# Nipples: a little lime and salt around the edges. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775 "2007-06-05T02:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/21 "2007-06-05T16:44:43Z")
This guy makes cool nipple shields. Link disabled, possibly NSFW. [http://www.xs4all.nl/~aaj/sitewerk/sitepaginas/usconsbestel.html](http://www.xs4all.nl/~aaj/sitewerk/sitepaginas/usconsbestel.html) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/22 "2007-06-05T18:05:18Z")
Maybe you could get a valkyrie costume from a nearby opera supply store. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/23 "2007-06-05T18:39:42Z")
One friend of mine (she had to take one of the few drugs which really does come through the breast milk at unsafe levels, so she had to go cold turkey) simply told her daughter, “The milk’s all gone! You drank it all! All gone!” Surprisingly, it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/24 "2007-06-05T18:44:23Z")
Thinking about the OP, I wonder what effect the salt and lime might have on a person later in life. “Geez, Bob! you really like those tequilas!” “Yeah. I don’t know why, but they remind me of home…” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/25 "2007-06-05T18:54:36Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] “Geez, Bob! you really like those tequilas!” “Yeah. I don’t know why, but they remind me of home…” [/QUOTE] “Okay, but you do know a real margarita isn’t made with heavy cream, right?” “You make 'em your way, I’ll make 'em mine.” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/26 "2007-06-05T18:56:20Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] How about that bitter apple stuff you spray so the dog doesn’t chew on things? It’s obviously non-toxic and, trust me, it tastes seriously gross. I’ve sprayed it at a plant to keep it from the cats, who regard it as a piquant seasoning, and gotten some tiny bit of overspray in my mouth or on my lips - errrrgh! [/QUOTE] Yes, lots of dancers use this to prevent licking. It works. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/27 "2007-06-05T19:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=Indygrrl] Yes, lots of dancers use [bitter apple spray] to prevent licking. It works. [/QUOTE] I do so love the Dope. I ordered some bitter apple spray last night. We’ll see how that works. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/28 "2007-06-05T19:40:29Z")
Indygrrl: > [@](#): > > Yes, lots of dancers use this to prevent licking. It works. I thought that’s (part of) what bouncers are for. Assuming you’re referring to adult entertainment establishments, I thought they always have a no-touching rule. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/29 "2007-06-05T19:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] I thought that’s (part of) what bouncers are for. Assuming you’re referring to adult entertainment establishments, I thought they always have a no-touching rule. [/QUOTE] If a guy has got money and is deterred all peaceful like of his own volition, then why would you \*want \*him thrown out? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/30 "2007-06-05T19:59:06Z")
WhyNot: > [@](#): > > If a guy has got money and is deterred all peaceful like of his own volition, then why would you want him thrown out? Well, unless “Bitter Apple Tasting Boobs” is somehow publicized, I imagine that the spray is a deterrent only to those who’ve already crossed the line and licked, and then, that might not convince the creep that he might not get lucky with one of the other girls. Big, beefy bouncers ready to toss customers who get out of line would, I think, encourage a greater comfort level amongst the scantily-clad employees. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/31 "2007-06-05T20:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Indygrrl: I thought that’s (part of) what bouncers are for. Assuming you’re referring to adult entertainment establishments, I thought they always have a no-touching rule. [/QUOTE] Some clubs don’t have bouncers, some clubs allow contact, some dancers allow contact, etc. The laws and rules are different in every state and in every club. There’s nothing a bouncer can do if you are in a private dance with a guy and he licks you. They aren’t going to see something that’s close-up between you and the custie. The best line of defense is being an experienced dancer and knowing how to use “defensive dancing” to your advantage. I couldn’t tell you the last time I was licked or grabbed. It just doesn’t happen to me. But newbies almost always have these problems. That is when we recommend the bitter apple spray to them. /hijack If I started an “ask the stripper” thread, what forum would it go in? IMHO or MSPIS? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/32 "2007-06-05T20:11:55Z")
I’m thinking that if hellspawn is talking, it understands “no”, or at least it should. There will be disappointment, to be sure, but the sooner it tastes the bitterness of unfulfilled desires, the sooner it will become acclimated to what some of us call “real life”. My personal philosophy was, if a child wanted something I didn’t want him to have, I told him “no”. He would, of course, run through the entire reportoire of vocal unpleasantness, which ultimately yielded no results for him, and he learned what “no” meant. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/33 "2007-06-05T20:40:34Z")
If you can’t say no to this what does your future hold? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/34 "2007-06-05T20:52:28Z")
Indygrrl, color me educated. I thought enforced “no touching” was pretty much a rule all over - not by law, but as a business necessity for the image of the club and the comfort of the dancers. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/35 "2007-06-05T21:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=Indygrrl] If I started an “ask the stripper” thread, what forum would it go in? IMHO or MSPIS? [/QUOTE] MPSIMS would probably be best. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/36 "2007-06-05T21:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m not sure about putting the lime on the coconuts. [/QUOTE] Well, see, the painful part comes when the kiddo (or possibly **1010011010** ) has to drink it all up. Holy wizened mammaries! ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/37 "2007-06-05T22:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] MPSIMS would probably be best. [/QUOTE] Ok, here is the thread for anyone who is interested: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8648703#post8648703](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8648703#post8648703) ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/38 "2007-06-05T23:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Indygrrl: I thought that’s (part of) what bouncers are for. Assuming you’re referring to adult entertainment establishments, I thought they always have a no-touching rule. [/QUOTE] Boy does that clear that up, Im sitting here trying to figure out why ballet dancers needed to prevent licking. Dont know why but when I hear “dancer” thats what I think. Fry Im not a prude, I swear… ---
**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:** [June 5, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/39 "2007-06-05T23:14:31Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] From my reading, and some personal experience, here are a few effective ideas that cause the least trauma to mom and **baby** : [ul] [li]Wear clothing that makes them inaccessible[/li][li]Avoid situations that are nursing cues - e.g., no lounging on the couch for us; or have dad put the kid to bed[/li][li]Don’t say “no,” say, “in a little while,” and gradually increase the interval[/li][li]In situations that normally cue nursing, or if asked, or if asking seems imminent, offer another fun activity, and/or a drink or snack[/li][li]Likewise, lavish your child with attention and love[/li][li]If the reason for weaning is sore nipples from pregnancy (pretty much all other causes are fixable) or lack of sleep, explain in a way the child can understand - lots of “nummies” “go to sleep” at night, for instance[/li][li]Above all, don’t try to go cold turkey, if it’s avoidable. Omit one nursing a day for a week or two, then another, and so on[/li][/ul]It takes patience, but it may wind up being easier on everyone than trying to make nursing disgusting for the child. In any case, good luck! [/QUOTE] Um, the list for adult males is pretty much the same. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775/40 "2007-06-05T23:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Boy does that clear that up, Im sitting here trying to figure out why ballet dancers needed to prevent licking. Dont know why but when I hear “dancer” thats what I think. [/QUOTE] Me too. I’m working on promoting a book of ballet photographs right now, so I just immediately assumed it had something to do with ballet dancers trying to train themselves to not moisten their lips when they’re onstage, or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-a-little-lime-and-salt-around-the-edges/406775.md?page=3)