(Mis)adventures in eating food. These might be funny if they happened to someone else.
- When I was home for the summer from college (years ago), my parents took me out to a local restaurant. My father bit into a pepperoncini, which squirted spicy brine right into his eye.
- I learned long ago to be cautious when eating donuts. I tend to inhale when taking a bite. One quick breath with the white ones and I’m on the floor, coughing out puffs of powdered sugar.
- Not that I’ve ever learned the lesson above. Today I was eating a Thai dish, inhaled at the wrong time, and a few inches of rice noodle went through the back of my throat and into my sinuses. Wriggly noodles slurping back out are bad enough, but this was coated with 3-star spicy chili flakes.
- I occasionally get a cold (or the like) which blocks my salivary glands. As a home remedy, I’ll drink a spoonful of lemon juice or white vinegar; the result is a major squeeze of the glands which seems to help unblock them. But one time I sneezed just as I sipped, sending a tablespoon of vinegar (acetic acid) into my sinuses and out through my nose.
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