“French fries kill more people than guns and sharks, yet nobody’s afraid of French fries.” – Robert Kiyosaki

French Fries

Today, I almost died…. And the culprit: French Fries.

Many years ago, I foresaw myself dying at the age of 40, but not because of choking on French fries. It will be such a horrible and hilarious death. One that is featured in the defunct TV series “1000 Ways To Die”. I used to watch that show when I was on vacation in San Francisco with my aunt. It showed various deaths based on real life. These were caused by unorthodox circumstances. One instance involved a botched breast augmentation, which burst aboard a plane. Another story included a couple whose tongue rings interlocked while kissing. They were also performing a speeding car stunt, which resulted in their amputated heads.

The French fries were from my coworker. I started to eat some, and then suddenly, when I breathed, a french fry accidentally went into my trachea. It blocked my airway, and I was struggling to breathe. I feel that I would soon be unconscious as my brain would be deprived of oxygen. So I forced myself to cough more and harder to get it out of my air passage. Success! I can breathe again.

It was a frightening and funny ordeal… that today, I almost died.