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Enola Straight
10-14-2002, 12:10 AM
Snorkin' up some tonsil stones, I wondered, are the bacteria that made this shit still active inside the stones?

Are the bacteria aerobic or anaerobic?

If I spit a stone into a nutrient solution, would the stone grow?



BTW, my latest batch of stones were ORANGE instead of off-white.
Should I be concerned?
DarrenS
10-14-2002, 01:18 AM
Enola - sorry for the mini-hijack - but how do you get them out?! The ones I get are lodged in there so deep, it's impossible to get them out.
Wonko The Sane
10-15-2002, 12:02 PM
Ewwww!
Enola Straight
10-26-2002, 01:11 AM
I just snorked up another orange stone!


How do I get them out? Push the back of your tongue against the punching bag thingy while trying to swallow the thingy and sniffing through your nose, simultaneously.
Wikkit
10-26-2002, 02:54 AM
Do the orange ones taste as horrible as the off-white ones?

I always thought it was basically the same stuff as tooth plaque. Perhaps researching it would give you your answer about the life.

Have you been eating Cheetos?
lee
10-26-2002, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by DarrenS
Enola - sorry for the mini-hijack - but how do you get them out?! The ones I get are lodged in there so deep, it's impossible to get them out.
I believe one doper used chopsticks. I am not endorsing this procedure.
CrankyAsAnOldMan
10-26-2002, 03:28 PM
Anyone who can't get enough of this topic, don't forget their other name is "tonsilloloths" or somesuch. Helps with google searches.

God they smell like death.
Rysdad
10-26-2002, 03:51 PM
Tonsiloliths (http://www.therabreath.com/art_pndrip.asp)

This article says they're anaerobic.
istara
10-28-2002, 02:02 AM
Before I had my tonsils removed they had been cheesy-leaking infected sponges for the past six months. It was the god-awful-reeking white stuff, never orange. It was soft and cheesy though, not hard or stonelike.

My health has been so much better since the tonsilectomy - far less colds, coughs, sore throats.
NajaSong
10-28-2002, 02:21 AM
Good grief! I thought it was some freakish thing only I had. I guess I don't feel so bad, now that I know they have a name.

I really didn't have anything to offer there, now did I? :o
Athena
10-28-2002, 08:51 AM
Every time I read one of these threads, I thank God that I had a tonsilectomy at age 12. I've never experienced one of these things, and hopefully never will.
davejg
10-28-2002, 03:39 PM
I had these things as a kid so much they drove me crazy, and I'd try to get at them with my tongue. After years, guess what terrific feat I achieved? Yup, I can get the tip of my tongue back there to dislodge the Demon Ore.

An added bonus: I can now put my tongue in my nasal cavity.

Just thought I'd share.
NoClueBoy
10-28-2002, 09:17 PM
when I was six, I had to get my appendix taken out. Visiting me in the hospital, my eight year old brother said, "hey don't be too sad, little brother, at least you get to have all the ice cream you want."

I said, "Jimmy, I think that's tonsils."

Jimmy, "No. I'm pretty sure it's ice cream."
phouka
10-28-2002, 10:18 PM
My guess is that the orange color indicates a worse than usual infection.

I get them too. Went to an ENT, hoping to be taken seriously (the last doc blew me off), and she ended up finishing my sentences for me. The verdict? They'll keep doing that until I have them out. And the recovery period for adults is at least two weeks.

Which means that my not-so-little teacher tonsils will have to wait until summer. Grrrr.
Enola Straight
10-28-2002, 11:05 PM
Well, there's one upside to this problem: tonsil stones are like cigars...sure, they stink, but they taste great!
:eek: :rolleyes: ;)
istara
10-29-2002, 01:42 AM
Originally posted by davejg
I had these things as a kid so much they drove me crazy, and I'd try to get at them with my tongue. After years, guess what terrific feat I achieved? Yup, I can get the tip of my tongue back there to dislodge the Demon Ore.

An added bonus: I can now put my tongue in my nasal cavity.

Just thought I'd share.
OK now I'm sittting here in the office half choking myself and making gurgling noises with my tongue.

(a) Where the hell is the nasal cavity?

(b) How long is your tongue?
davejg
10-30-2002, 01:59 AM
:)

I may be calling it by the wrong thing, but it's some sort of nasal something.

You know that thing that hangs down in the back of your throat, your uvula? (In cartoons, Jerry would always use it as a punching bag when he was in Tom's mouth :) Well, if you could reach back and pull it down, you'd find out that it's attached to some flappy skin on the roof of your mouth. Stick your finger on the roof of your mouth and move it backwards. Just about the time you're gagging yourself, you'll feel the skin go soft. Just above that skin is a nasal passage way. When you laugh and milk comes out your nose that's how it got there. What's in there? Well... snot and membranes.

And it's not really an issue of my tongue being long, just limber. Like I said, years of being driven crazy by "tonsil stones" trained it to bend back well. I can also rotate it upside down without touching it.

No, this isn't a personal's ad :)
Enola Straight
11-05-2002, 03:13 PM
ANOTHER orange stone!
manhattan
11-05-2002, 05:50 PM
You know, sometimes I really, really enjoy this moderator gig.

Other times, not so much.

;)
black rabbit
11-05-2002, 06:39 PM
Too bad Halloween was last week, what with the festive colors and all.

You're welcome.
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor
11-06-2002, 02:58 PM
Do these "stones" appear anyplace besides the tonsils?