Good God, I can't believe I just did that.

[Siddhartha Vicious]

I got a DVD from Netflix. It didn't work in my DVD player. I ejected the DVD and looked at it. It was pretty dirty.

Working on some bizarre instinct, I licked it.

I have no idea why I did it. I wouldn't normally lick one of my own DVD's. But there I was, putting my tongue to "Perfect Blue."

I couldn't rinse my mouth out enough after that.

[Blackdragon]

Just out of curiosity, was it Chocolat? or maybe Fried Green Tomatoes?

[Hal Briston]

I have a ton of plants at my desk at work. In order to do minor gardening tasks, I keep a small plastic spoon stuck in the dirt of one of them (can you guess where this is going to end up?).

One day, while I was repotting a plant, I had the dirt spoon in my hand when the mail room guy came up with a package that I had to sign for. Well, I needed one hand to hold the clipboard and one hand for the pen, so yes, *pop* into my mouth went the spoon.

Spent a good ten minutes at the water fountain after that.

[Lobsang]

Is it porn?


Yesterday my mum dropped a can of coke and gave it to my step-dad.

Seeing that he was about to open it I said "It'll go everywhere!"


half a second later - click



It went everywhere.

[Casey1505]

I wonder if this will turn into something along the lines of Homer's mushroom thread. (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38764)

[Siddhartha Vicious]

Just out of curiosity, was it Chocolat? or maybe Fried Green Tomatoes?

'Fraid not. It was "Perfect Blue." It's anime.

[SuperNova]

The big question is.... after you licked it, did it start working? ;)

[Siddhartha Vicious]

Actually, it did.

[BonoVox]

It seems to work better then the cleaning kits you can buy. I had a Game cd that was scratched to hell and back. A little spit and the cd drive could read it again.

[The Devil's Grandmother]

What did it taste like? Was it just dirt?

[harmless]

If only you could market that tongue. ;)

[Doomtrain]

Behold, the power of spit.

When blowing in the old NES cartridges didn't make em work, when alcohol failed to clean the contacts enough to make it run, we'd put a Q-Tip under our tongue and swab the inside of the cartridge. It usually worked just fine.

[Siddhartha Vicious]

What did it taste like? Was it just dirt?

Lord, I hope so. It had a kind of white streak on it. I shudder to think what it may have been.

[harmless]

Behold, the power of spit.

When blowing in the old NES cartridges didn't make em work, when alcohol failed to clean the contacts enough to make it run, we'd put a Q-Tip under our tongue and swab the inside of the cartridge. It usually worked just fine.
I thought we were the only ones that did that! :cool:

[Cisco]

The gross thing is that rental DVDs almost always have fingerprints all over them.

I got a new release DVD on a Wednesday a few weeks ago (meaning a maximum of 1 person could have rented it before me) and it must have had 6 or 7 fingerprints on it.

What is it about a shiny fragile disk that won't work well if you touch it that makes people want to touch it?

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

I thought we were the only ones that did that! :cool:

Funny, I thought WE were the only ones that did that... I can still hear very clearly the sound that occurs when blowing out a cartridge - especially if your breath hit the card just right. Pfwwwwiiitt!

[Beauty Personified]

I clean my eye-glasses my licking both sides of one lens, then wiping it dry with my shirt. Then I do the other lens. Unfortunately, some shirts don't work well, and just seem to cause streaks. I picked up this habit from my best friend from junior high-school. My mother absolutely hates it when I do it. And I'm not averse to doing it in public either.

This reminds me of an incident at the theatre last week. My friend Bryan had bought a bag of popcorn, as well as a large Pepsi. (I only got a Pepsi, and don't like popcorn very much.) So, we're waiting in line for our movie to start, when the bag of popcorn slips out of Bryan's fingers. I wasn't fast enough to catch it before it hit the floor, but snatched it back up as quick as I could.

Fortunately, only about a third of the popcorn or less actually spilled out of the bag. I then remembered the "ten second rule" ;) and said out loud, "Hey, some of that's still good." I reached down and plucked a few kernels from the top of the pile on the floor, fully intending to eat them. Those ones hadn't touched the floor anyway; they were on the top of the pile.

