Dammit! Don’t lick your fingers when you turn the pages of MY book! Asshole. In fact, all of you assholes that have to lick your fingers to turn a page piss me off! Don’t you realize what you are doing? It’s disgusting. STOP IT!
Interesting that someone who lists rape and violence as among his interests finds a little saliva on his book “disgusting.”
I have never understood this affectation and it seems like one to me. I can turn my pages just fine without applying spit to my fingertips. I’d be annoyed, too, if someone was doing this to one of my books. Makes you wonder about libraries, eh? Ewww.
He likes Kubrick, that’s all (profile). I hope…
Did you ever see A Clockwork Orange?
I always thought the finger licking thing was kind of oogy too.
Haj
Sanguine… don’t make me think of that…
looks at the pile of library books she’s reading
Sorry. And it must be said that one time, I saw an older fellow digging for gold while reading his book at the table next to mine while I was at the library. TMI, yes, and ew ew EW! Makes one want to wear gloves everywhere.
Starving Artist right now is Sheepish Artist! Yes, I’ve seen it, a long time ago, and didn’t make the connection. My apologies to the prisoner.
“*Get a rope… *”
We must now flog you, Starving. Up against the wall; hands out, head down. Someone push play on the Glorious 9th, please.
Say, ever read The Name of the Rose?
La la la.
I cut out the middleman and just use my tongue to turn my pages.
May I also add a slight hijack and include tellers who lick their fingers before counting my money and giving it back to me?
“Hey thanks, could you spit on the change as well?”
Sometimes I need to lick my fingers to touch paper, because without the tackiness the smooth feeling of the paper on my dry fingers is really unpleasant, as bad as fingernails on a chalkboard. Strange, but true.
Eeeew for them! Imagine standing there all day touching money and licking your fingers. Ick.
But I just had a paczek! Mmmm, forbidden Fat Tuesday donut…glaarllghelghh
Maybe it has something to do with having dry skin – I literally can’t muster up enough friction to turn pages sometimes unless I lick my finger first. Sorry.
Daniel
Me too. I have dry skin, and touching paper with my dry fingertips gives me the heebiejeebies.
But my solution is to use tons of the Body Shop’s shea butter body butter on my hands, not to lick them! (well at least not when handling others’ books/money)
And it’s worth pointing out that the reason some of you don’t have to lick your fingers is because your pores naturally ooze enough oil that the paper you touch becomes instantly covered in you-grease, giving you the friction you need.
I’m not sure that your oleaginous excretions are that much better than a little saliva :).
Daniel
People reading books, sorting through paperwork, tellers … they are EVERYWHERE! We got lickers and spitters in the grocery store, too. I seen 'em with my own eyes. Those people who can’t open a plastic produce bag without licking their fingers. There is rampant saliva all over the place! My co-workers think nothing of counting and sorting through the office paperwork amongst each other, and then they are completely baffled as to why then keep taking turns getting sick. I ask you, what is wrong with using rubber fingers or that pot of wax you can get??
Admittedly, I was a finger licker back in the day, until it was pointed out to me the ramifications and disgust factor involved. So I am reformed. I have dry fingers, what can I say? A good lick helped.
Hmmmm…
Grease is a friction-enhancing substance, eh? That’s a new one for me! Kinda knocks down all those scenes in old movies of train bandits greasing the rails.