So, you take a swig of your beverage, and.....

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
it goes down the wrong pipe.....COUGH HACK COUGH HACK HACK!!!! does this piss anyone else off? 😠

Originally posted by simonrob123
well really it cant go down the wrong hole cause thats your wind pipe and if it went down there you would die

Food and liquid go down one pipe - the esophagus - to your stomach. Air goes down another pipe - the trachea, or windpipe - to your lungs. These two pipes share an opening at the back of your throat.

A little flap of cartilage called the epiglottis sits near your trachea, and every time you swallow, it springs into action. Acting like a little door, it closes off the entrance to your trachea so that food is sent down your esophagus into your stomach instead of into your lungs.

But every once in a while, the epiglottis doesn't close in time. Did you ever have a sip of a drink that "went down the wrong pipe"? Coughing is the body's natural defense against stuff that doesn't belong in the trachea. A good cough often can clear out a piece of food - or even an object - that heads down the trachea. If a person can still breathe and talk, coughing often does the trick.

From kidshealth.org 😖mart:

I was eating a mars bar the other day at work and bit of that went down the "wrong hole"
This girl came up to get served but I had to go into the backroom because I was choking 😮

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
it goes down the wrong pipe.....COUGH HACK COUGH HACK HACK!!!! does this piss anyone else off? 😠

Depends if I was involved in a conversation or not or alone.

If I was around people hanging out, I would lave at the baffoon that I am.
😆

Yeah, I actually almost died from this actually. I had like a whole cup in my mouth, and it all went down to my lungs. I couldn't calm down, and I couldn't breathe for about 2 minutes. My boss had to call 911