# What is that stuff.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 12, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754 "2002-03-12T02:05:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Farmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/1 "2002-03-12T02:05:46Z")

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Just what is that stuff in the back of my throat that is up and inside my tonsils? It’s like these white little pellets.

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### Author: ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/2 "2002-03-12T02:33:41Z")

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Styrofoam?

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### Author: ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/3 "2002-03-12T02:42:44Z")

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Packing peanuts.

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### Author: ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/4 "2002-03-12T03:35:51Z")

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Glutinous rice.

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### Author: ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/5 "2002-03-12T04:06:20Z")

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Those pellets are little food particles that get lodged in the crevices of your tonsils and then start to decay.

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### Author: ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/6 "2002-03-12T04:30:54Z")

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Or you may have chronic tonsilitis in which case it’s some sort of pus.

In the last six months before my tonsilectomy, my tonsils were never pus-free. That white stuff was all over them. Dripping nasty bacterial poison down my throat 24/7. God my health improved once I had them removed - far less colds and bugs and stuff.

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### Author: ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/7 "2002-03-12T09:58:22Z")

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How can someone be banned and also post? 😕  
About the Q, maybe gargle with warm salt water to see if the stuff clears. If not, check w/a doc.

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### Author: ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff/97754/8 "2002-03-12T12:55:17Z")

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He was banned after he posted the OP.