When was the last time you thought about your tongue? The tongue is one of my favorite body parts.
It has a life of its own. To understand this better, stoop down to the level of a two year old and stick your tongue out long and flatten it wide. Don’t move it around. Eventually, the child will want to touch it. Most kiddies will giggle, laugh and pull their hands back after contact is made! It’s because the tongue moves no matter how still you try to keep it. And it’s wet and warm. I’ve convinced myself little children don’t realize it’s part of the body and think it might be a fish or something. Of course, don’t try this experiment with a stranger. Stick to your family and with the flu season upon us, make sure you wash the kid’s hand. Don’t be freaking gross ok?
Kissing is boring without tongue. The thing has so much strength and muscle power that, one on one, it adds intimacy and so much sexiness. Sorry, I haven’t tried many on one…yet. Most people don’t walk around touching each other’s tongue. When we do, it adds closeness and secrecy. Not to mention passion and heat. Almost all intimate kisses, no matter which body part is involved, requires tongue.
Since the tongue is also an organ of speech, humans wouldn’t be able to talk without it. Can you imagine that? Stick your tongue backward toward your throat. Keep it that way for a while and try to talk. It’s not easy. I confess I haven’t actually tried this experiment but I think you get the point. I for one can live without a finger, if I had to. But I love my tongue.
When was the last time you tasted something without your tongue? Not pleasant, if at all possible. As the tip of my tongue touches the most delicious food, I’m in heaven. Think of ice cream. Where would we be without ice cream? I firmly believe that ice cream has to be licked, I’m old school. If you doubt the validity of my point, stick your tongue into a nice bowl of Ghormehsabzi or Ash. You’ll get it then.
If you smoke, you are very close to your tongue. Ironically, you’re self destructive and you risk spreading cancer to the one thing you need for your guilty pleasure.
Most cultures hold the tongue very near and dear. I don’t really know why. But most people consider it rude to stick their tongue out to someone. It looks ugly. It’s insulting. And don’t we call our first language our mother tongue? We hold it so dear that we associate the language with our mums.
It’s a sensitive organ. If you have a hair on your tongue, it’s annoying as hell. But you can’t really take it off with dirty hands! You know your hand and your tongue are vestibules of filth and can nest a mother fucking germ like there’s no tommorrow.
We use the tongue to entertain ourselves too. I know how to make all sorts of sounds with it. From farting sounds to beat that encourage dancing. Iranian’s have perfected the art of saying no with the tongue: Noch.
Do you ever accidentally bite your tongue? It really hurts. But if you want to keep evil way, you have to bite your tongue figuratively before talking! Sometimes we ask God to make us mute, lest an evil spirit takes revenge upon our lives. It’s so confusing.
All in all, it’s a complex system. It’s porous and warm. It can help you get a piece of food from between your teeth and make you sick if you don’t care for it. You have to brush it often but you can’t be rough with it.
My tongue and I are one.
