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A question i came upon while drinking water

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:40 am
by MakeCarsStandSTill
I came home threw off my jacket and grabed a bottle of water to drink, and started chugging and then before i knew it some went down the air way lol , yeah i was coughing for a while :laughing: ,, but wat happens to the water that makes it to your lungs or does it ever make it there ??? How does this work?

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:45 am
by Mintbread
Yes it does. The term is called aspiration.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:46 am
by ZooTech
Which is odd, because I aspire not to drown.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:49 am
by jonnythan
Yeah, it happens. Small amounts of fluids will just absorbed right into the body.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:51 am
by ZooTech
jonnythan wrote:Small amounts of fluids will just absorbed right into the body.
C'mon, Dude....save it for Penthouse Forum! :x




























:P

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:52 am
by MakeCarsStandSTill
So water can actually sit in your lungs untill its absorbed???!??! :shock:

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:52 am
by MakeCarsStandSTill
:laughing: NICE ONE ZOOTECH :laughing:

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:53 am
by ZooTech
MakeCarsStandSTill wrote:So water can actually sit in your lungs untill its absorbed???!??! :shock:
Yup! Ain't evolution grand! :mrgreen:

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:57 am
by MakeCarsStandSTill
:laughing: ,, can it hurt you ?? like in any way?

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:00 am
by Big B
MakeCarsStandSTill wrote::laughing: ,, can it hurt you ?? like in any way?
yeah, you get a whole bunch in there, you'll drown