# My mouth tastes like pennies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/21 "2001-08-01T15:51:19Z")

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mmm. Heavy metal poisoning? (Selenium, plutonium, mercury, etc.) In addition to having a metallic taste in your mouth, are your teeth and hair falling out?

On the other hand a good friend was having a metallic taste in his mouth an it turned out that a particular brand of soda that he was drinking was the cause.

In sum, a metallic taste can be a very serious symptom, or nothing at all. Get thee to a doc if it persists.

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**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/22 "2001-08-01T17:07:08Z")

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after reviewing the above I am now thinking that it might be this wisdom tooth I have that is decaying. I’ve been putting off having it fixed for a long time because… well… that involves having my wisdom teeth removed and I hear thats not fun. I wonder if THAT is the culprit.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/23 "2001-08-01T19:32:02Z")

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> \*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? \*\*

They don’t still use copper coils in IUD’s do they?

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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/24 "2001-08-01T19:45:38Z")

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> \*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? \*\*

Hehe… some girls do. Reminds me of this chick we used to call “Copper-Bottoms”. 😃

Thank G-d I wasn’t the only one who thought it said “penises” at first (12) glance(s). 😉

Sorry **Whammo** … don’t know what to tell you.

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**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouth-tastes-like-pennies/74406/25 "2001-08-01T20:22:39Z")

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When I drink Sprite I get that taste sometimes…try Listerine 🙂

If that doesn’t work, I advise oral sex…then you can tell her that she tastes like pennies (or penis, if you prefer) and blame your horrible breath on her.

–==the sax man==–

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