January 04, 2003

Life lesson

When I was in the first grade my teacher told us that her niece had almost died about a week ago because she swallowed a hard candy, which had gotten stuck in her throat blocking her airpipe and causing her to pass out. After she told the story she lectured us to always eat Life Savers candy because they have a hole in the middle so that if this happens you can still breath a little as opposed to the solid hard candy that almost caused her niece to choke to death.

At the time I was somehow aware of the strangeness of all of this and the fact that Life Savers was suddenly a very strangely appropriate name for the candy. I wasn't sure if her advice was wise or the dumbest thing I had ever heard. I'm still not sure. Perhaps she worked for Life Savers candy.

Here's the interesting part - I don't remember anything else from the entire first grade, including the teacher's name or face.

January 4, 2003 01:46 PM