# Vagina tastes like licking a battery. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893 "2010-01-21T20:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/21 "2010-01-21T22:19:27Z")
Huh. Thought it was risotto, not battery. Learn somethin’ new every day. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/22 "2010-01-21T22:19:54Z")
All I know is, there are only two things in the world that taste like tuna. One of them is tuna. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/23 "2010-01-21T22:26:29Z")
[Yeah um . . .](http://bit.ly/bleargh) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Philosopher)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/24 "2010-01-21T22:55:36Z")
I know what you mean. Has a tangy, iron kind of taste. Most fouffas are acidic maybe that’s why. Mmm ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/25 "2010-01-21T23:13:04Z")
Sounds like another electrician may have left dripped a little batter acid while working in the area before your friend tried his luck. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/26 "2010-01-21T23:20:22Z")
You know, I just realized that I’ve never licked a battery… ---
**Author:** ![Mannish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mannish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mannish)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/27 "2010-01-21T23:28:42Z")
> [@Ruminator](#): > > You don’t lick 9-volt batteries to test if they have some juice left in them? Isn’ t that why you lick vaginas? ---
**Author:** ![Ruminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ruminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruminator)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/28 "2010-01-21T23:32:32Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > You know, I just realized that I’ve never licked a battery… I envy you. To relive the thrill of experiencing it for the very first time. > [@Mannish](#): > > Isn’ t that why you lick vaginas? Dude, do the math. A brand new 9-volt battery costs $2.00 . If the economics of vaginas happens to works out better for you, you’re a richer man than I. ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/29 "2010-01-21T23:33:10Z")
Was she pierced down there? Maybe you were getting an electro-chemical effect with your fillings? ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/30 "2010-01-21T23:43:14Z")
It’s probably lactic acid produced by the lactobacillus bacteria that colonize vaginas. It’s what maintains the vagina’s PH to keep out harmful bacteria; it’s also what makes yogurt, saurkraut, and pickles taste so tart (and tasty). I’ve never tasted a vagina or a battery, so that’s my best guess. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/31 "2010-01-21T23:43:37Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > You guys just need better taste in women. > > (ba-dum-bum) > > (taste in, tastin’, tasting… nevemind:() Best vagina joke of the day!!! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/32 "2010-01-21T23:54:02Z")
> [@Ruminator](#): > > Dude, do the math. A brand new 9-volt battery costs $2.00 . If the economics of vaginas happens to works out better for you, you’re a richer man than I. _9 VOLT?_ :eek: Damn, you been messin’ with some badass vaginas! I would think the discriminating faux-vagina licker would be better served by a couple of AAA’s…or AA’s at the most. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/33 "2010-01-22T00:09:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Was she pierced down there? Maybe you were getting an electro-chemical effect with your fillings? And likewise, do you have any orthodontia (braces, retainer, etc.)? Back when I had braces and was playing the tuba, I found that I got a battery-like effect if my braces and my tuba mouthpiece came in contact. Basically, any time you have two different metals and an acid of some sort, you’ll get a crude battery. ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/34 "2010-01-22T00:16:08Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I would think the discriminating faux-vagina licker would be better served by a couple of AAA’s…or AA’s at the most. You’d need a pretty flexible tongue to lick an AA. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/35 "2010-01-22T00:17:34Z")
Who cares if she tastes like batteries - as long as she keeps coming and coming and coming… ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/36 "2010-01-22T00:27:05Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > When I first saw this it read, “Everybody” So did I until I read your post. Would have been funnier. To the OP, I’ve lick a few myself (hey, I was in college!) and I don’t agree with the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/37 "2010-01-22T00:27:22Z")
> [@kevlaw](#): > > You’d need a pretty flexible tongue to lick an AA. Oops, you’re right. Now that I think about it, whenever I licked an battery and got that acidy tingle, it was from a 9v, as you need two terminals to get the bite. I was mistakenly thinking of those large batteries that go in camping flashlights, probably because I was using one just a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/38 "2010-01-22T00:52:01Z")
There’s kind of a tangy pungent metallic thing going on, for sure. To this day I still can’t relate to the fish jokes at all – which is good I guess, because I hate fish unless it’s deep fat fried (I’m sadly a typical American in this regard). ---
**Author:** ![TurboNuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TurboNuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurboNuke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/39 "2010-01-22T00:57:28Z")
How does a real man know if a battery is charged? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893/40 "2010-01-22T01:09:16Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Oops, you’re right. Now that I think about it, whenever I licked an battery and got that acidy tingle, it was from a 9v, as you need two terminals to get the bite. I was mistakenly thinking of those large batteries that go in camping flashlights, probably because I was using one just a couple of days ago. Must have been one hell of a vibrator to need a battery that big… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagina-tastes-like-licking-a-battery/525893.md?page=3)