I specifically told her not to put it up her nose

Every time I hand them out to the girls I tell them the tale of how my school friend Roy Anderson got one stuck up his nose and had to go to the nurses office. So, we were at the beach last weekend and I hand them one each. I again tell the tale about Roy and I also say don't choke on them because Granny Barnett would be worried about that. I say that about most candy and stuff because Granny Barnett is worried about that - Ian calls it my families' disaster planning scenario gene.

Anyway, we are loaded in the car, all safely bucked in. We pull the car out of the parking spot. Ian is driving, the music is on, A/C blasting and we hear the scream. You know Sawyer, this is not a low key scream, we are talking full on mega volume. She is screaming - "It's stuck up my nose!, It's stuck up my nose, help me".

Ian and I exchanged a quick eye roll and I dive out the passenger door, pull open Sawyer's door all the while yelling "I specifically told you not to put it up your nose".

I got to Sawyer in time to see the orange TIC TAC disappearing up her left nostril. Yes, a tic tac. Bullet shaped, small and not meant to be up your nose.

I had visions of explaining this one in the emergency room at Hilton Head (we know where it is on Hilton Head because of an incident a few years earlier with Romay).

I'll not get into the gory details but I managed to extract the TIC TAC before she panicked any more and before it got stuck further up into her nose.

I don't get it - I specifically told her not to put the tic tac up her nose and what does she do? Sticks it up her nose!

The picture above shows Sawyer. I've titled it - "Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth but tic tacs melt in her nose".

(Orange snot came out of her nose later, because the tic tac melted some while it was up there).