# Strangely pleasurable sensations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957 "2004-01-25T05:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/41 "2004-01-29T00:20:13Z")
šŸ˜• So what do I win then? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/42 "2004-01-29T00:33:34Z")
Another one for anything haircut-related. The gentle tugging and massaging and so on. My last barber would do the sideburns and back of the neck with hot lather and a straight razor, too; it was half-terrifying, half-sublime. (Unfortunately, the haircuts always left me looking like Billy Ray Cyrus after a weedwhacker fight, so I reluctantly switched to a new barber.) I also love the smell of a wet dog. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/43 "2004-01-29T04:56:35Z")
This is a weird one, but I find it pleasurable to knaw on sores inside my mouth. Dang I havenā€™t had a good canker sore in a while. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/44 "2004-01-30T03:22:25Z")
That little shiver you get at the end of taking a pee. Not sure if women get this or not. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/45 "2004-01-30T04:58:34Z")
If youā€™re a woman and youā€™ve been holding it for awhile, and then you _FINALLY_ get to goā€¦ not exactly a shiver. Iā€™d say itā€™s a ā€œfinally-got-to-peeā€ satisfied feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/46 "2004-01-30T08:05:16Z")
Putting on clothes, especially socks, straight from the drier. ---
**Author:** ![agiantdwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/47 "2004-01-30T08:46:56Z")
The smell of cigarette smoke. I donā€™t smoke. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/48 "2004-01-30T11:01:31Z")
Since nobody else seems to have said itā€¦ cracking the top of creme brulee and skipping stones on the waterā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/49 "2004-01-30T13:13:08Z")
> [@Mariemarie](#): > > Stangely pleasurable sensations? Very hot water on itchy skin. > > Last summer I had a case of poison ivy all over both arms. The itching was driving me insane. I tried a suggestion I saw on the poison ivy web net or somesuch. > > You run hot water over the area, and gradually ramp up the temperature until itā€™s so hot you can barely stand it. (A hand-held shower massage head makes it easier). It takes about 5 minutes. Each time you increase the heat, you feel an almost orgasmic sense of relief; itā€™s very strange. The itching will go away for several hours. Something to do with histamines. > > Itā€™s probably not recommended and dangerous in some way, and I have since found a better remedy for poison ivy (Zanfel), but boy, what freaky pleasure. Hereā€™s a tip for you for the next time you get poison ivy. There is a plant called Jewel Weed, it lives in the same climates as poison ivy, but mainly around riverbanks and swampy areas in the shade. It can rid you of your poison ivy in a day or two and can actually prevent poison ivy. The stem is translucent and somewhat hexagonal shaped. Its leaves are somewhat diamond shaped and usually grow in pairs, one on each side of the stem, with the pairs above and below 90 degrees turned from them. The flowers are yellow and have a very unique shape, they look almost like a ā€œbee hangerā€ complete with a ā€œrunwayā€ of redish dots. Google it to find a pic. To use, you pick one, smash the stem and smear the sap on the affected areas, or you can smear it on all exposed skin before you get poison ivy. Iā€™ve use it as a preventative before weed wacking poison ivy and never got it. Iā€™ve read that something in the sap actually disolves and destroys the chemical in PI that makes you break out and also that it has something that helps it not itch. bio ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/50 "2004-01-30T13:17:58Z")
> [@agiantdwarf](#): > > The smell of cigarette smoke. > > I donā€™t smoke. šŸ˜• When I was 17 Iwas hanging out with my cousin who chain smoked all the time. I actually got addicted to 2nd hand smoke that summer. Maybe thats why you like it? ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/51 "2004-01-30T14:04:16Z")
> [@SanguineSprider](#): > > So what do I win then? A Supercut coupon šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/52 "2004-02-02T05:52:22Z")
Darnā€¦ how about a free tattoo? Quality work of courseā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cargogal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@Cargogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cargogal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/53 "2004-02-02T06:14:25Z")
I couldnā€™t agree more with the razor feeling and the eargasm. I will add to that, shoulder sex. Being on a crowded bus or subway, and standing in just such a way that your mound is resting against a seated someone elseā€™s shouder, so every time the transport moves, you get a rub. Ah, I pray for a panic brake. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/54 "2004-02-02T06:20:34Z")
šŸ˜ƒ You do realize, guys will now be playing this lilā€™ trick on the bus. Guys everywhere will not offer their seats to standing females any longer. What have you started, missy? I likeā€¦ How many guys have you been next to? Do they understand what youā€™re doing? Do you ever get a smile from them? Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Cargogal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@Cargogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cargogal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/55 "2004-02-02T06:23:44Z")
I think they pretend not to notice - then again, often itā€™s guys in suits with padded shoulders reading the paper, so they might honestly be tuning it out as general packed-in-ness. If you donā€™t look around, it could be some other part of the anatomy thatā€™s soft and warm and smells likeā€¦ er, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/56 "2004-02-02T07:21:06Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Placing your tongue on the electrodes of a 9V battery. :eek: Or a scalectrix track. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/57 "2004-02-02T07:38:32Z")
A good solid airy fart! [Angry Kid likes sneezing](http://www.aardman.com/angrykid/main.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/58 "2004-02-02T22:38:58Z")
> [@agiantdwarf](#): > > The smell of cigarette smoke. Cigar smoke, for me. I donā€™t smoke either. Never have. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/59 "2004-02-02T22:41:57Z")
Thought of oneā€¦ Washing crumbly food down with liquid. Preferably milk, the crumbly food being cookie. I donā€™t have a sweet tooth. I eat cookies and the like purely for the pleasure of ā€˜cleaningā€™ the mouth out with milk. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957/60 "2004-02-02T22:55:55Z")
Iā€™m with **Lobsang.** A good, all-gas fart. One that comes when youā€™ve been busy, and havenā€™t noticed that you are bloated with gas, then when you release it, it depressurizes your whole system, and you just feel soā€¦relieved. What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangely-pleasurable-sensations/225957.md?page=4)