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Wet Finger

Thursday 30th March

Do you hit a certain age where you instinctively lick your finger before leafing through papers? I remember at school the secretary used to do it and I thought she was odd. Now I find I’m doing it, too.

I have no idea when I started. Maybe I need to moisturise more?

Written by stu

March 30th, 2006 at 10:14 am

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  1. i don’t do it instinctively but i certainly do do it.
    when i think about my dry old hand that now resembles a kind of comedy root that someone has sent in to ‘that’s life’ (ha ha, esther, doesn’t this manky old parsnip look like a hand? - no, chuck it in the bin) holding the sweaty and clammy paw of a toddler i can see why i have to do it.
    and i don’t just lick them; i spit on them.

    henry

    30 Mar 06 at 10:44 am

  2. May be she went on a special course?

    I don’t know anyone else who does this.

    Max

    30 Mar 06 at 11:00 am

  3. Do you also move the page to get it into focus because your eye muscles don’t work properly any more?

    JG

    30 Mar 06 at 11:03 am

  4. I know someone who licks both thumbs before handling any paperwork; it can’t be age related, he’s loads younger than me :-)

    Gottle

    30 Mar 06 at 11:16 am

  5. The lady in the post office used to wear a fingerette (or thumbstool) and when couldn’t find that, she’d squish the top part of her middle finger on to a moistened sponge. Is that helpful, Stu ?

    Trouty

    30 Mar 06 at 12:09 pm

  6. I never lick my fingers before leafing through papers :) but then again….. I don’t leaf through papers a lot.

    Dakota

    30 Mar 06 at 3:13 pm

  7. I do that. I thought it was just me.

    Lisa

    30 Mar 06 at 3:22 pm

  8. It’s when you get past adolescence and are no longer covered in a thick layer of protective grease

    sweavo

    30 Mar 06 at 4:13 pm

  9. Definitely a sign of age

    lordhutton

    30 Mar 06 at 4:14 pm

  10. woot! i have been doing that since i was a widdle girl :)

    boo

    31 Mar 06 at 4:07 am

  11. LOL! I have noticed this recently too. How bizarre! A sure sign of maturity I reckon.
    You’ll start opening carrier bags by blowing the top of them next.

    DoGGa

    1 Apr 06 at 8:02 am

  12. It’s OK until you see the lady at the sandwich bar do it to pick up the paper napkin she’s going to wrap round your brie and grape baguette. She was horrified when I pointed it out to her, didn’t even know she was doing it.

    What makes it even more bizarre is that they are very careful there about handling food with plastic gloves on and taking them off to take your money…

    Maris

    1 Apr 06 at 3:30 pm

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