Why do we have to contract our throat when swallowing water? I mean it could just slide right down to our tummies.
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It isn’t necessary. I mastered the art of – I’ve always just called it “opening your throat” – when I was maybe nine years old. I believe it’s the same technique sword swallowers use.
True story. When I was a kid, there was a contest announced on the radio, held at a local 7-11 that day. Whoever could drink a bottle of Orange Crush the fastest would win a copy of B.J. Thomas’s new album “Everybody Loves a Rain Song”. I rode my bicycle there as fast as I could, and got there on time. Seven other people had shown up, mostly kids but two adults as well. The broadcast the thing live on air, and when they said “go”, I did my thing and just poured it down.
The radio guys were like, “Now this guy looks OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BOY GO!!!” I won the album and was the most famous kid on my street for a couple of weeks.
I quickly discovered that it didn’t work with root beer. The level of carbonation was too high, and it would come back foaming out of my mouth and up my nose, which made me stop.
The album was crap, by the way.
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