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Amom of three wishing to win a Wii for her children in a radio contest apparently died as a direct result of participation. The “Hold Your Wee For Wii” contest was put on by American radio station KDND 107.9, and contestants had to drink water for an extended period of time without urinating.

From the radio station website:

We managed to get our hands on another one of this years hottest gifts… A Nintendo Wii! We’re gonna give it away Friday morning. All you have to do is call the Rave and tell us your lame, worst, most boring Christmas gift you got this year! It just may get you into our contest! Can you hold “it” in for a long time? We’re having you drink water every 15 minutes! And the last person to go to the bathroom wins the Wii!

They were handed 8-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes and had to hold in their urine. Jennifer Strange participated in the contest and was subsequently found dead of what is believed to be water intoxication.

“She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad,” said Laura Rios, one of Strange’s co-workers. “She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her.”

A next generation console is a wonderful thing to have, but it’s certainly not worth dying for. Please read about the dangers of water intoxication at Wikipedia.

Source: Nintendo Wii News