[Coco] Get to know your neighbors, folks

Paul Fitch pfitchjr at bellsouth.net
Tue Jun 2 19:44:53 EDT 2009


 Roger, I'm really glad you came out of this ordeal ok.  Needless to say,
you'll never look at a steak quite the same way again<g>. Glad you are still
with us.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Roger Taylor
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:30 AM
> To: cocolist for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Get to know your neighbors, folks
<snip>
> 
> On about my second big bite of steak I didn't chew it nearly 
> long enough.  I bet you can figure the rest out.  When it got 
> hung and wouldn't cough up, I decided to try to swallow it 
> harder, then it
> *really* got stuck.  No air flow at all, guys.  I jumped up 
> and tried to cough it out for 30 seconds with no luck.  A 
><snip>
> Then at last, a miracle thrust to my gut from the woman 
> resulted in.... (giggle now, because I'm alive) a huge chunk 
> of steak about 1 inch in diameter hurling through the air, 
> across her porch... it rolled to a stop.  Actually, I saw it 
> in slow motion so it took 
> forever to come to a complete stop.   Slobber was all over the place 
> and the kids were still crying, but a life was saved.  During 
> her last thrusts I was also trying like hell to barf, so with 
> all things combined, the obstacle was pursuaded to move.  I'm 
> still in a little shock I guess.  In 41 years, nothing like 
> that until now.  Get to know your neighbors, folks.  Learn 
> some Spanish?  I refused the idea until now but tonight I'll 
> *probably* Google up "I'm choking" and keep that on standby.
> 
> Lessons learned: chew your food well, know thy neighbors, 
> stay in shape so you can run fast.
> 
> That is all.
> 
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> Roger Taylor
> 
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