# Brushing your teeth.....making out.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158 "2000-07-19T22:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buchibaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@Buchibaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buchibaby)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/1 "2000-07-19T22:49:56Z")
Well my friend and I were talking the other night about random thoughts we have had and I said…“I have a question. Do you think that brushing your teeth is like making out with your toothbrush?” And both of us said yes…we’ve asked a bunch of people what they think and a bunch agreed and a bunch disagreed…So I was wondering what other people thought…That’s why I posted it here. So lets see results! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/2 "2000-07-19T23:19:17Z")
Well, until this gets slapped over to IMHO, where it belongs, I’ll respond with a resounding NO. Not unless your makeout partner makes damn sure to get up near the gums throughout your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/3 "2000-07-19T23:20:39Z")
Yeesh. Is the Straight Dope now linked to [pre-teensilliness.com](http://pre-teensilliness.com)? Off to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/4 "2000-07-19T23:29:52Z")
Have you or any of your friends ever “made out” with anyone? I can honestly say that I’ve never looked at my toothbrush “that way”. Although it _is_ pretty cute. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/5 "2000-07-19T23:32:49Z")
No need for sarcasm, **Silver**. My toothbrush has gotten me through many a cold and lonely night. Was that TMI? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/6 "2000-07-19T23:39:05Z")
I just dribbled water down the front of my shirt. No, Sua, that isn’t TMI. In fact, I’d like details. Maybe you can change my mind about my own toothbrush. ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/7 "2000-07-20T00:03:02Z")
Pfft! It’s not like it’s kissing back… ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/8 "2000-07-20T15:25:54Z")
I’ve had an overnight guest with whom I’d done some serious making out ask to borrow my toothbrush in the morning. I thought about it for a second and then realised that her brushing her teeth with my brush was equivalent to (some of) what we had done the previous night, so I let her. But, I really don’t make out with my toothbrush. Even when I’m lonely. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Myndephuquer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@Myndephuquer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myndephuquer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/9 "2000-07-20T19:13:04Z")
This thread reminded me of an e-mail that I received: (I apologize for all of the screaming, but it was in all caps when I received it) THIS USEFUL TOOL, COMMONLY FOUND IN THE RANGE OF 8 INCHES LONG. THE FUNCTIONING OF WHICH IS ENJOYED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH SEXES. IS USUALLY FOUND HUNG, DANGLING LOOSELY, READY FOR INSTANT ACTION. IT BOASTS OF A CLUMP OF LITTLE HAIRY THINGS AT ONE END AND SMALL HOLE AT THE OTHER. IN USE, IT IS INSERTED, ALMOST ALWAYS WILLINGLY, SOMETIMES SLOWLY, SOMETIMES QUICKLY, INTO A WARM, FLESHY, MOIST OPENING WHERE IT IS THRUST IN AND DRAWN OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN MANY TIMES IN SUCCESSION, OFTEN QUICKLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY SQUIRMING BODILY MOVEMENTS. ANYONE FOUND LISTENING IN WILL MOST SURELY RECOGNIZE THE RHYTHMIC, PULSING SOUND, RESULTING FROM THE WELL LUBRICATED MOVEMENTS. WHEN FINALLY WITHDRAWN, IT LEAVES BEHIND A JUICY, FROTHY, STICKY WHITE SUBSTANCE, SOME OF WHICH WILL NEED CLEANING FROM THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE OPENING AND SOME OF FROM ITS LONG GLISTENING SHAFT. AFTER EVERYTHING IS DONE AND THE FLOWING AND CLEANSING LIQUIDS HAVE CEASED EMENATING, IT IS RETURNED TO ITS FREELY HANGING STATE OF REST, READY FOR YET ANOTHER BIT OF ACTION, HOPEFULLY REACHING ITS BRISTLING CLIMAX TWICE OR THREE TIMES A DAY, BUT OFTEN MUCH LESS. WHAT AM I??? AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY GUESSED, THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE IS NONE OTHER THAN YOUR VERY OWN… TOOTHBRUSH ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/10 "2000-07-20T19:26:03Z")
Yes. But only when Socko holds the brush. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/11 "2000-07-20T23:24:56Z")
Um, no. Never thought of it that way, and I’m not about to start now. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/12 "2000-07-20T23:34:40Z")
Every time I buy a new toothbrush, they have a new design. The one I just bought cost $5.00…its supposed to be a big technology improvement over the old ones. Yeah, right, 50 years to make a toothbrush? ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/13 "2000-07-21T00:41:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Every time I buy a new toothbrush, they have a new design. The one I just bought cost $5.00…its supposed to be a big technology improvement over the old ones. Yeah, right, 50 years to make a toothbrush? Hey, don’t know pseudoscience. And no, it’s nothing like making out with your toothbrush. Actually, it’s everything like making out with your toothbrush–that is, not making out at all. Stick to garden implements or something… ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/14 "2000-07-21T06:42:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve had an overnight guest with whom I’d done some serious making out ask to borrow my toothbrush in the morning. I thought about it for a second and then realised that her brushing her teeth with my brush was equivalent to (some of) what we had done the previous night, so I let her. This has happened to me too. He thought it was no big deal, since we had been making out all hot and heavy. **However** , I did not use my tongue to scrape all the plaque off of his teeth. Big difference in my book. Yecch. ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushing-your-teeth-making-out/26158/15 "2000-07-21T10:25:14Z")
I know that if I brush my teeth ‘with vigour’, my gums sometimes start to bleed a little. By that token, I wouldn’t ask for anyone’s toothbrush. If you are stuck, use your own tongue, instead. A strong tongue has a lot of uses. 😃