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French Kissing Can Be So Dirty

Mal_Adjusted

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French kissing can be so dirty

Scientists say more than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss.

The study says couples also exchange 0.7 grams of protein, 0.45 grams of fat and 0.19 grams of other organic substances.

The results come from a study carried out to publicise the advantages of good oral hygene in Sweden.

Swedish pharmacies taking part in the campaign are also looking for a couple to break the world record in kissing on Valentine's Day.

They urge people to eat healthily, brush their teeth under medical supervision and use different types of dental floss in preparation for .

The marathon kiss will be broadcast live on the Swedish Pharmaceutical Association's website on February 14.

They say they want to urge repsonsible kissing which can have advantages as well, for example if the couple chosen beat the last record the Swedes estimate they will have burned at least 7,436 calories.

The current French-kissing record is held by Louisa Almedovar and Rich Langley, from New Jersey, who kissed for 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds in 2001.

ananova.com/news/story/sm_1259280.html
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It's a caring, sharing thing and allows one arousal while checking your partners fillings.

How can something that feels so good be so bad?
 
I always find it odd when articles like this one just say "bacteria", as they could be good or bad ;) I suppose the same could be said of parasites too (and what sort are they actually talknig about?). And are these parasites/bacteria you'd likely already have in your mouth anyway? Perhaps picked up from food (hence the vaguely cryptic healthy eating comment?)

I don't know if I'd go for kissing for 31 hours though, I think my lips would get a bit sore (they do that for significantly shorter periods of kissing, 31 hours would probably make them fall off or something :p)
 
The study says couples also exchange 0.7 grams of protein, 0.45 grams of fat and 0.19 grams of other organic substances.

And to top all that, its also fattening
 
Swan said:
The study says couples also exchange 0.7 grams of protein, 0.45 grams of fat and 0.19 grams of other organic substances.

And to top all that, its also fattening
Not if you tickle their ulvula* so much that they chunder.
How romantic!

*Little dangly bit of flesh visible at the back of the throat.
 
Stormkhan said:
Not if you tickle their ulvula* so much that they chunder.
How romantic!

*Little dangly bit of flesh visible at the back of the throat.

no wonder i failed my biology a level :(
 
Mal Function said:
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40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged

and just how did they count all them all?

mal
1, 2....30433, 30434

*phone rings*

Oh bugger! 1, 2.....

Don't worry, there are loads of ways to count micro-organisms and counting them ALL is not one of them. :lol:
 
I think i will carry on taking my chances with french kissing!


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Kissing the French is so dirty? Why what's wrong with them? :shock:
 
I've just received a letter from the British Board of Film Censors:

"Dear Mr. White Hood,

Thank you for submitting your latest epic motion picture entitled KKK Extreme Kissing. I have to tell you that it is far too dirty.

Suggest you substitute footage of dog-rimming instead. This will be just as dirty but less likely to be emulated by impressionable viewers. Well probably.

On behalf of the bored,

Fluffy Pinkwhistle (Mr.)

:shock:
 
James Whitehead said:
I've just received a letter from the British Board of Film Censors:

"Dear Mr. White Hood,

Thank you for submitting your latest epic motion picture entitled KKK Extreme Kissing. I have to tell you that it is far too dirty.

Suggest you substitute footage of dog-rimming instead. This will be just as dirty but less likely to be emulated by impressionable viewers. Well probably.

On behalf of the bored,

Fluffy Pinkwhistle (Mr.)





:shock:

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I dont kiss anyone.

No wonder Im so healthy. I was told its one of the best ways to catch things.
 
Healthy but sadly lacking in something.

A kiss from a loved one is fuel for goodness of the spirit.






Then again, a good portion of tonsil-hockey is a stiffy-stimulus and a bonding, however briefly, of two people willing to share bodily fluids!
 
And then there's second-hand kissing. I hate it when I'm dining out and some couple is going at it, spraying bodily fluids everywhere. They should have their own section. And they should be taxed while we're at it- what if I get the sniffles? Who's gonna pay for that? DISEASE VECTORS!!

:roll:
 
Worse than that. surely, are the faux 'Hollywood' types who 'air kiss', i.e. pretend to kiss each others cheeks while making a "mwah, mwah" noise. They might preserve each others make-up and pretend to be friendly but their bacteria and other gloop is being projected to innocent bystanders.
 
Volshebnik said:
And then there's second-hand kissing. I hate it when I'm dining out and some couple is going at it, spraying bodily fluids everywhere. They should have their own section. And they should be taxed while we're at it- what if I get the sniffles? Who's gonna pay for that? DISEASE VECTORS!!

:roll:

A pet peeve definitely and nothing to do with prudishness.
 
