# GNGH! I fucking hate it when that happens! (biting the inside of your cheek) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006 "2005-04-12T18:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/1 "2005-04-12T18:40:40Z")
I have teeth missing on one side of my mouth (I’m british) so I do all my chewing on the other side. Lately I keep biting my cheek when I chew. It’s f^!\*@g! annoying! (and painful) Well, that’s all. I’m going to finish eating (carefully) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/2 "2005-04-12T18:48:31Z")
No shit. And then you have a swollen cheek, which just gives your teeth a nice big target. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/3 "2005-04-12T19:31:57Z")
I sympathize. This happens to me every once in a while. You bite it, and it swells, so you keep biting it. Then, eventually, the pain goes away, and you forget how much it hurts until _next_ time you bite the inside of your cheek. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/4 "2005-04-12T20:24:17Z")
Scar tissue on the inside of your mouth is annoying. Obviously wounds don’t scab up, but they do form this nasty peeling membrane that feels like you have a piece of apple skin or something stuck to the inside of your cheek :eek: ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/5 "2005-04-12T20:36:02Z")
When this happens to me, it’s less a “GNGH!” sound than a “GAAAAAH! THPFUCK! TPHAT TPHUCKING HULTS!” sound. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/6 "2005-04-12T20:38:08Z")
Sheesh. I had to do a double-take here. I was wondering what the hell brought **Lobsang** to Niagara Falls, ON and how hard he had to bite his cheek to land in the hospital. **GNGH** = Greater Niagara General Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/7 "2005-04-12T20:42:25Z")
That’s not to say that the GNGH isn’t pittable. It is. Emminently so. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/8 "2005-04-12T20:45:08Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Sheesh. I had to do a double-take here. I was wondering what the hell brought **Lobsang** to Niagara Falls, ON and how hard he had to bite his cheek to land in the hospital. > > **GNGH** = Greater Niagara General Hospital. 😃😃😃 Your reply gave me a laugh… thanks 🙂 😛 :o :eek: :mad: :mad: ☹😃 (work it out) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/9 "2005-04-13T15:39:50Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > 😛 :o :eek: :mad: :mad: ☹😃 > (work it out) All right, I’ll give it a shot. 😛 = flirting :o = your flirting partner prepares to give a blow job :eek: = s/he is impressed by your size! :mad: :mad: ☹ = “O” faces? 😃 = needs no explanation But what does that have to do with biting your cheek and/or the Niagara Falls area? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gngh-i-fucking-hate-it-when-that-happens-biting-the-inside-of-your-cheek/299006/10 "2005-04-13T16:35:05Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I have teeth missing on one side of my mouth (I’m british) so I do all my chewing on the other side. Is this a requirement of being British? If your teeth don’t fall out on their own, do you have to get whacked by a Beefeater or something?