Miscellaneous: Today, my friends and I were drinking boba. On the side of the...

By Noname - 13/03/2009 04:24 - United States

Today, my friends and I were drinking boba. On the side of the cup it said "Please drink carefully to avoid choking on the Boba". I started to laugh at the ridiculousness of the label, and choked on the boba in a coughing fit. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/01/2011 19:14 - United States

Today, I was drinking a bottle of water. My friend came up from behind and scared me, causing me to inhale and choke on the water. Lacking air, I passed out. I awoke to him on the ground laughing his ass off. I almost drowned drinking a bottle of water. FML

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By Rach - 26/10/2023 04:00 - United Kingdom - Glasgow

Today, I was making some tea for my colleagues when I accidentally dropped the tea bag into my cup of coffee. I thought, "Why not?" and took a sip. It tasted like a caffeinated botanical disaster, and the whole office got to enjoy me retch for 10 minutes. FML

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By Kayla - 06/03/2012 00:43 - United States

Today, I choked on a gummy bear and ended up in the emergency room. The first thing the doctor said to me was, "Well, that must have been 'beary' uncomfortable." The entire room burst into laughter. FML

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By negativesoup - 10/11/2016 18:44

Today, I was eating chicken noodle soup for my lunch. It was perfect until the last bite when it went down the wrong pipe. Choking, I coughed up what I'd already eaten. In front of my coworkers, and all over myself. FML

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By blegh - 16/01/2009 04:57 - Switzerland

Today, I reached for my beer and took a huge swallow before I realized that I had picked up my friend's tobacco spit cup. "Vomit" is not a strong enough word to describe what happened next. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/01/2012 17:21 - United States

Today, I was drinking from a water bottle while in a lecture. The water caught in my throat and it felt like I was choking to death. Instead of asking me if I was okay or trying to help, the guy sitting next to me told me to shut up. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/10/2009 00:15 - United States

Today, I was sitting in my bed drinking Yoohoo from a juice box. I decided it would be fun to see how much I could fit in my mouth. As soon as my mouth was full, I sneezed. FML

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By westwoodcosmo - 27/01/2016 22:35 - United States - Mesa

Today, I took a swig of my Dr Pepper while having a meeting with my manager. As soon as I was about to swallow, I began coughing, and spat a whole mouthful all over her face. FML

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By suicide - 04/02/2009 15:48 - United States

Today, I took a big sip of water while on a bus. It went down the wrong pipe, causing me to cough and hack loudly. The old woman sitting across from me asked if I was OK. Jokingly, I said, "Just dying." She replied, "You too, huh?" FML

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disadvantage 0

Friday 13 March 2009 12:07

Wtf is boba? Even without knowing what it is, it sounds pretty hilarious though.

quesidias 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 7:31

in canada we call it Bubble Tea, a world of magical yummy goodness

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nuga 0

Monday 16 March 2009 9:14

@40 That happens to me ALL the time, haha. I always think I'm choking at first and then an instant later it's gone. @people arguing over the name: It's called boba/pearls/PMT/etc depending on the person, the area and the country. No use arguing over it so stop insisting you know the 'right' name.

Jali_Malcolm 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 20:44

This is one of the best stories on this site.

cra_z_turtle 0

Tuesday 17 March 2009 22:25

love it!!!

rawchelllll 0

Friday 20 March 2009 18:17

Wooooowww. Genius moves. KInda funny that the company predicted that.

podrummer9209 0

Wednesday 25 March 2009 3:42

LOL. Am I the only one who realized they choked on balls? *shrug* Epic.

thefinalpie 0

Wednesday 8 April 2009 19:30

Hahaha that label was made for you OP

LukeKarr22 0

Thursday 30 April 2009 1:13

Ok, so lemme get this straight. A label on a drink that said to be careful and not choke made you choke? Thats freakin' hilarious in my book, and very ironic too. I think that perhaps that company intends to kill it's customers with their drinks!!!

wrestler17 0

Wednesday 20 May 2009 23:19

I love that when I went to Taiwan with my Chinese class last year the student I was staying with who was from my school and I lived off that stuff... Oh my god I wish they had more of it in the states, I also highly recomend visiting taiwain if any of y'all ever get the chance, Taipei is such fun city and the country side is beautiful practically everyone I met spoke English but my friend was bilingual and native so that helps with getting around and knowing where to go :)