Race Specific Choking Signs in NYC

Of course choking is no joking matter but on a recent visit to a Chinese Take out place in Brooklyn, NY I found the poster above. I often wonder, what intern was assigned this type of project? Out of spite, did they purposely design the characters to look deranged?

Sure it looks like your average choking assistance poster but it was race specific! I had never seen one of these before. I was used to the current, colorful posters that replaced these (below).

The new posters were designed by students at the Parson's School of Design. They managed to add some "Constructivism" to the original posters that are required by the New York City Health Department for restaurants and food services businesses. Yes they are ghastly, but they are a familiar site at all New York City restaurants.

Of course this got me wondering about the choking poster for Indian restaurants. I did a search and nothing came up, so I decided to develop one using, the ultimate Indian couple, Shahrukh and Kajol.

Lets hope that Kajol can dislodge the Chicken Vindaloo from Shahrukh. She looks a bit more worried than him. Shahrukh looks like he is posing for the Paparazzi and even enjoying when Kajol sticks her fingers in his mouth.