# Do you throw out your cup of tea if your pet puts a limb inside? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909 "2017-06-14T00:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dude\_robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/1 "2017-06-14T00:04:59Z")
So, when you have your dogs on your desktop/kitchen table and are reading a newspaper while drinking some liquid and your dog or pet dunks a tail inside, do you throw it out? What about if he puts a paw or leg inside, or puts his entire snout into it and drinks some? I am asking because I saw something similar on here before. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/2 "2017-06-14T00:11:11Z")
Tail, sometimes no depending on whether they left fur behind. Paw, hell yes, that drink is dumped. I have cats, and they use their paws to bury their crap. I’m not sure they’ve ever drank out of my glass, but I’d dump that too; you shouldn’t share saliva with anything that can give itself a rimjob. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/3 "2017-06-14T00:12:48Z")
Wait, back up: When you have your dogs on the table? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/4 "2017-06-14T00:14:13Z")
I am so glad to not have pets! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/5 "2017-06-14T00:15:28Z")
nm. wrong forum ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/6 "2017-06-14T00:15:58Z")
My cats do the dumping before sticking limbs in. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/7 "2017-06-14T00:17:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Tail, sometimes no depending on whether they left fur behind. Paw, hell yes, that drink is dumped. I have cats, and they use their paws to bury their crap. I’m not sure they’ve ever drank out of my glass, but I’d dump that too; **you shouldn’t share saliva with anything that can give itself a rimjob**. \ I can give myself a rimjob and often drink out of my cat’s bowl. He doesn’t seem to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/8 "2017-06-14T00:32:27Z")
Can doesn’t mean should. ::bleah:: ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/9 "2017-06-14T00:32:29Z")
Hell yes, I don’t let animals within breathing distance if I can help it! That damn cat is always sneezing or licking himself. :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/10 "2017-06-14T00:39:40Z")
None of my pets ever went on tables. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/11 "2017-06-14T00:44:07Z")
This reminds me of the viscerally disgusting habit that some have of letting their dog or cat lick them on their open mouths or tongue. “It’s ok because I love her!” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/12 "2017-06-14T02:38:48Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > This reminds me of the viscerally disgusting habit that some have of letting their dog or cat lick them on their open mouths or tongue. “It’s ok because I love her!” :dubious: My niece did this with the family dog. She was 3 at the time. She thought it was funny. She’s out grown it now, which she tells me every time she sees me. Kids. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/13 "2017-06-14T02:48:03Z")
> [@dude\_robert](#): > > So, when you have your dogs on your desktop/kitchen table and are reading a newspaper while drinking some liquid and your dog or pet dunks a tail inside, do you throw it out? Why would I throw out a perfectly good dog? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/14 "2017-06-14T02:57:26Z")
Moved from Cafe Society, since no culinary arts Seem to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/15 "2017-06-14T02:58:06Z")
Moved from Cafe Society, since no culinary arts Seem to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/16 "2017-06-14T02:59:12Z")
Yes, the tea is no longer sanitary… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/17 "2017-06-14T03:03:29Z")
My cats are never allowed on a surface I eat from. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/18 "2017-06-14T03:19:51Z")
I would throw it out if I put my own limb in it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/19 "2017-06-14T03:30:30Z")
My dogs have all been too big to get on the table, and wouldn’t be allowed on it if they could. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909/20 "2017-06-14T03:36:54Z")
I have the dreaded Germo-vision™ . So yeah, if the animal touches it, it’s gone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-throw-out-your-cup-of-tea-if-your-pet-puts-a-limb-inside/788909.md?page=2)