
9 people were killed when 323,000 imperial gallons (1 468 000 L) of beer in the Meux and Company Brewery burst out of their vats and gushed into the streets.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:40,
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According to legend he died of complications resulting from a strained bladder at a banquet. It would have been extremely bad etiquette to leave the table before the meal was finished, so he stayed until he became fatally ill.
HEARD OF HIM HAVE YOU?
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:44,
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HEARD OF HIM HAVE YOU?

legendary Old West gunslingers like John Wesley Hardin, a man so ornery he once shot a man just for snoring.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:48,
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Every day I strive to expand my vocabulary, and I strive to use my new words the following day.
"Ornery" is new to me.
Tidy. Sweet. Smart. Safe.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:53,
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"Ornery" is new to me.
Tidy. Sweet. Smart. Safe.

Apparently, his bladder ruptured at a banquet with the Holy Roman Emporer - you weren't allowed to leave the table before he did, y'see.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:49,
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surely you would piss yourself before your bladder ruptured?
I know I would, however hard I tried.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 23:09,
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I know I would, however hard I tried.