SC - Xanth Books

Susan Fox-Davis selene at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 11 09:06:19 PDT 2000


I reflect that these alleged 'overindulgent' deaths may have another presenting
cause, such as some toxic little 'minor alterations to the original recipe'.
Lamphreys indeed.

Selene

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Catherine York wrote:
> >
> > Well assuming it was not fate that required Eustace and Harry I to die thus
> > leaving England more than happy to have that Angevin Henry II on the throne,
> > I always thought it was tiny bones which caused the eater to turn blue and
> > choke to death:)  I am of course only getting this from SK Penman's _When
> > Christ and His Saints Slept_.
>
> I've always considered choking on a fish bone to be kind of like
> drowning in a teaspoon of water. I suppose it's possible, but the
> biggest danger always seems to be bad judgement brought about by fear.
> For the most part, fish bones that are small enough to put into your
> mouth (especially without your noticing them) are actually chewable,
> swallowable, easily digested, and actually do more good than harm. Now,
> if finding a fish bone causes you to go into a panic attack, and you
> gasp the entire contents of your mouth into your trachea, does that
> still count as choking on a fish bone?
>
> Adamantius, choking on a whalebone from a late-period bodice, thought
> they'd said it was a boudin
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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