# I can't believe I saw you put that in your mouth **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612 "2003-04-18T18:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/1 "2003-04-18T18:44:17Z")
Today I saw someone at work pick a piece of ear wax out of his ear, and eat it. Yes, eat. Not flick across the office like any normal person… EAT. I had no idea this kind of debauchery existed. People, do not put anything in your mouth except: - Food - Drink - Sex juices Am I right or am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/2 "2003-04-18T18:49:35Z")
I think you better add ‘sex organs’ in there, too. Or face mass defections from your movement. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/3 "2003-04-18T18:53:26Z")
… and mercury thermometers (which it sounds like he needs). ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/4 "2003-04-18T18:58:23Z")
:eek: That is just **nasty** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/5 "2003-04-18T18:58:59Z")
Wow. I’ve read all kinds of TMI posts cheerfully and happily. I’ve got a strong stomach. I wasn’t skeered. And now you just found my Kryptonite. _bleeeagh_ EARWAX? _gags, tries to forget_ ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/6 "2003-04-18T18:59:45Z")
How is ear wax any worse than sex organs or sex juices? ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/7 "2003-04-18T19:00:51Z")
Has anyone ever seen that _Everybody Loves Raymond_ episode when Robert brings the Perfect WomanTM home for dinner, and then Ray sees her eat a fly? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/8 "2003-04-18T19:07:42Z")
**samarm** are we fighting ignorance on this board or what? Of course earwax can be eaten. Flicking it across an office is a waste of good materials and pretty damn rude, too. To enlighten you further, I recommend you try not only earwax, but also: [ul] [li]those nice hard waxy granulettes that pop out if a loved one’s back is properly squeezed [/li][li]cut off fingernails (for added fun, use them as toothpicks first)[/li][li]the cheesy soft material that comes out of the ridge between cheeck and nostrils; [/li][li]scabs (my personal all time favourite)[/li][/ul] Yours, Maastricht (for the committee of Truths That May Gross Out The Public But Nevertheless Have To Be Brought Out In The Open) ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/9 "2003-04-18T19:11:56Z")
you forgot cigarettes, pipes, etc. (ok, so _tobacco_ cigarettes 😉 are kinda gross, but not abnormal.) ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/10 "2003-04-18T19:18:56Z")
Note to self: Don’t eat fruit while reading this thread… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/11 "2003-04-18T19:22:39Z")
Won’t somebody think of the candles? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/12 "2003-04-18T19:27:15Z")
ugggggh there go my peeps… ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/13 "2003-04-18T19:51:04Z")
mmmmm… forbidden wax… Suffice to say I can never look at this person in the same light ever again. All together… form a line… You don’t win friends with ear wax! You don’t win friends with ear wax! You don’t win friends with ear wax! … ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/14 "2003-04-18T19:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CRorex \* > \*\*How is ear wax any worse than sex organs or sex juices? \*\* It just is. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/15 "2003-04-18T20:27:31Z")
I’ve been known to chew on a pen or pencil in my time … am I a freak or something?? ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/16 "2003-04-18T20:31:31Z")
Duh, guys: you forgot gum! Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/17 "2003-04-19T17:23:56Z")
I’m sure there’s a _Young Ones_ reference in here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/18 "2003-04-19T17:51:05Z")
I don’t know. Ear wax is definitely not as bad as boogers. …mmm, this mutton sandwich is GOOOOOD… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/19 "2003-04-19T19:35:26Z")
You want a reference? “Alas…earwax.” ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612/20 "2003-04-19T20:04:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Today I saw someone at work pick a piece of ear wax out of his ear, and eat it. Yes, eat. Not flick across the office like any normal person… EAT. Maybe he’s a taste tester for [Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans](http://www.jellybelly.com/shop/Product.html?catalog%5Fname=JellyBellyB2C&product%5Fid=1096340&Page=&parent=ld%5FBertie%5FBotts). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-saw-you-put-that-in-your-mouth/169612.md?page=2)