# When was the last time you threw up? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038 "2012-01-29T00:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/61 "2012-01-31T22:48:36Z")
Sometime last summer, I’m sure. I get migraines from being dehydrated / overheated very easily, and they’re almost guaranteed to make me barf. It typically happens once a summer. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/62 "2012-02-01T00:31:48Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Whatever you are paid, it’s not enough. That’s a job I just could not do. And I hope hope hope the items mentioned in the spoiler were not \ soiled. Har. It’s not just a job, it’s a vocation. At least that’s what I tell myself - I’m pretty sure other vet techs feel the same way. And I have to tell ya, what attracts dogs to certain items is, unfortunately, scent. Which is why so many dogs seem to have a penchant for socks and underwear - always prior to laundering - never after! I wouldn’t have been grossed out at all if little doggie had found those things still in their wrappers! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/63 "2012-02-01T13:41:29Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > The one from last summer was the first time I had to vomit from being grossed out. Mind you, I make dogs barf as part of my job. I’m used to dogs vomiting in front of me, and I’m used to fishing through it to look for swallowed items. But this one took the cake. > > The dog had eaten two condoms and three tampons. Yes, the owner was a gross hoebag of a girl. I had to go outside for fresh air from the smell, and horked into a dumpster. Which was also really gross. It was just a gross evening in general that night and I was so glad when my shift was over! The worst of it is, right before the spoiler you said “cake”. I was all 🙂 and then I was totally :eek::mad:☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/64 "2012-02-01T14:14:58Z")
Why didn’t I see this thread yesterday? I could have simulpostpuked! I was majorly sick. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/65 "2012-02-01T18:50:43Z")
Last time for me was 1996. Only once, and I spent the entire rest of the day fighting the urge to do it again (and I won!). Put me down as another emetophobe. Prior to that was…let’s see…1984. I was home from college and ate KFC. Blamed it on the biscuits, but no idea why. Didn’t eat KFC again for probably 10 years. I know the last time before that was when I ate some bad Chinese food, but I don’t remember when it was. Yeah, I don’t barf often since childhood, thank goodness. I would rather be sick with a head cold for a month than barf once. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/66 "2012-02-01T19:36:50Z")
I had a puke-free stretch from about 1984 to 1995, then I overindulged in alchohol a few times from 1995-1997, and I haven’t thrown up since then (unless you count a “vurp” as defined in the original post). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/67 "2012-02-01T20:52:18Z")
I’m prone to motion sickness, so nausea on long car trips can be a problem unless I do most of the driving. Last time that I ralfed, though, was about six months ago when I got hit with a short-term stomach bug. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038/68 "2012-02-01T21:00:11Z")
It’s been at least 10 years for me. Times I can remember, in the ~early 90s I got the flu and threw up a bunch of times. Then again in the 90s I ate feta cheese and later threw up. Wasn’t certain at the time it as feta, but I ate it at another place some time later and threw up again. Funny thing is this past weekend I was eating a slice of veggie pizza and noticed a salty taste as I got near the crust, it was feta cheese. I quit eating and we headed home, I was resigned to some barfing but it never happened. Either I’ve changed, it never was the feta, or I didn’t eat enough of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-threw-up/611038.md?page=3)