# What makes you gag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 1999, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715 "1999-09-29T18:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/1 "1999-09-30T05:30:00Z")
So, what does it for you? I gag if I see other people gagging, smell really bad smells, see vomit, cleaning puke make me barf, and if I see a ‘cumshot’ in a dirty movie, you know the kinds…all over her face…GAG! Swallowing tiny pills makes me gag too, but not big pills, warm milk, pepto bismol…liquid medicine of any kind. And you? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/2 "1999-09-30T05:37:00Z")
God Kelli,what kindof a mood are you in? 🙂 For me,it’s hair,in food,in a drain especially! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/3 "1999-09-30T05:45:00Z")
Palidors makes me gag. He hasn’t made me puke yet, but it’s just a matter of time. If I see someone gag, I start to gag, too. Monkey see, monkey do, I guess. Don’t say it. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/4 "1999-09-30T05:53:00Z")
maggots, cum shots (same as with Kel), sloppy eaters, and of course, spoons 🙂 * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/5 "1999-09-30T05:55:00Z")
maggots…_gag_ the very word makes me gag! This great idea came to me from GQ…where someone mentioned ice cream & lemonade in the same sentence. Hey and what could be more fun than this right after lunch?? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/6 "1999-09-29T18:59:00Z")
the only thing that makes me gag is really horrid smells, anything else I can stand. * * * Just add water, it makes it’s own sauce! ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/7 "1999-09-29T19:15:00Z")
Trolls 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/8 "1999-09-29T19:35:00Z")
Really big pills are so much worse then the little ones. My acyclovir are 800 mg, and they don’t have much of a coating on them. Every now and then I’ll get one stuck in my throat and it’ll trigger the gag reflex. I took one right after eating today and almost puked all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/9 "1999-09-29T19:43:00Z")
Seeing other people gag, very stinky smells, 10 inches. Hmmm well maybe not the last one. 😉 SC * * * “People’s Poet don’t die, we’ll kill ourselves if you do, but first we’ll take off all our clothes.” The Young Ones ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/10 "1999-09-29T19:58:00Z")
Other people’s vomit. Cat poop. Post-nasal drip. “Spit cups” from chewing tobacco – ever since I heard the story about someone drinking one…[ack! Gagging now just from the thought/image!] ---
**Author:** ![LongHrn99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e4f/32.png) [@LongHrn99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LongHrn99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/11 "1999-09-29T20:34:00Z")
Vomit, large open wounds (that are not my own), and smelling sour milk (just the thought of it since it happened Tuesday morning). * * * “There are many sweeping generalizations that are always true” -Space Ghost ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/12 "1999-09-29T20:34:00Z")
Ipecac. ---
**Author:** ![beefymeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@beefymeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefymeg)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/13 "1999-09-29T23:02:00Z")
Other people’s blood. And when you peel the paper off a popsicle (ohhhh, just thinking about it makes me shiver) - but that’s more of a gross-out, less of an actual GAG. * * * Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/14 "1999-09-29T23:18:00Z")
You guys are sick!! No – make that three syllables si-ee-ick! * * * “Finally, consider Kottke’s voice which sounds like geese farts on a muggy day.” Leo Kottke _6- And 12-String Guitar_ ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/15 "1999-09-29T23:31:00Z")
Whiskey… from bourbon all the way up through the good stuff. Had a really bad (self-inflicted) experience with the stuff once. Just smelling it makes me gag. Uh oh, I’m starting to feel a bit queasy… ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/16 "1999-09-30T02:55:00Z")
Only thing that makes me gag is Menudo. I don’t care what anyone says, cow stomach is NOT meant to be eaten. – Sylence * * * “The problem with reality is the lack of background music.” – Anon ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/17 "1999-09-30T03:20:00Z")
I can stick my fingers straight down my throat. Nothing. I can swallow pills without any water. Yawn. What I cannot do is see, smell, or hear sloshing around in the carton, curdled milk. Wrflggh! By the way, sticking your fingers really far down your throat is a neat party trick if you can do it. I have never heard such gagging in my life! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/18 "1999-09-30T03:25:00Z")
Vegetables. Dog crap on the footpath. Attempts to swallow chewing gum. And a bad coughing fit. 🙂 * * * “So what you are telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is _slightly less blue_ than something else that you have never seen.” ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/19 "1999-09-30T20:30:00Z")
Most vegetables and baking soda toothpaste when it gets back to my throat. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 1999, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715/20 "1999-10-02T05:50:00Z")
The smell in Chinatown (NY). Lord, how do they stand living there? I can hardly walk through it! * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@schicktech.com](mailto:ckeller@schicktech.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-gag/8715.md?page=2)