Man dies after cake-eating contest: officials

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edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
LONDON (AFP) - A man has died after taking part in a competition to see how many cup cakes he could eat at once, officials said Monday.

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Paramedics were called to revive Adam Deeley, 34, after receiving a call saying he was choking at a cafe in Swansea, south Wales, in the early hours of Friday but could not save him and he died in hospital.


He had reportedly been attending a party to raise funds for an exhibition by a local artist.


"Quite a spread had been laid on and when the party finished in the early hours, there was quite a lot left over," an unnamed witness told the Sun newspaper.


"Someone suggested seeing how quickly they could eat the mound of fairy cakes that were left. But suddenly, someone started choking."


The paper reported that five cakes got stuck in Deeley's throat, although police say they are still investigating the cause of the death.


Inspector Paul McCarthy said: "The issue concerning cakes is something we are looking at as a contributory factor in his passing."


In a statement, cafe owners Amanda Davey and Paul Dyke said: "It was a tragic accident and very sad and should serve as a cautionary tale."


The Welsh Ambulance Service said it attended "after receiving a report a man was choking". The local coroner will open an investigation into the death in the coming days.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    thats a trifle upsetting..
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    that 5th one was the icing on the cake
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    5 cakes??? pffftt... what a fairy!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Let this be a lesson. Don't bite off more than you can swallow..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    I think he got his just desserts.
  • You can't have your cake and eat it too!
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    nowadays hits you when you're young
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    apparently he had the brain of a 5 year old... like a sponge they said
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    wtf were was the fucking milk ?? :eek:
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    cake is delicious.

    i would not want to die while eating it.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,928
    Shame...wasn't Adam Deeley Britain's leading historical authority on Marie Antoinette?
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    his family are looking for a SWEET place so they can SPRINKLE his ashes...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    big Eddie Izzard flan.. eh i mean fan .. apprently

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNjcuZ-LiSY


    p.s. you have to watch that!!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    I feel dirty for participating in this thread, but oddly enough I think I am in the mood to hit up 'Crumbs' for lunch and polish off a few buttermilk and cookie dough cupcakes. Of course I'll also purchase milk from the Gypsy store on the corner to wash it all down..yum..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    my oldest is in the Brownies...should we send his family some cookies?



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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,928
    (we're all going to hell)
    They make a great devil's food cake there.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    "Dad is great! Gives us the chocolate cake! Dad is great! Gives us the chocolate cake!"
    I love to turn you on
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    This is the funniest thread in a very long while
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    my oldest is in the Brownies...should we send his family some cookies?



    (we're all going to hell)

    at least we will all be together ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,928
    at least we will all be together ...
    Somebody should bake a cake.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    quote:"Someone suggested seeing how quickly they could eat the mound of fairy cakes that were left. But suddenly, someone started choking."quote:




    KIDS, please donut try this at home.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • jamie uk wrote:
    quote:"Someone suggested seeing how quickly they could eat the mound of fairy cakes that were left. But suddenly, someone started choking."quote:




    KIDS, please donut try this at home.



    Bravo!!!! :D
    24 years old, mid-life crisis
    nowadays hits you when you're young
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    There will be lots of people at the funeral, they say there'll be hundreds and thousands.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Royals32Royals32 Posts: 160
    dunkman wrote:
    thats a trifle upsetting..


    ooooooh, good one!
    #==(o )

    You are not your job.
    You are not how much money you have in the bank.
    You are not the car you drive.
    You are not the contents of your wallet.
    You are not your fucking khakis.
  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    that cake must have been killer.
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  • but...who won the contest?
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • at least he didnt die holding his pee trying to win a Wii
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  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    at least he didnt die holding his pee trying to win a Wii

    Link?
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    at least he didnt die holding his pee trying to win a Wii


    yeah that was fucked damm what people will do for free shit .......
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    jamie uk wrote:
    There will be lots of people at the funeral, they say there'll be hundreds and thousands.

    whoa jk that is your part of the world poor soul ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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