realised this is stupid, I will die," he said.
"I went outside and made myself throw up. It was five minutes of prolonged chucking my guts up."
He is a third-year politics, philosophy and economics student who wants to go into sales after he graduates in two weeks' time.
He captains Swansea University's first-year rugby team and is originally from Llandogo, near Monmouth.
He claims he has been recognised in Swansea city centre bars and clubs, where people have bought him alcohol and encouraged him to reenact the videos.
Social networking sites such as Twitter have been awash with thousands of messages of support from across the country.
Alcohol-related deaths in recent years have prompted many universities to ban its sports teams and societies from holding initiations, where students often have to drink vast quantities of booze.
Exeter University took this step in 2008 after 18-year-old first-year Gavin Britton died after downing a cocktail of shots and pure spirits during a pub crawl.
Swansea University declined to comment on Mr Dixon's videos.
But shortly after being contacted by the Post, the videos were removed.
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Letha ... story.html
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 1:34 pm
Bullshit.... No one in Swansea can afford one bottle of spirits, never mind 2
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 1:36 pm
there was a scottish lad in butlins who was 17 who could do a ltr of vodka straight in 7 seconds he used to be fucked after that
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 1:41 pm
complete f*cking mong
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 1:46 pm
A lad at Swansea Uni died a few years back after doing a 'chumbawumba' drink, (vodka, whisky, cider, lager).
I would imagine there will be repercussions for this guy being splashed all over the front of the paper. Tit!
I would imagine there will be repercussions for this guy being splashed all over the front of the paper. Tit!
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 1:46 pm
Why are you sorry?
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 2:58 pm
What do you expect from an egg-chaser?
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 3:03 pm
Boys in Pub ! WHEN BOYS GOT MONEY THEY THINK THEY ARE MEN, BUT WHEN ITS GONE, THERE ONLY BOYS AGAIN ! 
Re: Im sorry but What a Knobhead
Mon May 21, 2012 6:12 pm
Was he over the drink drive limit ? 