# How much tongue is too much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202 "2001-11-19T14:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/21 "2011-08-14T21:54:20Z")
> [@Medea\_s\_Child](#): > > It depends on the situation, but in general I agree with you. Generally it narrows down to drool is bad. > > With a damp, not drooly, tongue a tiny lick on the edge of the earlobe isn’t a bad addition. > > Likewise, when goofing around I don’t mind a playful nose lick (think puppy). (Goofing around being not always foreplay playfulness and laughter.) > > But yea, other than those exceptions, tongue is not arousing. (Drool is bad) I’m in agreement with MC. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/22 "2011-08-14T22:12:29Z")
So then teasingly plucking at the eyelids with my canines is not recommended? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/23 "2011-08-15T05:50:24Z")
So I’m the only one who thinks you can’t have too much tongue? I like being licked … all over. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/24 "2011-08-15T18:25:20Z")
I had a GF in high school who could almost reach her eyebrows with her tongue. We’re talking giraffe tongue here. Fill your mouth, she could, and more.😃 Good times… ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/25 "2011-08-15T20:03:03Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > So then teasingly plucking at the eyelids with my canines is not recommended? :eek: No. No, it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/26 "2011-08-15T20:17:51Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So I’m the only one who thinks you can’t have too much tongue? I like being licked … all over. And I of course read your user name as **Mr. Dribble…** ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/27 "2011-08-17T05:16:18Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I have always eschewed former-animal-tongue, partly because I can’t stand the thought of something being viserally able to taste _me_ And the worst thing about eating former-animal-tongue is that you’re never quite sure when you’re done chewing. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202/28 "2011-08-17T09:03:55Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > And I of course read your user name as **Mr. Dribble…** See, this is one time that’s an understandable mistake. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tongue-is-too-much/94202.md?page=1)