# Think someone he ate disagreed with him?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 6, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933 "2004-10-06T22:09:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/1 "2004-10-06T22:09:03Z")

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I can’t find a link to the story but an Australian man, suspected of cannibalism, has died of gastritis.

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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/2 "2004-10-06T22:25:36Z")

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I knew those clowns tasted funny 😛

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**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/3 "2004-10-06T23:08:48Z")

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Holy shit! You can DIE from that??

I get that! Blaaah! I must read more, y’think?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Niceguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mr.Niceguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Niceguy)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/4 "2004-10-06T23:10:12Z")

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> can’t find a link to the story but an Australian man, suspected of cannibalism, has died of gastritis.

…as he passed his friend in the woods.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/5 "2004-10-07T00:15:05Z")

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> [@Faruiza](#):
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> Holy shit! You can DIE from that??

This guy probably had untreated hemorrhagic gastritis (i.e.: he bled to death).

The story is not a joke, I got it from an Australian radio station during a news broadcast.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-someone-he-ate-disagreed-with-him/267933/6 "2004-10-07T01:53:01Z")

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Mods, _this_ is why we need a vomit smiley!  
Although the OP _was_ funny. 😃