# a sneezing orgasm?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 15, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073 "2008-10-15T19:18:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@behr\_strat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/behr_strat)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/1 "2008-10-15T19:18:59Z")
i was talking to a friend of mine a while ago and wee got onto the tipic of sneezing for whatever reason. she said to me that a sneeze is one tenth of an orgasm, and that if you sneeze ten times in a row, you guessed it you get the big O. she also mentioned that a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minutes straight. any body got some answers for me? just general disbelief would help my dilema to.
😕
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/2 "2008-10-15T19:27:46Z")
First Woman: I suffer from a debilitating condition – every time I sneeze, I have an orgasm.
Second Woman: That’s sound dreadful. Are you taking anything for it?
First Woman: Of course: pepper!
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/3 "2008-10-15T19:46:37Z")
I would suggest you go to the library and check out [Bonk](http://www.amazon.com/Bonk-Curious-Coupling-Science-Sex/dp/0393064646/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224099737&sr=1-1), by Mary Roach. Note the adorable ladybugs on the cover. The book covers unusual methods by which some people can reach orgasm (short version: people can be complicated and individual, and some reach climax in individual ways), and also quite a lot about pigs (it’s very hard to tell when a sow does anything at all, but in general animal couplings tend to be brief).
I don’t think sneezing is mentioned.
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### Author:  [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/4 "2008-10-15T19:48:12Z")
I love it when I sneeze and it gives me shivers from head to toe.
It’s kind of like an orgasm. There is a tingly feeling, followed by the brief moment of anticipation right before it happens, then release, and then a nice, pleasant, relaxing feeling after it has passed.
And the best part is, you can do it at work or in public.
It’s not nearly as good, but I can see the comparison.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/5 "2008-10-15T19:54:50Z")
As for pigs, [The Master Speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/55/do-female-pigs-have-six-minute-orgasms)
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/6 "2008-10-15T20:21:43Z")
> [@evlkitty](#):
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> I love it when I sneeze and it gives me shivers from head to toe.
> It’s kind of like an orgasm. There is a tingly feeling, followed by the brief moment of anticipation right before it happens, then release, and then a nice, pleasant, relaxing feeling after it has passed.
> And the best part is, you can do it at work or in public.
> It’s not nearly as good, but I can see the comparison.
What, do you only sneeze weekly?
I hae allergies - dust mites, which are almost impossible to tackle - and I HATE SNEEZING.
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### Author:  [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/7 "2008-10-15T20:23:49Z")
Unrelated: Years ago, Robin Quivers, of Howard Stern fame, related the story of having an orgasm in a parking lot standing in front of her car, brought on by simply by rubbing her ear lobe…
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### Author:  [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/8 "2008-10-15T20:49:42Z")
Every once in a blue moon my sneezing reflex will go bonkers. I have, therefore, personally sneezed at least ten times in a row on several occasions.
It was not pleasant in any way at all.
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/9 "2008-10-15T21:16:38Z")
> [@cher3](#):
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> Every once in a blue moon my sneezing reflex will go bonkers. I have, therefore, personally sneezed at least ten times in a row on several occasions.
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> It was not pleasant in any way at all.
I agree. I’m rarely sick, but I sneeze A LOT. And I always sneeze multiple times, usually 3-7 but sometimes a lot more, and it isn’t fun at all. I get light headed and dizzy, and frankly, after about the 12-16th sneeze (my husband counts them sometimes!) I’m usually out of breath and need a moment to recover. Nothing at all like an orgasm.
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### Author:  [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/10 "2008-10-22T04:01:50Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> What, do you only sneeze weekly?
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> I hae allergies - dust mites, which are almost impossible to tackle - and I HATE SNEEZING.
More than weekly, less than once per day on average. I would say I sneeze only slightly more than I orgasm (thanks honey!). That is, when that wonderful man of mine is not 800 miles away helping hurricane victims. Guess I’ll just sniff pepper until he gets back… 😃
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### Author:  [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/11 "2008-10-22T05:15:01Z")
I just sneezed as I read this post. 😃
Not nearly as good as the real deal, though.
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### Author:  [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/12 "2008-10-22T06:50:41Z")
I have a bad nose and I have sneezed 10 times in a row. I wouldn’t compare it to an orgasm in any way except one: Best not to have it happen while driving.
As to the animal thing, I got that pig thing once in an email, along with the information, highly suspect, that only a couple of kinds of animals have sex for fun. I guess the rest of the animal kingdom indulge it in because it’s their duty.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/13 "2008-10-22T13:49:19Z")
> [@evlkitty](#):
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> I love it when I sneeze and it gives me shivers from head to toe.
> It’s kind of like an orgasm. There is a tingly feeling, followed by the brief moment of anticipation right before it happens, then release, and then a nice, pleasant, relaxing feeling after it has passed.
> And the best part is, you can do it at work or in public.
> It’s not nearly as good, but I can see the comparison.
My thoughts exactly. I always enjoy a good sneeze.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/14 "2008-10-22T15:52:50Z")
I don’t know about sneezing, but yawning may do the trick if you take [clomipramine](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=off&q=clomipramine+orgasm&btnG=Search)
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### Author:  [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/15 "2008-10-22T16:00:10Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> I’m usually out of breath and need a moment to recover. Nothing at all like an orgasm.
…I find the best orgasms leave me out of breath and needing more than a moment to recover.
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### Author:  [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/16 "2008-10-22T16:03:22Z")
[The Master Speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/460/why-do-i-sneeze-after-every-orgasm) on sneezing at orgasm.
This column was published in Cecil’s first volume of collected columns. Back in 1990 or so, I was sitting in my living room one Sunday morning, reading said volume. As I was reading the sneeze/orgasm column, my roommate’s girlfriend, while sleeping in the next room with my roommate, let forth a series of 4 or 5 sneezes in very rapid succession. I didn’t stop laughing for 20 minutes. 😛
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/17 "2008-10-22T16:16:20Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> I have a bad nose and I have sneezed 10 times in a row. I wouldn’t compare it to an orgasm in any way except one: Best not to have it happen while driving.
Damn, you-- I’m at work!
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/18 "2008-10-28T12:59:53Z")
Sometimes, if I have a really productive sinus infection and I sneeze, I can see a remarkable similarity between a sneeze and an orgasm.
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### Author:  [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/19 "2008-10-28T20:44:21Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> Sometimes, if I have a really productive sinus infection and I sneeze, I can see a remarkable similarity between a sneeze and an orgasm.
…Look honey! My nose just came a little!..
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneezing-orgasm/468073/20 "2008-10-28T21:03:21Z")
Just like orgasms, sneezes are good about the first ten times. Then things start getting a little painful and inflamed. The thing is, when I sneeze I never sneeze just once. It’s always at least fix or six times. It’s a blessing and a curse.
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