# Is it true that washed soft towels never regain their softness after having been spermed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099 "2011-06-28T02:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/41 "2011-06-30T04:30:33Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > My hair always regained its original softness after having been spermed. Based on that, I extrapolate that the towel argument is bullsperm… Nice empirical work. Bear in mind, however, sperm’s use as a [conditioner](http://needcoffee.cachefly.net/needcoffee/uploads/2009/01/theres-something-about-mary-cameron-diaz.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/42 "2011-06-30T09:27:08Z")
I would also guess that washing in hot might play a part, at least with fresh sperm anything more than a couple degrees above body temp makes it curdle. wash in cold and you should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/43 "2011-06-30T12:02:22Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > makes it curdle. For some reason, that is horrendously gross in this context. Curdle. BRB gonna make some cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/44 "2011-09-03T14:20:21Z")
Heh, thinking of my old school friend Robert back in Texas. He used to jerk off into the cloth his kid sister washed her face with. So Carrie: If you’re reading this, now you know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/45 "2011-09-03T20:58:54Z")
Brain bleach please. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/46 "2011-09-03T21:35:50Z")
Unless you’re fucking a caulk gun, your towels should cum out fine. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/47 "2011-09-03T21:37:40Z")
You’re supposed to wipe it on her curtains, not the towels. Its less noticeable unless there’s a stiff breeze… ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/48 "2011-09-03T21:55:49Z")
Semen contains mucus. When mucus dries out it can be somewhat crusty. I don’t know of any reason a towel would be any harder to get clean than a handkerchief, which wash up pretty well even after some fairly disgusting allergy bouts. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/49 "2011-09-03T22:10:59Z")
I dont think I have ever spermed on a towel. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099/50 "2011-09-04T00:28:25Z")
I read the OP differently – that towels get stiffer once you remove the sperm. Therefor, to have the softest possible towels, one should never remove the sperm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-washed-soft-towels-never-regain-their-softness-after-having-been-spermed/587099.md?page=2)