smarties
growing up, my younger sister and i were friends with twin girls named celia and claire. they were a year older than me, thus seen as more worldly-wise.
one day, whilst playing hide-and-seek, claire called us over to her, saying "look, i found some red smarties! why don't you try them?"
to say i was suspicious would be an understatement, but i popped one into my mouth anyway. it immediately became apparent that these weren't smarties, so i spat it back out. my sister, on the other hand, had eaten five of them. angrily,(for i had now realised that the "smarties" were somebody's discarded tablets) i grabbed my sister's hand and marched her home.

if my sister hadn't spat bits of tablet onto the front door mat just as my dad opened the door, we wouldn't have been rushed to hospital and had to endure stomach pumps.
my sister might also have died.

i know kids can be stupid and cruel, but i hope this one pricks their consciences every now and then.

length? about 8 feet of tubing, up the nose, down the throat and into the stomach.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 25 Aug 2008, 13:23, Reply)