# Why in Og's name do people scratch themselves and sniff their fingers?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-do-people-scratch-themselves-and-sniff-their-fingers/305562>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-do-people-scratch-themselves-and-sniff-their-fingers/305562 "2005-05-26T05:46:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![wenonahbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wenonahbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wenonahbone)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-do-people-scratch-themselves-and-sniff-their-fingers/305562/21 "2005-05-27T23:57:06Z")

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My son plays “guess where my finger has been” game with his friend.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-do-people-scratch-themselves-and-sniff-their-fingers/305562/22 "2005-05-28T00:07:17Z")

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Sometimes, when I’m nervous, I stick my hands in my armpits, and then I smell them, like this…

\<SNIFF\>

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