1. Kissing makes a boo-boo all better. 2. kissing draws attention away from your inability to slow dance. 3. lips otherwise occupied can't say anything dumb. (It's hard to get two tongues and a foot in your mouth.) 4. With your eyes closed, you can pretend you're kissing anyone. 5. A 10-minute kiss burns 10 calories (and it's more fun than running!) 6. It woke Sleeping Beauty up from the world's longest nap. 7. Someone else's mouth is a great place to deposit gum that has lost all its flavor. 8. Lips get a little swollen and red when you're smooching, which saves you cash on collagen injections and Jane Lipstick. 9. Kisses are the same in any language (except maybe French). 10. It's a fun way to borrow Chap Stick from your boyfriend. 11. A kiss blots any excess lipstick. 12. Kissing gives you an excuse to play immature games like Spin the Bottle. 13. If you have lousy seats at the movies, making out makes up for it. 14. If you do it right, he'll never be able to forget you! 15. Mononucleosis (a.k.a. "the kissing disease") can keep you out of school for a whole month! Not that we recommend you go out and catch it... 16. Kissing naturally exfoliates any rough spots on your lips. 17. It's good for your teeth. Huh? Well, a kiss increases saliva, which washes away fool left in your mough, preventing plaque and tooth decay. How romantic! 18. It's a great way to spend the commercial breaks of Felicity. 19. Kissing actually reduces tension, because your body totally relaxes while you're smooching someone. 20. X's are more fun than O's 21. You don't have to respond to a question you don't want to if you'r kissing somebody! (Lke, when he says, "Am I the first guy you've ever kissed?) 22. It's a good fund-raiser: Kissing booths bring in some extra bucks. All you need is a table and some lip gloss. 23. An unbelievably amazing kiss can turn Mr. Cool into Mr. Jell-o 24. When a kiss is dead-on good, there's nothing else that can make you feel that amazing (oh, except maybe for cookie dough ice cream). 25. It can save a life. You know that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation thing... 26. Even a sloppy wet kiss from a dog is sweet (really!) 27. Kissing never gets boring. Well, as long as you like the person, it doesn't! 28. Kisses now come in white chocolate (okay, they're really called Hugs). 29. You can safely kiss someone online >->:* 30. Kissing is free. 31. Although 278 colonies of bacteria are passed through kissing, 95 percent are harmless! (Don't even think about those other five percent!) 32. Kissing is ancient: The first-known picture of a kiss was found on Mochica pottery in Peru from 200 B.C. (We bet they were even doing it before that!) 33. You can kiss anyone you want to...just by luring them under the mistletow during holidays. 34. A kiss tells a guy how you really feel about him, without you having to say a word. 35. Kissing gives you good breath, 'cause when you know you're gonna be smooching, you gargle a lot more. 36. When you have nothing to do and you're bored, you can always just kiss. 37. It's never "not cool" to kiss. 38. According to the book 375 Ways to Kiss Your Love bye Tomima Edmark, there are, well, 365 ways to kiss. 39. It gives you an excuse to listen to cool make-out music by 'N Sync, Backstreen Boys, and Monica. 40. Kissing is what searates the boys from the guys. 41. If someone is a bad kisser, it's way fun to teach then how to do it better. 42. It's the only recreational activity we know of that requires no equipment. All you need are two lets of lips. 43. It's so much fun, even fish do it: Yep, fish called "Kissing Gouram!" actually kiss eachother on the mouth (but no one knows if they tell!). 44. It's entertaining (and painful) to watch a guy try to plant that first one on you. There's the fake yawn, brushing your hair back with his hand, etc. 45. You can always kiss-even when you're, like, 100! 46. It's a fun way to find out what your boyfriend had for lunch. 47. Legend has it if you kiss The Blarney Stone in Ireland, you'll get the gift of gab. Who doesn't love to talk? 48. Log on to www.thekiss.com where you can send your honey an e-kiss. Talk about being X-sited. 49. It's fun to tell your friends about it Monday morning-just your closest buds who won't tell a soul, of course. 50. It's the only way to turn a toad into a prince.