# Rimming (sex)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245 "2000-08-22T01:02:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![charizard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charizard/32/4166_2.png) [@charizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charizard)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/41 "2000-09-13T21:23:45Z")

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This thread has been dormant a couple of weeks, but I thought it might be the best place to come back to with a related question…

I ran across a reference on the general topic of different sorts of sexual contact. In it was the statement that:

“Anything that comes in contact with the anus should be thoroughly washed before it is placed in contact with the vagina. This includes the penis, tongue, or any other objects used.”

Which leaves me wondering… How do you wash your tongue? And how do you check to make sure that it’s been washed thoroughly enough?

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**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/42 "2000-09-13T21:35:10Z")

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I think in a washing hands thread that was in GQ a while back it was established that people who live together get acclimated to each other’s internal flauna (or is it flora? 🙂 )  
Anyway, given all the discussion in this thread on E. Coli, does anyone know if you’re safer if you’ve lived together for a while?

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimming-sex/30245/43 "2000-09-13T21:45:36Z")

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> Which leaves me wondering… How do you wash your tongue? And how do you check to make sure that it’s been washed thoroughly enough?

I use a wire brush and rubbing alcohol. Sometimes, Lava brand soap. Actually, I really _really_ used to wash my _hair_ with Lava, in my mohawk days, as it was the only thing that would get the egg whites an Elmers out, plus making it stiff all by itself. My hair, that is.

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