# can you curl your tongue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246 "2001-08-26T23:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/21 "2001-08-27T03:55:50Z")
I can’t wiggle my ears, but I can write with my toes… Yeah, god didn’t make me a chameleon. It made an orangutan. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/22 "2001-08-27T04:07:20Z")
I can curl my tongue both ways but I can’t wiggle my ears. Or my nose. Or raise my eyebrows independent of each other. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/23 "2001-08-27T04:22:10Z")
both ways? how many ways are there? I can curl my tounge… I can raise my right eyebrow independent but not the left one, flare my nostrels on demand and wiggle my left earlobe. I once knew a girl that could vibrate her eyeballs. the only sex act that I know of that it MIGHT be useful for however is squicking… I doubt she was into that. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/24 "2001-08-27T04:23:05Z")
Not only can I curl my tongue, I can flip it upside down, 360 degrees, a sight that makes strong-willed women weak in the knees. Okay, maybe it doesn’t, but it **should**. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/25 "2001-08-27T04:57:14Z")
I can roll up my tongue, raise one eyebrow (left), and flare my nostrils. But I can’t wiggle my ears. I can however spread all my toes out, like you can your fingers. My mother thinks it’s gross, but then again she can do the 360 degree thing like Anamorphic. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/26 "2001-08-27T05:36:28Z")
I can curl my tongue, flare my nostrils, and raise my eyebrows independently of each other. Boy, I’m a catch. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/27 "2001-08-27T07:33:18Z")
Yes, I can. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/28 "2001-08-27T07:34:56Z")
I can curl my tongue. And tie cherry stems in knots. And unwrap a Starburst candy without using my hands (whatever the fuck that means…). I can blow smoke rings out of my nose, too. Sexxxy! And my elbows are double-jointed or something, because I can turn my arms all the way around while my hand is planted firmly palm-down on a table or something. Some people think it’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/29 "2001-08-27T08:06:11Z")
Yep, I can curl my tongue and whistle out of it too, kinda sorta…it’s more of a low bird in the woods but I can do it damn yas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/30 "2001-08-27T08:13:26Z")
I can curl my tongue, tie cherry stems in knots, **and** flip my eyelids inside out! How YOU doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/31 "2001-08-27T09:05:09Z")
My sister can flip her tongue all the way over, she says she taught herself to do it. Even better, she can blow tiny bubbles off of her tongue. I’m sooo jealous! I can make my tongue into a clover shape and whistle through my teeth without puckering my lips or using my fingers. I can also make a very realistic gutteral pig sound. I can’t _gleek_ though, not on cue at least. If anyone can give specific instructions I would love to know how. Where did that word come from anyway? Gleek. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/32 "2001-08-27T09:51:37Z")
yup, tunnel tongue is something i can do, as is being able to lick the back of my throat… now, all i have to do is figure out how to use these skills… which is where my other genetic gift (a dirty mind) comes in handy. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/33 "2001-08-27T10:12:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*I can curl my tongue, flare my nostrils, and raise my eyebrows independently of each other. > > Boy, I’m a catch. \*\* Yes you are… \>\>Dreamy gaze…\<\< 😃 > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **AudreyK** I can do many wonderful things with my tongue, including knotting a cherry stem. So can I. It never ceases to irritate the **Ice Princess** ( formerly known as Mrs. Toons… :rolleyes: ), but it seems to greatly amuse other witnesses. I once macrame’d an entire coaster with cherry stems. C’mon, **Audrey** , let’s you and I have a little old friendly linguinal competition. Tongues at thirty paces. 😉 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![puk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@puk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puk)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/34 "2001-08-27T10:24:25Z")
Toony, you’re quite the tongue twirler aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/35 "2001-08-27T10:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\*I once macrame’d an entire coaster with cherry stems. C’mon, **Audrey** , let’s you and I have a little old friendly linguinal competition. > > Tongues at thirty paces. ;)\*\* Coaster shmoaster. I’ve got a cherry-stem _doormat_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/36 "2001-08-27T12:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferggie \* > \*\*Now…can anyone move one eye independently of the other (on purpose, I mean)? \*\* Ha! Until you can _roll_ them independantly, you’re still playing in the minors. Hint: You’re on the right track, you just haven’t gone far enough. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/37 "2001-08-27T13:21:47Z")
I have a vague memory of reading in some magazine as a kid that tongue-curling was correlated in some strange way with math skills. I’m dubious of the memory now, but who knows. I can curl my tongue, but cannot wiggle my ears. Yes on the Vulcan finger thing, and can separate my pinkie out from the rest of my fingers. Negative on any double-jointed kinking of any finger joints, or of elbows. I have never attempted and will never make the attempt to flip eyelids inside-out. I also never got the hang of whistling. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/38 "2001-08-27T18:00:35Z")
Yes I can curl my tongue. I can also do something else, but how does one explain it? I can flip it upside down both ways but it looks even “neater” (for impressing my 8 year old’s friends) if I stand it vertically between my teeth facing left and then right and then left and so on. It never fails to get a “WOW! How’d you do that?” Did I explain that ok? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/39 "2001-08-27T18:04:31Z")
Amateurs. When you can tie a knot in a cherry stem in someone ELSE’S mouth, you give me a call 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246/40 "2001-08-27T18:22:01Z")
I can curl my tongue, raise either eyebrow independently, flare my nose, wiggle my ears, bend only the first knuckle of most of my fingers, do the Vulcan thing, and whistle while humming, producing a rather interesting “B-movie UFO flying” noise. BTW, **wishbone** , what’s “gleeking”? I’ve heard of gurning and geezing, but not gleeking. How many of these weird things can y’all do _at once_?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-curl-your-tongue/78246.md?page=3)