# Who can tie knots in cherry stems with their tongue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507 "2000-07-14T00:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bolo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/41 "2000-07-14T20:19:15Z")
My wife can. I can’t. I can however lick all the brown stuff off of a shelled almond that I’m holding vertically in my front teeth. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/42 "2000-07-14T20:27:35Z")
**Tymp** , you seem to be forgetting the fact that your speech is unintelligible after that incident. You are physically capable of telling Mrs. Nen anything. Frankly, I’m quite surprised that your horrific lisp hasn’t seeped into your typing. Shame on you for even considering such an act, ye with forkéd tongue (both literally and figuratively, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/43 "2000-07-14T20:28:51Z")
::sheepishly:: That should be “aren’t capable”… ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/44 "2000-07-14T20:33:26Z")
What lithp, punk? Don’t make me drive over there and kick your ath! ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/45 "2000-07-14T20:34:02Z")
Yep (depends on the length). Flip it both left to right and right to left, curl in a U, curl into a straw, make a 5 (or 3) leaf clover. Can’t touch my nose with it though. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/46 "2000-07-14T20:39:25Z")
Yup, thath what I thought you’d thay. You’re alwayth tho predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Callina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Callina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Callina)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/47 "2000-07-14T20:45:41Z")
I want to know who was the first person who looked at a cherry stem and thought “gee, I bet I could tie that into a knot using just my tongue”. Who does that? How do I meet more people like that? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507/48 "2000-07-15T00:20:26Z")
I can, but I’m not very good at it. I had a GF years ago who tied 6 stems into knots in less than 5 seconds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tie-knots-in-cherry-stems-with-their-tongue/25507.md?page=2)