My mouth has tasted particularly terrible lately. I’ve been trying to brush my tongue in the morning but I have a pretty active gag reflex, making me dry heave a little at the sink. (I like to think of it as doing a couple of crunches.) I know you can buy a tongue scraper, but I don’t have that kind of time or money. I thought for a while and then did a google search. Turns out you can use a spoon to scrape your tongue.
Awesome. I just happen to have a whole drawer full of spoons.
I scraped a couple of times, felt a thousand percent better, then swished a teaspoon of vodka as a super germ-killing mouthwash.
(On Sunday mornings, I drink it. Clears out the cobwebs for hymn singing. 😉 )
Kristi says
A sad spoof on Mary Poppins…
“Just a spoon and some vodka keeps the gag reflex down
the gag reflex down, gag reflex down.
Just a spoon and some vodka keeps the gag reflex down
That is called the ‘Lauren way’.”
Brad says
I only ever just use my teeth to scrape my tongue. They don’t get the back of my tongue, but scraping the back makes me gag too.