# What were we doing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520 "2011-03-13T11:38:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/1 "2011-03-13T11:38:48Z")

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I SMSed this to my lover at about 4PM:

**I was just with a woman, doing something you and I did last weekend. She told me it would be easier if I just licked my finger. And she was right. What were we doing?**

She didn’t work it out but maybe Dopers can.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/2 "2011-03-13T11:40:27Z")

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Cleaning off a fudge stain.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/3 "2011-03-13T12:13:22Z")

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We were out in public.

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/4 "2011-03-13T13:13:50Z")

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Doing something like opening a plastic bag or turning pages. Getting some goopy slobber on your fingers makes them sticky and makes the task easier and grosser. Blech.

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**Author:** ![not\_austin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@not\_austin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_austin)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/5 "2011-03-13T13:14:05Z")

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Trying to open a plastic shopping bag.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/6 "2011-03-13T13:47:39Z")

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Yeah that’s it. I was trying for ages to open a plastic bag to put grapes in. A woman nearby, seeing my efforts, came over and said, “Just lick your finger.” Worked like a charm.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/7 "2011-03-13T14:03:58Z")

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You gotta love a “What were we doing” question posted by a poster named Don’t Ask.

Personally, thats all I need to know.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-we-doing/574520/8 "2011-03-13T16:11:57Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> We were out in public.

What? You can eat fudge in public. I’m not quite sure what you’re getting at.