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Are you familiar with that thing where you eat popcorn and you get a tough little piece lodged way back in the depths of your mouth right by the base of your tongue?

7 months ago by Diddlydee to c/showerthoughts

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It's usually a bugger to get out and you need to involve a finger.

I don't recall that happening with any other foodstuff.

Okokimup 25 points 7 months ago

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IWW4 19 points 7 months ago

Yes of course, nothing else has the corn husk, but other foods that get stuck in my teeth.

  • pork and beef ribs
  • various seeds
  • some leafy greens
  • dried fruit
  • soft breaf

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Diddlydee 16 points 7 months ago

Teeth, yes. All of those. This is more when the husk gets stuck down at the root of your tongue, down behind your molars.

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IWW4 4 points 7 months ago

Seeds

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 7 months ago

I hate when I get teeth stuck in my teeth

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ininewcrow 5 points 7 months ago

Roast chicken for me, especially if it's really stringy and dry.

Which is why I always carry floss with me.

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IWW4 2 points 7 months ago

Same!

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fonix232 3 points 7 months ago

The worst is when there's a tougher bit in like, a dry sausage (salami, chorizo, etc.), or bacon, that gets stuck between your teeth and is impossible to get out because the little fucker is just so slippery you can't get a grip on it...

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natecox 15 points 7 months ago

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Zapados 7 points 7 months ago

That's a common issue! The stuck popcorn piece is often referred to as an 'ear corn' in Dutch.

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stelelor 5 points 7 months ago

I am intimately familiar with that feeling. Because it's not just popcorn that causes it. In apples, the seed chambers are lined with a hard membrane that is extremely similar in size and texture to a popcorn hull. If you bite too close to the core, or if you eat apple slices from uncored apples, youwill get one stuck in your throat.

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RickyRigatoni 3 points 7 months ago

I gwt shards of the kernel shell embedding themselves between my teeth or between the teeth and gums. It's torture but feels soooooo gooood when you get it out.

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Kolanaki 2 points 7 months ago

I use those dental hook/flosser things. The thin plastic hook on the handle is made for this exact situation.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 7 months ago

Now imagine an ulcer. Imagine the popsherds getting lodged in that.

I've seen some shit

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11111one11111 1 point 7 months ago

The similar material type as popcorn seeds but isnt the seed but the casing around apple seeds. If I dance with the devil and bite too deep into the core of an apple ive gotten that seed casing stuck on my tongue or between my teeth the same way the shell of a popcorn seed will.

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xia 1 point 7 months ago

I'm not entirely sure this qualifies as a shower thought, at least... not in the original sense.

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ininewcrow 1 point 7 months ago

Isn't that getting food lodged at your tonsils. We like to think that tonsils are a mile away at the back of the throat away from the mouth but it's all very close to each other.

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spongebue 4 points 7 months ago

I understood the feeling OP mentioned and my tonsils were removed decades ago

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Diddlydee 4 points 7 months ago

No, this at the side/rear of your mouth, right under the base of your tongue.

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SirSamuel 1 point 7 months ago

Like, in the lower molar, where it meets the gums? Or suctioned to the base of your tongue? Cause one of those is common, and it ain't the suction one

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rhythmisaprancer 1 point 7 months ago

Then the follow up of a sore tongue tip for the next three days from doing battle with said kernel.

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