A couple of women in front of me, however, didn't see it that way, and made an audible "uugh" sound. I dropped the kernels back on the floor and laughed. But, now that I think about it, the kernels I had picked up were probably less likely to have been "contaminated" than the bag that had been picked up. While the popcorn in the bag hadn't touched the floor, the entire side of the bag itself had. (I'll have to mention this to Bryan, next time I talk to him. :) )

And, I must admit, I'm sure the floor in the theatre lobby isn't the most sterile surface around. Of course, from what I've heard about the seats in theatres, I'm amazed that I can enjoy a film while sitting in them. :p

Anyhoo...

[Doomtrain]

Beauty, does that work? Cause my glasses are filthy all the time and I can't possibly generate as much headfunk as they seem to pick up. And getting them semi-clean is close to impossible.

[harmless]

Another eye glass licker here.
Works pretty well, except for stuff like hairspray (from my experience - alcohol gets that off pretty good). I usually lick my finger and rub the lenses to get the tough spots and then wipe them off on my shirt.

[athelas]

I clean my eye-glasses my licking both sides of one lens, then wiping it dry with my shirt. Then I do the other lens. Unfortunately, some shirts don't work well, and just seem to cause streaks.

I do that too. I think that it depends on whether there are oils on the shirt; some areas work consistently better than others for me.

If you don't want to spit, you can just exhale on the glasses so that there's a bit of fog on the lens. Works as well.

[Dazzling White Diamonds]

I do that too. I think that it depends on whether there are oils on the shirt; some areas work consistently better than others for me.

If you don't want to spit, you can just exhale on the glasses so that there's a bit of fog on the lens. Works as well.

Another one who exhales on lenses. Works very well, indeed.

I also use spit to clean my CD's... works like a charm.

Now, for my I can't believe I just did that... My 18 yo kitty does not take to having her canned food just plopped on a plate and served up. She likes to have the juice and the 'meat' (ahem) mixed together. This means I take a fork or a spoon and mix it all together for her. There have been several times where I've been in a hurry, and have absentmindedly stuck the utensil in my mouth... all was well until I realized that "Ew! That's CAT food!"

Didn't taste bad until then. :smack:

My breath smells like.... nah.

[Hal Briston]

For cleaning my eyeglasses, I live off of Bausch & Lomb Sight Savers (http://www.vikingop.com/(uualgunxydxurl55ldog3o55)/catalogFamily.aspx?ID=42107&xref1=SDTRAF). And after you use one, it still contains enough cleaning solution to clean off your monitor. :)

[Doomtrain]

Thank you, Hal. I think I'll buy a couple pallets.

[BurnMeUp]

Another one who exhales on lenses. Works very well, indeed.

I also use spit to clean my CD's... works like a charm.

Now, for my I can't believe I just did that... My 18 yo kitty does not take to having her canned food just plopped on a plate and served up. She likes to have the juice and the 'meat' (ahem) mixed together. This means I take a fork or a spoon and mix it all together for her. There have been several times where I've been in a hurry, and have absentmindedly stuck the utensil in my mouth... all was well until I realized that "Ew! That's CAT food!"

Didn't taste bad until then. :smack:

My breath smells like.... nah.

Ok... confession time I read through 4 of you saying "me too!" thinking it was glass eyes and I was thinking "how many of these people have glass eyes? How nasty is licking a glass eye". Then I realized I was having some sort of aneurism.

Just thought I would share.

[wolfman]

I have discovered that, when in an emergency, Popping a dirty or dry contact into my mouth will clean it and moisterize it perfect to but put back in the eye.

[Beauty Personified]

Permanent or disposable contacts?

I use monthly disposables, but wear them infrequently enough that a six month supply can last me four years. If I tried cleaning one in my mouth, however, I think I might have trouble getting it back out. I'd be afraid to tear it with my teeth, as well.

I suspect that some people's saliva could have an adverse effect on contacts. Too acidic, for example. And I'd hate to stick a contact in my eye after it spent time in my mouth after having eaten something spicy, like hot peppers. Ouch!

Anyhoo...

[WILLASS]

I don't wear glasses or contacts but I do have a story relating to the OP............ ;)

A friend of mine sat down and noticed a lump of 'matter' on the underside of his shoe and without thinking stuck his finger in it, held it up to his eye for inspection and said "I wonder if that is mud or shit?" "Well, for your sake I hope it's mud" was my astonished reply.