# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tofergregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/21 "2008-11-15T23:07:04Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Paging Ali Hakim . . . I’m guessing this whooshed a lot of people, but it was exactly what I was thinking when I read the post title! V. good. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 15, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/22 "2008-11-15T23:07:44Z")
perhaps there was an assist from the persian cat? ---
**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 16, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/23 "2008-11-16T00:51:19Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > perhaps there was an assist from the persian cat? Just where do you think this young woman is _inserting_ the cat?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/24 "2008-11-16T08:02:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > 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. From now on, I shall only refer to you as Saint Chronos! Imagine, doing that for me! \ ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/25 "2008-11-16T08:07:19Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Hmmm… two different metals in your and her dentalwork? Couldn’t be that…it only happened in re: the 'Persian Kiss". Other, standard TMI kissing didn’t yield this result, and the metals in our dental work were practically welded together. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/26 "2008-11-16T08:48:19Z")
Whatever you do never go out with a girl from Glasgow. Or if you do,refuse when she offers you a Glasgow kiss ---
**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 16, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/27 "2008-11-16T10:55:46Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Whatever you do never go out with a girl from Glasgow. > > Or if you do,refuse when she offers you a Glasgow kiss Knowing the filthy deviance that percolates from your Isles, one hesitates to ask…yet…? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/28 "2008-11-16T12:03:17Z")
A headbutt 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/29 "2008-11-16T16:58:36Z")
Did she maybe give you a nerve pinch\* somewhere during the kiss that produced that effect? \*Obviously not a Vulcan one to make you unconscious, but a Persian one that made you go cross-eyed and Wow. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/30 "2008-11-16T17:16:09Z")
> [@greatshakes](#): > > Nah, I’ve had plenty of static electricity shocks, and it wasn’t like that. Kind of like a light 9v battery shock. I would imagine that because both your lips were wet and the lip nerves are more sensitive and close to your eyes that a static electricity shock would be considerably more intense. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/31 "2008-11-18T06:45:21Z")
> [@tofergregg](#): > > I’m guessing this whooshed a lot of people, but it was exactly what I was thinking when I read the post title! V. good. 🙂 OK, wth is Ali Hakim? Also, thank everybody for the answers. greatshakes ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/32 "2008-11-18T07:53:55Z")
> [@greatshakes](#): > > OK, wth is Ali Hakim? > > Also, thank everybody for the answers. > > greatshakes He is a character (a ‘Persian’ peddler) in the musical Oklahoma whose slick moves and “Persian goodbyes” get him stuck in a shotgun wedding. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/33 "2008-11-18T14:01:30Z")
> [@constanze](#): > > Did she maybe give you a nerve pinch\* somewhere during the kiss that produced that effect? > > \*Obviously not a Vulcan one to make you unconscious, but a Persian one that made you go cross-eyed and Wow. No, no more non-lip touching than normally goes on… \*Of course, I am always wary of a Vulcan pinch. Allegedly, there is no ‘Vulcan Death Grip’, but I shouldn’t care to take the chance! ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/34 "2008-11-21T21:54:01Z")
**Can somebody tell me what an Italian kiss is?** And sad to say, I should know, because I’m Italian! ☹ - “Jackio” ---
**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 22, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/35 "2008-11-22T00:19:26Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > **Can somebody tell me what an Italian kiss is?** > > And sad to say, I should know, because I’m Italian! ☹ > > - “Jackio” That’s where they bump you off soon after. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/36 "2008-11-22T03:12:40Z")
Did she rock your casbah? ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/37 "2008-11-22T04:01:31Z")
Have a couple sicilian kisses and you’ll forget about her in no time. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672/38 "2008-11-22T07:12:15Z")
I’m for it! greatshakes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persian-kiss/472672.md?page=1)