# Who has the World's Largest Tongue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316 "2002-03-14T18:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/1 "2002-03-14T18:49:10Z")
Everyone who said “Gene Simmons” is wrong. The Guinness Book of World Records has certified that the record holder is a [German schoolgirl](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1646000/1646912.stm). ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/2 "2002-03-15T00:31:20Z")
So many dirty thoughts arise at the notion of a girl with a really long tongue… Yeah, I’m a pervert. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/3 "2002-03-15T00:32:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Everyone who said “Gene Simmons” is wrong. The Guinness Book of World Records has certified that the record holder is a [German schoolgirl](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1646000/1646912.stm). \*\* Man, I can’t wait until she’s legal . . . Tripler C’mon, someone had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/4 "2002-03-15T00:41:30Z")
I find those pictures kinda gross–it looks like she has some weirdo growth or an alien thing in her mouth. But, I must say, it is quite…intruiging. I wonder how old she is. She looks like a late teenager from the pictures, but it’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/5 "2002-03-15T00:52:56Z")
[German schoolgirl Annika Irmler has licked her way into the Guinness Book of Records with her whopping seven centimetre tongue.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1646000/1646912.stm) seven centimetres? that’s all? Now I really have to say: German schoolgirl nothin’. It’s that dog on the Kilborn show. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/6 "2002-03-15T00:54:04Z")
The article says she’s twelve. Will it grow even longer when she reaches puberty and has a growth spurt? The funniest thing in the article was the quote from her about how all her friends have told her she could make a lot of money with her tongue when she grow up. :eek: What are they teaching kids in German schools these days? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/7 "2002-03-15T00:56:21Z")
What are they teaching them? Why public speaking of course! There are some famous Germans / Austrians that have changed the world (for better or for worse) with their fiery oratory. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/8 "2002-03-15T01:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*What are they teaching them? Why public speaking of course! There are some famous Germans / Austrians that have changed the world (for better or for worse) with their fiery oratory. \*\* Who? Sigfried and Roy?!? It sure ain’t “Aaaahhhnold”. Tripler Arnold is _not_ an orator. Sorry. . . ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/9 "2002-03-15T01:49:38Z")
I saw a lady on HBO’s “Real Sex” a few months ago that could’ve qualified for largest tongue. WOW. I don’t remember her name, but she was a stripper who showed men how to use their tongues to pleasure women. Did anyone else see that? She had a huge tongue! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/10 "2002-03-15T02:41:24Z")
I saw the RealSex babe and not only was it big, she could manipulate it [Artie Johnson]very interestingly[/Artie Johnson].:eek: 😛 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/11 "2002-03-15T16:33:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by foolsguinea \* > \*\*[German schoolgirl Annika Irmler has licked her way into the Guinness Book of Records with her whopping seven centimetre tongue.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_1646000/1646912.stm) > seven centimetres? that’s all? Now I really have to say: > German schoolgirl nothin’. It’s that dog on the Kilborn show. \*\* I think [animals](http://www.tungdog.com/) have a separate category. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/12 "2002-03-17T01:36:50Z")
What about this toungue? [http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/bizarre/bizarre.cfm?instanceid=12271](http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/bizarre/bizarre.cfm?instanceid=12271) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/13 "2002-03-17T16:27:02Z")
Do they measure the tongue from the bottom or the top? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/14 "2002-03-17T20:38:12Z")
I thought Gene Simmons’ tongue was a lot longer than seven CENTIMETERS! ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-worlds-largest-tongue/98316/15 "2002-03-18T03:38:29Z")
The answer is so obvious: **Toad** of the X-Men movie! 😉