Poll
Question:
Can you taste PTC? Description in post.
Option 1: Yes
votes: 3
Option 2: No
votes: 3
Option 3: I don't know
votes: 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide
Basically, only some people can taste it.
Where would you be able to taste it?
Quote from: reefer on January 09, 2008, 11:56:09 PM
Where would you be able to taste it?
I went to the Museum of Science in Boston and they were seeing who could do it.
i fucken love that museum
Quote from: JMV290 on January 09, 2008, 11:57:23 PM
I went to the Museum of Science in Boston and they were seeing who could do it.
i fucken love that museum
Not something you might have somewhere in your house then?
I drink loads of tea, so probably not.
I've never tasted it. :(
i don't have a frickin clue
I often drink tea and coffee so probably not.
I have no idea.
one time in seventh grade my teacher gave us some of that stuff ina slip of paper to taste.
i couldnt taste it. :(
you're glad you cant taste it! it tastes SO BITTER! gonk;
Quote from: Ronald Rollins on January 10, 2008, 11:43:40 AM
one time in seventh grade my teacher gave us some of that stuff ina slip of paper to taste.
i couldnt taste it. :(
How did she open the paper to put it on there? psyduck;
I have never tried
but damn it now I really want to find out befuddlement
I tasted PTC once in grade school on a field trip. Taste bud explosion. burned;
Now that I think about it, I might even be a supertaster. spam;
Quote from: KonohaShinobi on January 10, 2008, 12:34:22 PM
How did she open the paper to put it on there? psyduck;
um i mean it was PTC paper.
brb hall of science
I have no idea. I am habituated to both coffee an tea, though, so probably not.
Nope, we did that in scienc a few months ago.
Turns out I'm the only one iun our class who can't taste it, but judging by there reactions, I wouldn't want to
powerofone;
never have.
Quote from: Bushybrow on January 10, 2008, 02:17:22 PM
Nope, we did that in scienc a few months ago.
Turns out I'm the only one iun our class who can't taste it, but judging by there reactions, I wouldn't want to
powerofone;
Chances are, at least a few of them were lying just to be part of the majority.
So, do you taste absolutely nothing and just feel pressure on your tongue? befuddlement
Also, I've always wondered what it'd be like to taste something if you couldn't physically feel anything. magician;
Quote from: Bushybrow on January 10, 2008, 02:17:22 PM
Nope, we did that in scienc a few months ago.
Turns out I'm the only one iun our class who can't taste it, but judging by there reactions, I wouldn't want to
powerofone;
It's not the best tasting stuff either.