Your options are limited here, but you do have options. Your attacker is pushing your head down, and you can use this against him. If the table is of the sort that rests on a column in the center (rather than on four legs), grab the edge of the table nearest you and push down, ducking your head as you do. This gets your head out of the bowl. Because your attacker is pushing down, he will stumble forward and there is a good chance that the other side of the table will rise and meet him in the face. Even if this does not happen, you can twist away to escape his grasp. If the table is four-legged, this will not work, but you still have options. The simplest move is one that breaks your attacker's grip and allows you a counterpunch to his face. 1. Twist your body and head to one side. If you are right-handed, twist to the left. If you are left-handed, twist to the right. This gets your head out of the bowl. 2. As you twist, reach your weak hand behind you in a wide arc. Imagine reaching for your wallet in a back pocket, but swing your arm high over your head first. This will break your attacker's grip on you. 3. As you complete this twist, punch your attacker with your strong hand. Face is good, nose is better, throat is best.

I think if you eat the cereal real fast. you should be OK.

What i would suggest is that take you'r arm upwards motion and while you can move you'r arm grab his wrist and twist it abit and if you can't kick you'r self backward's as if yuo were about to fall out of the chair but most bowls dont hold alot of liquid so personally i would drink my way out of it and this part isn't suppose to be sarcastic or funny! you have to do what ever it takes to get out of any situation but i still suggest grabbing his wrist not his hands but his wrist only and while you have a hold on it get and apply you'r under arm above his elbow while twisting his arm to knock him to the ground at the same time apply you'r left foot behind his knee's while twisting and moving his arm above his head pull him to the ground

Pretend that you drowned in the cereal bowl, when the person checks your pulse spring to life (well, you weren't dead) catching him/her by surprise and do your best to get away while he/she is in shock!

My first move would be, and always is, to sit with my back to the wall. Then no one can ever sneak up behind you. Remember these truths: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Better safe now, than sorry later A man who does not plan long ahead, will find trouble right at his door.

The main thing I could sugest is using your instincts, you can't really plan that much what you would do, especially in such an odd situation. You would have an advantage of tools - push the table away from you if possible and the bowl will fall on the floor and release you, or maybe hit the attacker with your spoon or stab him with a fork if you were lucky enough to be eating fish that morning.

That is exactly why it is never safe to put milk on your cereal.

I'm wondering how likely or even how frequently this situation would ever occur? First of all, I'm a little confused by the scenario. If you're sitting at a breakfast table in your home and there are only family members present, this would be sibling rivalry in the extreme, or your parents or spouse have tried just about everything else to get through to you. On the other hand, if you are in a public place, such as a restaurant, I can't imagine anyone would have the audacity to sneak up behind another patron and push his or her head into a bowl, whether it be cereal, soup or ice cream that is being consumed. Yes, there probably are some table maneuvers you could try, or if you're skilled in any of the martial arts, you could probably take advantage of your attacker's position, as in, the-bigger-they are-the-harder-they-fall, with the end result that said attacker could end up on the floor with milk and flakes all over the place. But I think what you're really asking here is how to avoid a surprise attack. I suggest sitting in a spot where you have full view of the entrance. I hate sitting where I can't see the entrance -- not because I'm especially paranoid, but it just doesn't feel comfortable. Or if that's not possible, try and sit where the back of you is protected, such as against a wall, or back to back with another diner's chair. As you have probably heard, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Lastly, the odds against this ever happening to you, are definitely in your favor. Good luck! Goldiemae

Perhaps you can play dead - you know, like people are meant to if there's a riled up bear nearby. If there was a riled up bear growling cause someone ate his porrige (served usually in a bowl), and you happened to be the one eating it - a-la Goldilocks, and you got sprung by said riled up bear, you could pretend to play dead.. I'm sure after having done a face-plant in the breakfast, a bear may find it off-putting and choose to let you have his cereal.

There are some pretty good suggestions here, but some of them obviously don't work, because your attacker is a clearly a cereal killer. So its probably a good idea to find out what the last victim tried, and do something else.

Pull pit your gun and shoot him and all companions in the face. Check pulses to make sure they are dead. Bury in yard. lol. What kind of question is this anyway. I think if you have an adversary he will not be drowning you in cereal while you are in your house.

Use the handle of your spoon to stab him in the eye.

It depends on what type of cereal you're eating. If you have something along the lines of Lucky Charms, you should be okay. The marshmallows in the ceral will serve as flotation devices and will not allow you airways to go beneath the surface of the milk. You should be able to sit there all day without any negative effects, other than the milk starting to go bad. If you're eating a type of cereal without marshmallows, you're screwed and will probably drown. Mind as well give up now. Or go get some Lucky Charms.

learn to feel his hand aproaching the back of your head (try listning to his conversation, hes right behind you after all, if the talk goes quiet or you hear the words "watch this" its coming) and train at moving from stting position to stricking position quikly, so that you can anticipate and escape, after that its a small matter of whos first to the chin.

Run away, run away!! (If that doesn't work, good bye forever.)

stop eating cereal out of bowls bigger than your face ... and you don't have to fill it to the brim with the milk ... better to prevent the situation before hand than trying to get out of it while it is happening

I would karate chop the table so the bowl will fall away from my face.. then I would turn around and destroy the 'cereal' killer.