# Persian Kiss? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672 "2008-11-14T05:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/1 "2008-11-14T05:23:01Z")
About 20 years ago, I had a girlfriend from Iran. We were in our initial dating phase, and she asked me “Have you ever had a Persian kiss?” I thought that she was going to just give me a slight variation on a regular french kiss, or she was hinting at a BJ. At any rate, it stayed above the neck, and we kissed, and the next thing you know, I felt a minor electric shock, and my eyes LITERALLY (literally, in the literal term-my eyes actually crossed for a micro second) crossed. I thought that it was my imagination, so I asked for another one, and I had the same result! I asked for several more, but she only gave me one more that night-she seemed to be very sparing with them. We broke up soon after, but after then, we did go out, and I asked her for a Persian kiss-same result! Is there such thing as a Persian kiss, or was I totally hypnotized by this girl, and was just snowed into thinking that she did something out of the ordinary? Thanks, greatshakes ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/2 "2008-11-14T05:29:52Z")
I don’t know whether there’s such a thing as a Persian kiss, but I do know that most of the Persians I’ve met have been extremely good looking people. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/3 "2008-11-14T05:38:45Z")
I have a thing for middle Eastern women, but, OTOH, to be honest, it’s about fifty-fifty. Extreme ugly v. extreme beautiful. Nowadays, I haven’t had success getting even get their ugly ones to notice me, let alone get a kiss, Aryan or otherwise! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/4 "2008-11-14T14:26:03Z")
Was she wearing a woolly top? Perhaps it was static electricity… ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/5 "2008-11-14T14:36:38Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Was she wearing a woolly top? > Perhaps it was static electricity… Nah, I’ve had plenty of static electricity shocks, and it wasn’t like that. Kind of like a light 9v battery shock. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/6 "2008-11-14T15:03:14Z")
Paging Ali Hakim . . . ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/7 "2008-11-14T15:15:35Z")
I haven’t heard of it, but I’m only half Iranian. I’ve missed out on a lot of the secrets. I’ll ask my mother about it. Do you remember where she was from? ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/8 "2008-11-14T15:44:23Z")
IIRC, she was from Tehran. She was actually 1/2 Turkish, but she did call it a “persian kiss.” ---
**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:** [November 14, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/9 "2008-11-14T15:47:41Z")
I’m dating a Persian girl right now (born in Iran, moved here with her family in '79). I’ll ask her, but I think that woman was yanking your chain somehow. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/10 "2008-11-14T16:20:46Z")
It’s static electricity from walking on all those Persian rugs. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/11 "2008-11-14T21:02:04Z")
You should have offered to respond with an Aussie kiss. Like a French kiss, but down under. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/12 "2008-11-14T21:03:37Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m dating a Persian girl right now (born in Iran, moved here with her family in '79). I’ll ask her, but I think that woman was yanking your chain somehow. He said it stayed above the neck, though. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/13 "2008-11-14T21:16:02Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > He said it stayed above the neck, though. Above the neck is his head. He got head. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/14 "2008-11-14T22:13:55Z")
She had a mint or wintergreen lifesaver in her mouth, & was messing with your mind. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/15 "2008-11-15T01:03:09Z")
This is making me think of the Thai “sniff kiss,” in which you just sort of sniff each other’s face. It sounds weird as all get out, but it’s in fact incredibly erotic. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/16 "2008-11-15T16:01:15Z")
I just got off the phone with my mother. She has never heard of it. She’s also from Tehran and is Turkish, so it wouldn’t be a regional thing. Sounds like she was messing with you. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/17 "2008-11-15T19:04:23Z")
If you introduce me to the lady in question, I’ll do my best to give a completely objective assessment of what she’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/18 "2008-11-15T22:28:49Z")
Hmmm… two different metals in your and her dentalwork? ---
**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/19 "2008-11-15T22:36:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I don’t know whether there’s such a thing as a Persian kiss, but I do know that most of the Persians I’ve met have been extremely good looking people. You have the hots for the Ayatollah? (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/20 "2008-11-15T22:42:04Z")
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