# My mouth tastes like pennies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406 "2001-07-31T23:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/1 "2001-07-31T23:59:11Z")
Has all day. I think that means I’m dying. I’ve drank 2 liters of water today trying to flush it out. Whats wrong with me? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/2 "2001-08-01T00:19:40Z")
are you a vulcan who accidentally bit his tongue? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/3 "2001-08-01T00:21:02Z")
I don’t know what’s wrong with you, **Whammo** , but at first glance I thought the title read “My mouth tastes like **penises** ”; so count yourself fortunate that it _is_ pennies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/4 "2001-08-01T00:22:38Z")
First, start putting your change in your pockets, or at least trade in the pennies for nickels. Are you on any medication or antibiotics? Some of those will give you a nasty metal taste. Also, are you stressed out about anything? You know the old saying about how something was so frightening or bizarre that it left you with a coppery taste? Other than that, I have no idea. Brush your teeth really good and drink some orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/5 "2001-08-01T00:54:31Z")
A quick search on Google shows that a copper taste in your mouth could be copper poisoning. Have you changed you usual water supply recently? Drinking out of antique cups? ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/6 "2001-08-01T01:41:48Z")
Eat Twinkies. Lots of Twinkies. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/7 "2001-08-01T02:12:33Z")
At first glance, I thought the title of this thread was: **My mouth tastes like penis** Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/8 "2001-08-01T02:13:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \* > \*\*I don’t know what’s wrong with you, **Whammo** , but at first glance I thought the title read “My mouth tastes like **penises** ”; so count yourself fortunate that it _is_ pennies. 😉 \*\* GMTA, Huh Mauv? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/9 "2001-08-01T02:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \* > > GMTA, Huh Mauv? What can I say … I must have penises on the _cough_ brain 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/10 "2001-08-01T02:51:46Z")
I feel _so_ sorry for you! Two words: [ASS PENNIES](http://www.geocities.com/savant2000/transcripts/ass_pennies/ass_pennies.html). [sub]I’ve spent the better part of an hour looking for a link to an mpeg of this, but I can’t find one, so you’ll just have to read it. If you want to see it, all 46 Mbs, email Xploder, he’s got it on disk and it is worth it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/11 "2001-08-01T05:13:16Z")
Thinksnow, that’s one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen. Even more disturbing is that my little sister collects pennies…she must have thousands of them by now…makes me wonder how mnay of them have been shoved up someone’s ass Eww. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/12 "2001-08-01T05:21:40Z")
HEY!!! This isn’t about ASS PENNIES or PENIS’S!!! Its about Penny MOUTH taste!!! Lets stay on subject here! …freakin hijackers… takin over my mouth penny thread… ---
**Author:** ![night](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@night](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/night)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/13 "2001-08-01T05:33:01Z")
My older brother has informed me that some girls taste like pennies, and I don’t mean when you kiss them. Could this be the answer? ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/14 "2001-08-01T05:46:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by night \* > \*\*My older brother has informed me that some girls taste like pennies, and I don’t mean when you kiss them. Could this be the answer? \*\* Oh yes, of course, that MUST be it. How foolish of me. _tries to change conversation_ ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/15 "2001-08-01T06:19:42Z")
The metallic taste I once had in my mouth turned out to be a sinus infection - no symptoms other than the taste. A [google.com](http://google.com) search for ‘metallic taste in mouth’ turned up lots of references including this one: [http://www.laurushealth.com/library/healthguide/IllnessConditions/\_showTopic.asp?topic\_id=7460&sequence=1](http://www.laurushealth.com/library/healthguide/IllnessConditions/_showTopic.asp?topic_id=7460&sequence=1) My three-year-old daughter would have a change in her breath odor that sent us to her pediatrician. He said it indicated a tonsillitis problem, that most parents didn’t recognize the odor, and indeed, she did have an infection. If you don’t have any other symptoms, let it go. I prefer to think that if this happens that you’ve fought off an infection. If you have other symptoms, see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/16 "2001-08-01T11:43:45Z")
Flash of inspiration: Are you taking a zinc supplement? Pennies are mostly made of zinc nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/17 "2001-08-01T12:54:50Z")
I’ve had that taste too (the penny one, not the penis one). It’s usually related to either a sinus infection, or allergy hell. I guess it’s probably post-nasal drip landing on your taste buds. I guess my other question would be how do we all know what pennies taste like? ---
**Author:** ![random1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@random1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/random1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/18 "2001-08-01T12:56:46Z")
Have you been drinking a lot of water because you are thirsty or because you are trying to get the taste out of your mouth? if you are that thirsty and have that taste in your mouth you may want to think about getting checked out for diabetes. when my blood sugar is really high I am really thirsty and have that metal taste in my mouth. my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/19 "2001-08-01T13:10:35Z")
Whammo, sometimes an iron deficiency causes a coppery taste. I have run across that several times, the latest with my girlfriend, who has a very low iron count. She has to take supplements. ## O Vidi Vici Veni! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/20 "2001-08-01T13:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by random1 \* > \*\*Have you been drinking a lot of water because you are thirsty or because you are trying to get the taste out of your mouth? if you are that thirsty and have that taste in your mouth you may want to think about getting checked out for diabetes. when my blood sugar is really high I am really thirsty and have that metal taste in my mouth. my two cents. \*\* high blood sugar will indeed cause a metallic taste… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406.md?page=2)