01-14-2004, 10:39 AM
do you have to be to choke on your food so much so that you need the Heimlich maneuver? I mean, come on. Sure, I've had things "go down the wrong way" before, but never to the extent that it's threatened my life.
I can see it happening to small children, I suppose. But once you reach a certain age (I'd say 6) there is really no excuse for not knowing how to eat.
The reason I bring this up is because I just witnessed my first ever Heimlich maneuver. All I really saw was the tail end of it when I turned around and it looked like 2 guys were humping. Then the entire restaurant broke out in applause, as if to say "Congratulations, you've been eating for 35 years yet you still have no fucking clue what you're doing. You were almost killed by FOOD. And not even expired food or poisoned food or anything. You are a real winner!"
I can see it happening to small children, I suppose. But once you reach a certain age (I'd say 6) there is really no excuse for not knowing how to eat.
The reason I bring this up is because I just witnessed my first ever Heimlich maneuver. All I really saw was the tail end of it when I turned around and it looked like 2 guys were humping. Then the entire restaurant broke out in applause, as if to say "Congratulations, you've been eating for 35 years yet you still have no fucking clue what you're doing. You were almost killed by FOOD. And not even expired food or poisoned food or anything. You are a real winner!"