# Ain't yer tongue funky? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201 "2000-05-01T00:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/1 "2000-05-01T00:11:42Z")
I just looked at mine. Man what a funky looking mess on there. Just take a look sometime. Gross city. I had white shit on mine from eating a tums along with residuals of whatever else I had to eat today. Some light green stuff and orange color that I can’t quite ( or won’t) put my finger on, although I don’t remember eating anything orange today. And to think back in my dating days I actually stuck that thing down Betsy’s throat ( old girl friend). Yipers! Poor Betsy. Do you brush your tongue? I Usually don’t as part of brushing my teeth. I think I am gonna start though. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/2 "2000-05-01T00:41:30Z")
LOL I am going out on alimb here, are you bored today Aha? Never thought about it personally. I’m gonna go look!!! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/3 "2000-05-01T00:45:46Z")
Sorry, Mormons are strictly prohibited from looking at their tongues. Bill, I’m kidding:) ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/4 "2000-05-01T00:49:09Z")
The worst is when you take a Pepto-Bismol and it turns the back of your tongue a greenish-brown. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/5 "2000-05-01T00:49:50Z")
Osip > [@](#): > > I am going out on alimb here, are you bored today Aha? I believe you nailed me on this one Osip. HEY! Somebody else please respond to this thread so I won’t look so friggin lame in views. I will make a deal with you…if you will respond to this lame ass thread…just leave your thread topic and I will respond to yours in return. Whether I know anything about it or not. anyway that has never stopped me before…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/6 "2000-05-01T00:51:56Z")
Ok Aha am replying so you do not look so damn lame. well, no more than normal. _duck_ _run__hide_ ---
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/7 "2000-05-01T00:53:17Z")
Peaches, don’t draw me into this tongue-fight. I’ve got a tongue of things to do! (I can hear them groaning now!) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/8 "2000-05-01T00:55:08Z")
But Bill,…Adam told me the Bible said tongues are bad… ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/9 "2000-05-01T01:06:51Z")
I go to an oral surgeon tomorrow for yet another biopsy on some “smoker’s patch” on my tongue. Little white dots or ovals, as a general rule. If it is pre-cancerous, and it probably is, surgery will be involved. If surgery is required, it will be the third time. Having one’s tongue sliced and diced and stitched up is incredibly inconvenient. The stitches get caught between one’s teeth and pull out when one opens one’s mouth. Vast quatities of blood ensue. Children run screaming to their mothers. For several weeks I will enjoy a diet of liquid nourshiment, or at best something semi-solid. Lots of broth, soup, Jell-O, maybe some baby food, instant breakfast, etc., etc. The first time, my dentist asked me how long I had had the white spots on the bottom of my tongue? Who the hell ever looks at the bottom of their tongue? Now I do, every damn day, which is how I caught the current batch early. It is true that one’s tongue can be a gruesome sight, but it pays to check that mother out on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/10 "2000-05-01T01:07:20Z")
Pepto Bismol is the worst. If you think it’s a bright pink when you first ingest it, the stuff turns into a dark brown on your tongue a few hours later. I hope you always brush your tongue when you brush your teeth. Your tongue gets just as fuzzy as your teeth. Brushing your tongue, BTW, prevents halitosis (bad breath). – Baglady ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/11 "2000-05-01T01:19:15Z")
Well I didn’t hear any complaints from you about a hangover today. Why I’ll never know. Part of that mess on your tongue is probably left over from last night. I won’t even tell you where you were putting it then. Maybe some of the ladies involved will step up. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/12 "2000-05-01T01:34:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Well I didn’t hear any complaints from you about a hangover today. Why I’ll never know. Part of that mess on your tongue is probably left over from last night. I won’t even tell you where you were putting it then. Maybe some of the ladies involved will step up. > \*\* Lies I tell you all lies…and coming from my best friend too!!! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/13 "2000-05-01T01:37:00Z")
You mean you don’t remember…? You said it was the most magical experience of your life. I’m crushed. ---
**Author:** ![Steve-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/14 "2000-05-01T01:45:35Z")
Yes, I brush my tongue. I spend about 15 seconds on it, brushing all the way back until I cannot repress my gag reflex any longer. It really will improve your breath, and you will not believe all the crap that comes out when you gag if you really get back there far with the brush. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/15 "2000-05-01T01:47:59Z")
Tongues. Mmmmmmm… don’t get me started. I _am_ alone, remember? I can fold mine into a clover, does that count for anything? ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-yer-tongue-funky/18201/16 "2000-05-01T01:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > You mean you don’t remember…? > > You said it was the most magical experience of your life. > > I’m crushed. > \*\* Right…that is exactly what it was too say Geobabe…yep magical that’s right! yep…gee I am gettin tongue tied. Shayna I gotta see that clover! Got a digital camera?