Vitamin C can Cause Harm...

~ Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM ~

What has Vitamin C gotta do with my post today? Well, I have chosen prompt #4 ("Share a joke that always makes you laugh.") from this week's Writer's Workshop and will explain further in details...

You see, few years ago while I was still working in the IT line, I had the privilege of working in the same place with my best friend, although we were both supporting different subsidiaries, but because we were both in IT department, we were so lucky to be in the same floor and seated on the same cubicle row, just 1 table apart.

So anyway, one day I popped over to her cubicle and offered her one of this:

* Image taken from Google search

Just a cute little Vitamin C tablet which I had just taken few seconds before I went over to her place.

To be honest, I am not much of a health freak person, my idea of staying healthy is to take vitamins like this. Exercise? Ermmm... nope... Eating vegetables? Ermm... nope... So yeah, this bottle of Vitamin C has been a daily intake activity of mine during my working days.

I had just managed to tell her "Hey, try this out!" and was about to tell her to pop it into her glass of water first when right in front of my very shocked-till-they-turned-into-gigantic-sized eyes, I see in really-really-really-slow motion... of her taking the vitamin C tablet off my palm and popped it straight into her mouth. I repeat...

Straight - into - her - mouth....

I could only managed a gasp, still stunned at what I have seen when she immediately started putting one of her hand to cover her mouth. I did managed to see the top surface of her tongue started bubbling...

* Image taken from Google search

Yeah, you see the bubbling picture above, instead of the water bubbling in the glass, imagine the vitamin C tablet bubbling in her mouth!

Yeapp.... what a memorable mental image... You see, before I could tell her that the tablet is a water soluble type, my friend happily popped it into her mouth thinking it was one of those latest sweets or candies around (I used to have this big basket of candies on my desk for my colleagues to take for free)

So anyway, after a few seconds of rushing to grab some tissue papers for her to spit out the tablet into, we managed to keep the situation under control, of course, throughout the whole incident, we were like laughing non-stop and yet panicking at the same time.

Oh man.. I hope she will forgive me for putting this out for the whole world to read but this has always been one of the funniest memory I have (and cherished!) till today...

** This post is written as part of this week's Writer's Workshop.

Comments (9) -

mom2kiddos

Haha...reminds me of eating that pop-in-your-mouth sweet. Can't remember what you call it already.

Stasha

Oh dear. But I am sure the breath was nice and fresh and oh so healthy.

Kat

I did that once myself! I bought them at the pharmacy while my inlaws waited for me outside. As we walked to the restaurant I popped one into my mouth to the horror of my brother in law but being the sort of girl to never admit defeat I eat the thing! Ah, pride comes before the bubbly! Needlesstosay I drank about a gallon of water once we got to the restaurant!

Carrie

LOL, like healthy Pop Rocks Smile

visiting from Mama Kat's

Dominique

That's really hillarious.. I do take those type of Vit C but it's the 1st time I'm hearing someone actually pop it in the mouth directly.

Miki Chua

*phew* u nearly scared me to death... i am taking the exact same Vit C. I tot it was really harmful... u ar~~

Jenny @ I'm a full-time mummy

Hey Germaine!
Yah yah, I remembered one of those pop in your mouth sweet, but those, we already expected going to pop in the mouth ma... ;P

Hi Stasha!
Hahah... thanks for visiting! Smile

Hi Kat!
LOve it when you said 'pride comes before the bubbly!'. That was hilarious! Thanks for visiting! Smile

Hi Carrie!
Thanks for visiting! Smile

Hey Dominique!
Yup, first time I see with my own eyes the tablet being popped into mouth! Tong

Hey Miki!
Haha, sorry for scaring you! Tong

uncle Lee

Hi, Wow! I can imagine you both hitting the panic button.
Could have been mistaken for being rabid, ha ha....Imagine if on a bus, in public.
I guess that'll be the last time she ever pops anything into her mouth without checking, ha ha.
Have a nice weekend.
Lee.

Jenny @ I'm a full-time mummy

Hi Uncle Lee!
Yes, a memorable and funny lesson to us both! Tong You have a great weekend too! Smile

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