# The Q-tip orgasm **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440 "2000-08-23T14:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/1 "2000-08-23T14:15:09Z")
Does anyone know what I’m talking about? You’re cleaning your ears, doing what they clearly tell you not to, and inserting the Q-tip into your ear canal (but not too deeply, just inside to get the gunk out). All of a sudden, you feel it: sort of an ecstasy, a shimmering, shivering, delicious thrill that continues with each twist and probe. Ahhhh, the Q-tip orgasm. It doesn’t happen every time, but probably better than 7 out of 10. My ex-fiancée used to laugh and shake her head whenever I’d get out of the shower and do this, but, hey, if you can’t share these things with the people you love, who can you share them with, and I’ve been meaning to tell you all this for some time…I’m very fond of you…all of you \. Funny (I think) side story: I once heard a woman who was asked if women enjoy the feelings of sex as much as men do answer thusly - “When your ear itches, and you put your finger in and wiggle it around, which feels better, the ear or the finger?” Oh, also on the body shiver note: I can almost do that at will. That is, give myself the “shivers” or whatever you call them – the adrenaline-like rush that courses through your body and set everything all a-tingle. Gotta tell you, it’s fun being me. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/2 "2000-08-23T14:24:35Z")
For the gift that keeps on giving, soak that Q-Tip in hydrogen peroxide first. It’s like giving your eardrum a rimjob! ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/3 "2000-08-23T15:09:26Z")
I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s a wonderful feeling. I clean my ears atleast once a day. Q-tip’s are the only ear cleaning product I use. All other cotton swabs pale by comparison. Maybe the odd ear candle for the kids if they get backed up. ---
**Author:** ![Sea\_Sloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sea\_Sloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sloth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/4 "2000-08-23T15:55:41Z")
My BF always laughs at me when I go into my “Q-tip trance.” ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/5 "2000-08-23T16:15:28Z")
Must be addictive, I can’t help but wonder why I like to keep my ears so clean every morning… ---
**Author:** ![Amthystre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Amthystre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amthystre)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/6 "2000-08-23T16:22:24Z")
[QUOTE\*\*All of a sudden, you feel it: sort of an ecstasy, a shimmering, shivering, delicious thrill that continues with each twist and probe. Ahhhh, the Q-tip orgasm. It doesn¡¦t happen every time, but probably better than 7 out of 10. \*\*[/QUOTE] Oh how well I know that feeling. Actually I have something to admit and I may as well do it here. After first discovering the Q-tip orgasm, I overdid it. I mean I Q-tipped my ear until it hurt. Honestly, much like I did after I first discovered masturbation and sex. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nekochan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@Nekochan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekochan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/7 "2000-08-23T17:55:16Z")
I must have the world’s cleanest ears. Love those eargasms! Yes, and they MUST be Q-Tips. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/8 "2000-08-23T18:01:19Z")
When I use a Q-tip, the only weird sensation I get is an itch at the back of my throat that makes me want to cough. No Q-tip orgasm. …Dammit… ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/9 "2000-08-23T18:03:04Z")
I agree that they must be the actual Q-Tip brand. Others just don’t give the full effect, especially if they aren’t pure cotton. I clean my ears after I get out of the shower every day. ---
**Author:** ![Scribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/10 "2000-08-23T18:08:10Z")
Does anyone know why this happens? (Is it something that is more likely to happen to a woman?) Someone should ask Mr. Adams…if he hasn’t fielded this question, already. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/11 "2000-08-23T18:12:31Z")
“Q-Tip Orgasm”? That’s a curiously cumbersome name for an eargasm. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/12 "2000-08-23T18:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > * * * > > Does anyone know why this happens? \* > > (Is it something that is more likely to happen to a woman?) > > \*\* I figure it happens because the nerves in your ear are so seldomly (word?) physically touched, that they thrill to the carress of a Q-tip. I, along with all others it seems, demand only Q-tips, no imposters. I liken it the excitement of a first kiss with a new girlfriend, or the first sex after a lull…stimulating the nerves after they’ve been out of service for a while triggers quite the euphoric state. Glad to see I’m not alone in the “eargasm.” I bet the people who say they’ve never done it are the same ones that’ve “never masturbated.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/13 "2000-08-23T18:26:55Z")
…I have no idea if women or men are more predisposed to it. I’m a man and I, obviously as the originator of this thread, have them, but my ex, a female, did not. So there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/14 "2000-08-23T21:09:51Z")
Eargasms? Yeah, I get them, but mainly in the left ear. The right ear gives me a throat itch, much like Max’s, I’m sure. To me, it’s like that feeling you get when you get that perfect body stretch going…the kind that makes you look like a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/15 "2000-08-23T21:26:47Z")
I’ve never compared ears, but yes, I’ve had eargasms, and they’re delightful. ::eyes Q-Tips in bathroom:: Excuse me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/16 "2000-08-23T21:29:10Z")
I’d prefer a tongue in my ear to a Q-Tip…ah, gotta love eargasms! _eyes roll back into skull_ ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/17 "2000-08-23T21:32:57Z")
Tongue, yes, Q-Tip…you people are freakin’ strange! ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/18 "2000-08-23T21:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michi \* > \*\*Tongue, yes, Q-Tip…you people are freakin’ strange! \*\* ::Secretly, Michi slips into bathroom with box of Q-Tips:: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/19 "2000-08-23T21:52:49Z")
[Why do I start coughing when I clean my ears with Q-tips?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_323.html) > [@](#): > > Having looked into this matter in greater depth, I can now report that the two nerves in question are actually branches of one big nerve, the vagus. This transmits impulses from both the throat and the ear canal, triggering the cough/gag reflex. Med student M.Z. tells me the vagus nerve can also slow the heart rate. “A legend handed down by medical instructors,” he reports, “has it that some unhappy physician once induced a cardiac arrest by performing a routine ear exam. Farfetched, but not impossible.” Reflex slowing of the heart (bradycardia) also occurs when doctors stick tubes down somebody’s throat. No wonder people get jumpy about going to the hospital. Is there anything Cecil HASN’T researched… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440/20 "2000-08-23T22:28:02Z")
Ugh…sounds icky…because anytime I’ve ever tried to use a Qtip in my ear it hurt like the dickens… But…to each his own… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-q-tip-orgasm/30440.md?page=2)