Snorkin’ up some tonsil stones, I wondered, are the bacteria that made this shit still active inside the stones?
Are the bacteria aerobic or anaerobic?
If I spit a stone into a nutrient solution, would the stone grow?
BTW, my latest batch of stones were ORANGE instead of off-white.
Should I be concerned?
Enola - sorry for the mini-hijack - but how do you get them out?! The ones I get are lodged in there so deep, it’s impossible to get them out.
Ewwww!
I just snorked up another orange stone!
How do I get them out? Push the back of your tongue against the punching bag thingy while trying to swallow the thingy and sniffing through your nose, simultaneously.
Do the orange ones taste as horrible as the off-white ones?
I always thought it was basically the same stuff as tooth plaque. Perhaps researching it would give you your answer about the life.
Have you been eating Cheetos?
I believe one doper used chopsticks. I am not endorsing this procedure.
Anyone who can’t get enough of this topic, don’t forget their other name is “tonsilloloths” or somesuch. Helps with google searches.
God they smell like death.
This article says they’re anaerobic.
Before I had my tonsils removed they had been cheesy-leaking infected sponges for the past six months. It was the god-awful-reeking white stuff, never orange. It was soft and cheesy though, not hard or stonelike.
My health has been so much better since the tonsilectomy - far less colds, coughs, sore throats.
Good grief! I thought it was some freakish thing only I had. I guess I don’t feel so bad, now that I know they have a name.
I really didn’t have anything to offer there, now did I? :o
Every time I read one of these threads, I thank God that I had a tonsilectomy at age 12. I’ve never experienced one of these things, and hopefully never will.
I had these things as a kid so much they drove me crazy, and I’d try to get at them with my tongue. After years, guess what terrific feat I achieved? Yup, I can get the tip of my tongue back there to dislodge the Demon Ore.
An added bonus: I can now put my tongue in my nasal cavity.
Just thought I’d share.
when I was six, I had to get my appendix taken out. Visiting me in the hospital, my eight year old brother said, “hey don’t be too sad, little brother, at least you get to have all the ice cream you want.”
I said, “Jimmy, I think that’s tonsils.”
Jimmy, “No. I’m pretty sure it’s ice cream.”
My guess is that the orange color indicates a worse than usual infection.
I get them too. Went to an ENT, hoping to be taken seriously (the last doc blew me off), and she ended up finishing my sentences for me. The verdict? They’ll keep doing that until I have them out. And the recovery period for adults is at least two weeks.
Which means that my not-so-little teacher tonsils will have to wait until summer. Grrrr.
Well, there’s one upside to this problem: tonsil stones are like cigars…sure, they stink, but they taste great!
:eek: :rolleyes: 
OK now I’m sittting here in the office half choking myself and making gurgling noises with my tongue.
(a) Where the hell is the nasal cavity?
(b) How long is your tongue?
I may be calling it by the wrong thing, but it’s some sort of nasal something.
You know that thing that hangs down in the back of your throat, your uvula? (In cartoons, Jerry would always use it as a punching bag when he was in Tom’s mouth Well, if you could reach back and pull it down, you’d find out that it’s attached to some flappy skin on the roof of your mouth. Stick your finger on the roof of your mouth and move it backwards. Just about the time you’re gagging yourself, you’ll feel the skin go soft. Just above that skin is a nasal passage way. When you laugh and milk comes out your nose that’s how it got there. What’s in there? Well… snot and membranes.
And it’s not really an issue of my tongue being long, just limber. Like I said, years of being driven crazy by “tonsil stones” trained it to bend back well. I can also rotate it upside down without touching it.
No, this isn’t a personal’s ad
ANOTHER orange stone!
You know, sometimes I really, really enjoy this moderator gig.
Other times, not so much.
Too bad Halloween was last week, what with the festive colors and all.
You’re welcome.