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30 July 2006

Garlic: really a bane to make-outs? I've got a date tomorrow --- going to a restaurant with great garlicky foods. Protocol, anyone?

post by: diocletian at: 23:12 | 19 comments

I'm a huge garlic fan, so it wouldn't be a turn-off for me, but I hear that it is for some people. I don't understand those people tho.

posted by smich 30 July | 23:13

If one of you eats it, both of you have to.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 July | 23:16

Mmmmm....garlicky foods....

Make sure your date gets garlicky foods too! Problem solved. I do this at home all the time...if one of us eats it the other has to have a bite ;) And bring mints. I would make a joke about it before hand, to tell the truth. Something about garlic and stinky breath. Then when you hand your date a mint afterwords, he/she will probably get a kick out of it.

I find that garlic is actually worse the next day. It just kind of oozes out of every pore.

And hi.

(hah @ smich)

posted by iconomy 30 July | 23:17

Yep, as long as both of you are garlicky, neither of you will notice.

posted by occhiblu 30 July | 23:20

Parsley. Supposedly there is a chemical innit which diminishes garlicky-ness. And all along, I thought it was some sort of sick garnish joke that Howard Johnsons' restaurants were playing on their customers.

posted by Triode 30 July | 23:21

If you're *really* worried, bring floss, a toothbrush, and a 'trave-sized' tube of toothpaste.

Between dinner and desert, make a trip to the little-boy's/girl's-room.

Remember to brush the top and bottom of your tongue as well as your cheeks and don't forget the roof of your mouth.

Gargle if you're really paranoid.

posted by porpoise 30 July | 23:35

arrrr - what Triode said. Parsley - it's very often included on the serving dish.

posted by porpoise 30 July | 23:35

Thanks everyone -- mints, innuendo, and makeouts ahoy!

posted by diocletian 30 July | 23:46

I went to a Spanish place with the most insanely garlicky dip a few weeks ago, and chewing on an entire bushel of parseley did nothing.

posted by occhiblu 30 July | 23:49

I think the garlic after-burn is much worse when you've consumed it that it is to people around you.

Know what I mean?

posted by mudpuppie 30 July | 23:59

I think my boyfriend would disagree. ;-)

posted by occhiblu 31 July | 00:19

Garlic enhances the hotness of the makeout. It's a proven Science Fact that garlic is an aphrodisiac.

posted by cmonkey 31 July | 00:22

Yeah - Count me in the "I like the taste of Garlic on other people" camp. To me, Garlic breath means you automatically cooler.

posted by seanyboy 31 July | 04:10

Garlic makeouts are the reason why internet dating will never replace real dating until tasteovision is invented.

posted by Eideteker 31 July | 04:50

suck a lot of face and give some deep tongue,
eat a lot of garlic, and you'll surely stay young.

posted by quonsar 31 July | 06:24

Garlic enhances the hotness of the makeout.

BAM!

posted by jonmc 31 July | 07:03

Bring your date a crossage/boquet/flower you pin on your lapelle (I have no idea how any of these things are spelled) of fresh parsley, the yummiest that you can find and offer this before you go to the resturant. Tie it up in a bow and stuff. :) It's cute and the only thing that sedates garlic breath (eat afterward).

posted by dabitch 31 July | 07:13

Mutual garlicness is good. If your date disagrees, dump them.

posted by matildaben 31 July | 10:24

Garlic enhances the hotness of the makeout.

can I get an amen?

posted by jessamyn 31 July | 14:42

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