# 1. Why are so many people into having sex using their mouth and rear which spreads lots of germs IMO

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 11, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562 "2015-01-11T19:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/101 "2015-01-15T19:09:14Z")

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> [@vomit\_comet](#):
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> One in the hand is worth two in the bush…

Anyone who says a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush isn’t putting his bird in the right bush.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/102 "2015-01-15T19:30:24Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> If your tongue is in the right place, your nose would miss the boat entirely[sup]1[/sup], facing forward.
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> [sup]1[/sup]Pun intended.

if its the size of a boat - I’m pretty sure even I could find it.

(yeah, I’m a little dinghy).

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**Author:** ![vomit\_comet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vomit\_comet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vomit_comet)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/103 "2015-01-16T02:25:02Z")

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> [@Cheesesteak](#):
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> Anyone who says a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush isn’t putting his bird in the right bush.

So that’s the problem. I always wondered why it came out with feathers stuck to it.

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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/104 "2015-01-16T04:27:06Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> We don’t _have_ to, do we? Damn, did I miss another memo?

> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> I still think it’s because we’re all dirty, dirty whores.
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> And because it’s fun.
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> BTW, my ancient copy of _The Joy of Sex_ discusses both oral and anal, so I don’t know what the hell everyone’s on about, acting like they’re new and different.

I’ll do you one better! Porn from Victorian Britain (which I have in my academic library, for academic, totally real intellectual research purposes that aren’t made up) revels in oral, anal, ass -to-mouth, you name it.

> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> _I Have No Mouth and I Must Rim_
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> Harlan Analson

> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> “F-ck her now! F-ck her now!”  
> “You be quiet! He doesn’t have to f-ck you now…!”

I love the Dope so much. This thread was a thing of beauty. That beauty that can only be wrought by teasing a poster so weirdly incoherent (slipping into syphilis-induced senility perhaps?), by using indecent puns and x rated Looney Tunes references.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/105 "2015-01-16T05:55:19Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Judges?
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> Yes. We also would’ve accepted _Rear and Mouthing in Las Vegas_ by Grunter Ass Tongues-'em.

That is really reaching (around?), it is as bad as _Doin’ Messy, Yeah_ – Frank Hurtbutt.

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**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/106 "2015-01-16T15:33:08Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> If your tongue is in the right place, your nose would miss the boat entirely[sup]1[/sup], facing forward.

Wouldn’t that depend on your genetic heritage?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562/107 "2015-01-17T02:13:57Z")

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> [@jimbuff314](#):
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> “Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?”
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> \<_Shudders. Violently._\>

And more importantly, does he slip her a little tongue?

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