# Smell my finger **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105 "2001-11-02T11:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/1 "2001-11-02T11:19:48Z")
I just noticed that my left index finger and thumb have a slightly musky smell that is normally associated with one of the more enjoyable parts of the female anatomy, very weird since I have washed my hands several times since the last time I touched one, almost a week ago. What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/2 "2001-11-02T11:23:01Z")
Well, you’ve been playing Civ, right? (By the way, my game arrives today. According to tracking, it’s presently about 35 miles from me.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/3 "2001-11-02T15:29:50Z")
Do not complain, grasshopper. Instead, enjoy your newly found gift. Have you tasted them yet? Could be very enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/4 "2001-11-02T16:22:24Z")
“newly found gift?” Why does that make me think of a new comic book: “Aroma-Finger Man!” 😃 Can you make it smell like anything else? ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/5 "2001-11-02T16:44:58Z")
…Hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/6 "2001-11-02T17:23:21Z")
All kidding aside, I usually couldn’t get rid of that delightful scent for days, despite multiple washings. This was especially maddening because it clings to the mustache as well as the fingers. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/7 "2001-11-02T17:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*… > This was especially maddening because it clings to the mustache as well as the fingers. \*\* Yes! quite distracting isn’t it? One of the many reasons its my favorite passtime, there isn’t anything finer 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/8 "2001-11-05T06:58:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*All kidding aside, I usually couldn’t get rid of that delightful scent for days, despite multiple washings. > > This was especially maddening because it clings to the mustache as well as the fingers. \*\* Yeah, sometimes I wonder if other people can smell it on me too when I have that smell in my moustache, beard, behind my ears…(hey, I really get into it!) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/9 "2001-11-05T14:02:07Z")
I wanna marry you guys. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-my-finger/91105/10 "2001-11-05T14:19:14Z")
You wash your hands 3 times a week?