Why is Gene Simmons' tongue so freakishly long?

I don’t know why it’s long, but does it bother me? Heck no! I can think of a few things it would be really, really good for!

LOL anyone see the family guy episode where he visits peter and lois?

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I heard (and it may be an urban legend) that he had the area under his tongue clipped in the 80’s to make it freakishly long.

The only part of Gene Simmons that I’m interested in is his son… ;)

I’ve read his book and according to him it is just something he was born with and he never thought it would be a big deal.

P.S. He never spit real blood during concerts.

I’ve got a really long tongue, I think some people just have really long tongues.

He’s just a nice Jewish boy that went into his father’s business. Like Jesus.

Male enhancement gone wrong?

I think it is for keeping the balance when swinging from branch to branch.
The Simmons is a vertebrate, right?

I might be wrong.

I just know that he keeps it stored in the empty space most people have their brains.

It’s just genetics, but it reminds me of an old joke:

“Jon, who’s a very good looking man walks into a singles bar, gets a drink and has a seat. During the course of the evening he tries to chat with every single woman who walks into the bar, with no luck.

Suddenly, Bob (who’s a really ugly man, and I mean R-E-A-L-L-Y ugly) walks into the bar. He sits at the bar, and within seconds he is surrounded by women. Very soon he walks out of the bar with the two of the most beautiful women you ever saw.

Disheartened by all this, Jon asks the bartender, ‘Excuse me, but that really ugly man just came in here and left with those two stunning women – what’s his secret? He’s as ugly as sin and I’m everything a girl could want but have not been able to connect all night – What’s going on?’

‘Well,’ said the bartender, ‘I don’t know how he does it, but he does the same thing every night. He walks in, orders a drink, and just sits there licking his eyebrows…’ ”

It was probably a genetic adaptation as a result of the heavy rock and roll environment. His must have mutated since they were constantly bombarded by mythic chord progressions

I have a really long tongue too, I think it’s genetics or maybe even a deformity. I’ve also heard that he had surgery to have the thing on the bottom of your tongue removed so it could be even longer.

He bites on what’s called a squib in concert. Squibs are the same little packets of food dye and syrup used under a costume when someone gets “shot” or “stabbed” in theatre, TV and film.

Here’s how to make a cheap squib for your next Flip cam gore masterpiece. Or concert.

Gene’s a genetic freak, by the way. And I imagine there’s been some practice. It is a muscle, after all, and in 35 years, I’m sure he’s gotten a lot of practice in, eh?

@darwin I laughed, then cried. Friday night – No dates again – and I aint gonna be licking my eyebrows anytime soon. My b@lls maybe, but not the eyebrows. Sigh.

@Zen_Again – You sound like my dog. He never gets dates either, and sits around licking his b@lls, too.

@Darwin Thanks. Really. Thank you for that. I am like your dog.

Whats his name? What breed is he?

@Zen_Again – Boudreaux. Pit Bull. Katrina refugee. Plus, someone neutered him, so you aren’t really all that much alike.

@Darwin Actually…

;-)