Short story about a girl whose life I saved related to a warning label:
Was walking around a high school after lunch, joking with someone about this warning label. It was one of those squeeze apple sauce packs with a small unscrewable cap, and had a warning that said: "Warning: choking hazard for those 5 years and younger." We thought it should also be a choking hazard for those over 5, since it was definitely big enough to choke someone. A girl walking by overheard and said, "I'll swallow that, I swallow pills that size all the time." This was not a pill, it was a plastic cap. I gave her the cap, and she said she couldn't swallow it without water. I was wearing cargo pants, so I handed her the water bottle out of my pocket. She swallows it and instantly turns a vibrant purple. We're cracking up from the moment she swallows, but she's purple, so I decide to try and Heimlich her. I run behind her and start that squeeze/dry hump thing. I'm holding a pack of apple sauce in my hands, though, and the cap's in her throat, so every squeeze sends a jet of apple sauce across the hall. Eventually, the cap, a bunch of water, and a bunch of vomit go shooting out of her throat, and she runs off to throw up more.
I got a card some time later from her, thanking me for saving her life.
edit: Just to clarify, I don't think I saved her life. I do think it's hilarious that she sent me a card thanking me for doing so.
Was walking around a high school after lunch, joking with someone about this warning label. It was one of those squeeze apple sauce packs with a small unscrewable cap, and had a warning that said: "Warning: choking hazard for those 5 years and younger." We thought it should also be a choking hazard for those over 5, since it was definitely big enough to choke someone. A girl walking by overheard and said, "I'll swallow that, I swallow pills that size all the time." This was not a pill, it was a plastic cap. I gave her the cap, and she said she couldn't swallow it without water. I was wearing cargo pants, so I handed her the water bottle out of my pocket. She swallows it and instantly turns a vibrant purple. We're cracking up from the moment she swallows, but she's purple, so I decide to try and Heimlich her. I run behind her and start that squeeze/dry hump thing. I'm holding a pack of apple sauce in my hands, though, and the cap's in her throat, so every squeeze sends a jet of apple sauce across the hall. Eventually, the cap, a bunch of water, and a bunch of vomit go shooting out of her throat, and she runs off to throw up more.
I got a card some time later from her, thanking me for saving her life.
edit: Just to clarify, I don't think I saved her life. I do think it's hilarious that she sent me a card thanking me for doing so.