# Finger lickers when playing games **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickers-when-playing-games/980800 "2023-03-06T20:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SlipperyPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickers-when-playing-games/980800/41 "2023-03-08T18:55:06Z")
That’s ridiculous. Trace amounts of many different bacteria, like you find on doorknobs and common area furniture and such, is far less dangerous than standing directly next to a fountain of crap and inhaling all the gas and liquid particles that are present in the area. People seem to think that variety of bacteria is just as bad as sheer quantity, and that just ain’t so. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickers-when-playing-games/980800/42 "2023-03-12T08:11:56Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > So this sort of begs this question: If one is at the cashier and must–for whatever reason–pay with cash but the ony two bills in your wallet are brand new and stuck together, how do you separate them without licking your fingers? Don’t suggest giving the other bill as a tip/donation. > > I really want to know because this just recently happened to me and I felt foolish trying to get the bills apart. I eventually did but it took way too long. (P.S. Their credit card device was off-line so cash was the only expedient alternative.) From least to most expedient: 1 - rumple the bills, twisting and bending and rubbing until they separate. Yes, this is the slow method. 2 - ask the cashier if you can have a dab of that Sortkwik (“the pink stuff” as we refer to it at work). Problem is, if you get too much on your fingers (you really only need a quick swipe) it’s not that helpful 3 - ask the cashier for help - we get a LOT of practice with that sort of thing. **4 - a dab of hand sanitizer, which is common as dirt these days, will do the job quickest.** > [@SlipperyPete](#): > > I just riffle the sides and rub them together like a plastic bag in the produce section. I’ve never had 2 bills stuck together THAT well, that they wouldn’t come apart with a little riffle and rub. I have - some joker though it would be funny to use rubber cement. Got all over the inside of the bill counter at work, too. _That_ was a fun 20 minutes to clean up (not!) > [@DSeid](#): > > The plastic bags though … rubbing does not open them for me (cool dry hands) and putting your dirty fingers on the sprayer or even the spray that then goes over all the vegetables instead of just the one you are picking up? THAT’S disturbing! Hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-lickers-when-playing-games/980800.md?page=2)