I thought it was a sign of growing old - recently, I have found the sight of people kissing quite disgusting, whether in real life or on the screen! But perhaps I just had a premonition about reading this article...

Kissing was developed 'to spread germs'
It isn't the most romantic theory, but scientists believe kissing was developed to spread germs which build up immunity to illness.
Published: 8:00AM GMT 31 Oct 2009

They say the gesture allows a bug named Cytomegalovirus, which is dangerous in pregnancy, to be passed from man to woman to give her time to build up protection against it.

The bug is found in saliva and normally causes no problems. But it can be extremely dangerous if caught while pregnant and can kill unborn babies or cause birth defects.

Writing in the journal Medical Hypotheses, researcher Dr Colin Hendrie from the University of Leeds, said: "Female inoculation with a specific male's cytomegalovirus is most efficiently achieved through mouth-to-mouth contact and saliva exchange, particularly where the flow of saliva is from the male to the typically shorter female." :eek!!!!:

Kissing the same person for about six months provides the best protection, he added.

As the relationships progresses and the kisses become more passionate, the woman's immunity builds up, cutting her odds of becoming ill.

By the time she becomes pregnant, the odds of her unborn baby becoming infected are much lower.

Previously scientists have claimed that kissing acts as a form of evolutionary quality control, with saliva holding clues to fertility, health and genes.

But the psychologists from Leeds and the University of Central Lancashire said these things can be judged without getting quite so intimate.

Dr Hendrie said: "Information concerning body tone, smell, reproductive condition, disease state and, of course, personal physical and oral hygiene can all be gained solely from close physical proximity.

"The small amount of additional information from kissing is an unlikely pressure for its development."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... germs.html
 
Old news, new news... :roll:

One kiss 'shares 80 million bugs'
By Smitha Mundasad, Health reporter, BBC News

A single 10-second kiss can transfer as many as 80 million bacteria, according to Dutch scientists.
They monitored the kissing behaviour of 21 couples and found those who kissed nine times a day were most likely to share salivary bugs.

Studies suggest the mouth is home to more than 700 different types of bacteria - but the report reveals some are exchanged more easily than others.
The research is published in the journal Microbiome.

A team from the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) asked 21 couples a series of questions to assess their kissing habits, including how frequently they had kissed in the last year and when they last locked lips.

Scientists took bacterial samples from the volunteers' tongues and saliva before and after a strictly timed 10-second kiss.
One member of the couple then drank a probiotic drink, containing an easily identifiable mixture of bugs.
On the couple's second kiss, scientists were able to detect the volume of bacteria transferred to the other partner - on average 80 million bacteria in a single 10-second kiss.

But while bacteria in the saliva seemed to change quickly in response to a kiss, bug populations on the tongue remained more stable.
Prof Remco Kort, who led the research, said: "French kissing is a great example of exposure to a gigantic number of bacteria in a short time.
"But only some bacteria transferred from a kiss seemed to take hold on the tongue.
"Further research should look at the properties of the bacteria and the tongue that contribute to this sticking power.
"These types of investigations may help us design future bacterial therapies and help people with troublesome bacterial problems."

The Dutch scientists worked in collaboration with the museum Micropia, the world's first museum of microbes, based in Amsterdam.
In a newly opened exhibition, couples are invited to share a kiss and are provided with an instant analysis of the bugs they have exchanged.

A growing number of researchers are looking at the microbiome - an ecosystem of some 100 trillion micro-organisms that live in and on our bodies.
Scientists say these populations may be essential for health and the prevention of disease.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30055646

Remember this Burt Bacharach song from the 60s?

"What do you get when you kiss a guy
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia
After you do, he'll never phone ya
I'll never fall in love again
I'll never fall in love again"
;)
 
The moral I take from this: never touch anybody ever.
 
The moral I take from this: never touch anybody ever.

There was a video going around this week of a girl attempting to lick the toilet seat of an aeroplane lavatory seductively. She succeeded with the lick and bombed with the seduction.

I think this is one of the most revolting things I've ever seen--I'd rather see somebody eat maggots or something.

NSFW: Nothing pornographic, but germophobes/mysophobes beware:
 
As of 2015, Guinness claimed the following:

The longest kiss lasted 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds, achieved by Ekkachai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranarat (both Thailand) at an event organized by Ripley's Believe It or Not! Pattaya, in Pattaya, Thailand, on February 12-14, 2013. Nine couples entered the annual competition, including a married couple in their 70s. However, it was previous record holders Ekkachai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranarat who came out on top, scooping a cash prize and two diamond rings as well as another Guinness World Records title.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...ten-of-the-most-romantic-world-records-371925

It's not clear whether this record-setting smooch qualified as the longest French kiss.
 
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