# Take that lightbulb out of your mouth... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544 "2003-06-22T03:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/21 "2003-06-23T13:02:18Z")
Uncle Fester! I thought you were dead! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/22 "2003-06-23T15:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I can’t believe I almost forgot to mention; I once pushed a tomato whole into my mouth (I honestly don’t know why) - the fruit was reasonably large and it fit very snugly; I couldn’t remove it because my cheeks/lips were stretched so tight that I couldn’t get even one finger into my mouth to get behind it, neither could I push it out with my tongue because it was pinned to the bottom of my mouth (and you can’t push very hard with your tongue anyway). > The tomato was quite firsm, so I couldn’t simply crush it with my jaws either - to do so caused it to press against the roof of my mouth with unbearable discomfort. > > Twelve years later, I still have a large tomato stuck in my mouth. > > Not really; I had to take a table knife to the rest rooms and carefully cut the tomato up in front of a mirror (did I mention that this happened in a restaurant?) \*\* This clearly explains everything. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/23 "2003-06-23T15:59:17Z")
By the way, a sreet performer in Jamaica eats light bulbs for cash. Five bucks is all it takes, and he lets you examine the bulb first. I, being and electrician, was able to confirm that it was indeed a real bulb. With filament and all. He apparently does this several times per day without cutting his tongue. He chews and swallows all the glass leaving behind just the metal base and the filament. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/24 "2003-06-23T16:02:47Z")
[It could be worse.](http://www.well.com/user/cynsa/bulb.html) ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/25 "2003-06-23T17:12:15Z")
**coffeecat** Man, I love reading that sort of thing. “special consideration had to be taken to avoid breakage that would have resulted in lacerations to the rectum and adjacent structures, with consequent complications” I actually read that entire article whilst eating chile for lunch. YUMMY. ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/26 "2003-06-24T00:32:59Z")
I’d still like to see some visual evidence of this sort of thing. We need to pour some tax dollars into this experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/27 "2003-06-27T06:33:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by remisser \* > \*\*I’d still like to see some visual evidence of this sort of thing. We need to pour some tax dollars into this experiment. \*\* Consider it done. [http://www.tictokmen.com/seven/stupid/index.html](http://www.tictokmen.com/seven/stupid/index.html) Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/28 "2003-06-27T17:04:11Z")
**Seven** … _WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!_ 😃 😃 😃 Julie ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/29 "2003-06-27T17:47:22Z")
Didn’t Cecil do a whole article on objects d’ rectum? The whole thing made me want to take an enema. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/30 "2003-06-27T19:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*Didn’t Cecil do a whole article on objects d’ rectum? The whole thing made me want to take an enema. \*\* Someone _else_ is going to have to make that picture set. That lemon is not going anywhere near my butt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/31 "2003-06-28T01:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*Someone _else_ is going to have to make that picture set. > > That lemon is not going anywhere near my butt. 😃 \*\* You should make a website where people can ask you to do strange things like that. 🙂 That kicked ass, and thank you for putting a firm end to that myth. ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/32 "2003-06-28T02:03:53Z")
Thought: A friend of mine made a very good point - lemons can be squeezed. A cue ball or a lightbulb wouldn’t be able to be ‘squeezed out.’ mmmmm… so the validity of the test comes in question! 😉 Also, you bare a striking resemblance to emo philips. Take a look: [http://www.gspdirectory.com/uploads/birth.jpg](http://www.gspdirectory.com/uploads/birth.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/33 "2003-06-28T02:04:00Z")
I am here to serve. Perhaps there are a few other questions like this that need silly photo proof. I think I need to start a request thread for suggestions on stunts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544/34 "2003-06-28T02:07:28Z")
EMO??? Ouch. I dunno about that. It was a strange picture of me, that last one anyway. I dunno why I looked so goofy. As for the lemon can be squeezed -it wasn’t. I tried to not apply pressure to it at all while it was in my mouth. I pretended it was made of thin glass. If you can come up with another common object of the same size I’ll do it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544.md?page=1)