Am I the only one who has been watching a sporting event, and upon hearing the old cliche “the refs are really swallowing their whistles tonight,” been given an extremely absurd visual of people swallowing whistles? I always thought that was such a bizarre statement to make. Like, why would anyone swallow a whistle? More so, wouldn’t it be more entertaining if they did (I mean, assuming no one chokes and dies of course)?
Well, for those of you along with me who have often wondered about this, we now have our answer thanks to a little Argentinian boy:
Damn. Poor little dude! Look how defeated he looks. This is kind of like what it looks like to be a Titans fan. This is what I look like when I get the hiccups after a night of drinking. Just brutal, and how do you fix that? I mean, I can go force puke when I get the hiccups. But, I damn sure can’t get a toy horn out of my esophagus.
I do want to know what inspired this young gentleman to swallow the horn, though. I guess you could chalk it up to kids being kids…but I don’t remember ever being challenged to swallow stuff like this when I was a kid. It was more of, “bet you won’t jump off the roof of the barn, Stoney.”
(Side note: don’t dare me and think I’ll back down. I jumped off that roof)
Credit to Mashable for the story:
Oh dear. This poor little boy got a rather nasty surprise after accidentally inhaling a whistle from a party horn.
A video the 8-year-old unnamed boy from San Miguel de Tucuman in Argentina was posted by his doctor. It shows him honking every time he breaths in.
Doctor Santiago Gomez Zuviría posted the video to raise awareness about toy safety and the risks children are exposed to.
In the video, the poor little guy looks absolutely exasperated from the honking sound which he emits every time he breathes in. Who can blame him?
Thankfully, the whistle was safely removed and the boy no longer makes that sound.
Holy shit, this story would’ve taken a turn if this kid didn’t survive. Don’t you think media outlets should lead with that part? That way, you’ll know it’s acceptable to laugh at the misfortunate of another. How bad would we all feel if we found out that horn was made out of lead that poisoned this kid? Let’s be more responsible here, major media.
#BeBetter, Mashable.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. A strong advocate of GSD (get shit done) and #BeBetter, he’s down to talk Tennessee Titans and Alabama Crimson Tide football over a beer any day. Check him out covering the WWE for WrestlingNews.co. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley, @WrestlingNewsCo
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