# Tickling

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531 "2009-11-06T04:38:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DORFMONT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@DORFMONT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DORFMONT)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531/1 "2009-11-06T04:38:58Z")

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My ex-boyfriend told me about a couple he knew. They were in the shower together and the husband started tickling the wife.This kept on until she died. We don’t know what the cause of death was but the tickling sure didn’t help.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531/2 "2009-11-06T20:50:12Z")

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A “friend of a friend” story? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531/3 "2009-11-09T21:25:12Z")

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Did he tickle her with a knife?