why do people lick their fingers

• sEphIrOth

  11 Dec 07, 23:44

  before they pull a slip of paper out of the rest or while they are flipping the pages of a book/newspaper/brochure?
  
  it looks eccentric and weird.
• a-Lost-9uY

  11 Dec 07, 23:48

  to easily flip e page la..
  but i dun do it
• siansterr

  11 Dec 07, 23:51

  so make it easier ma,if hand slippery then hard liao cus very hua
• Simple_Bear

  11 Dec 07, 23:52

  Because they just ate KFC...
  
  
• mhcampboy

  11 Dec 07, 23:52

  Originally posted by sEphIrOth:

  before they pull a slip of paper out of the rest or while they are flipping the pages of a book/newspaper/brochure?
  
  it looks eccentric and weird.

  i do tat sumtimes.
• poon cho tang

  11 Dec 07, 23:56

  finger licking good
• marcolow

  12 Dec 07, 00:00

  Haha. Does it really make it easier for you to flip pages?
  
  It never made sense to me
• kenn3th

  12 Dec 07, 00:01

  made sense to me. esp smooth paper. with some moisture on your fingers u can easily flip
• nuub1987

  12 Dec 07, 00:09

  NTUC cashier aunties rub their fingers on some green kaya looking substance before counting notes...
• mhcampboy

  12 Dec 07, 00:10

  Originally posted by nuub1987:

  NTUC cashier aunties rub their fingers on some green kaya looking substance before counting notes...

  0_o!!!!
  
  its a wet sponge...
• sEphIrOth

  12 Dec 07, 00:28

  sometimes i see them lick n touch the stuff, i feel its unhygienic.
  
  at sgpools i see this woman lick her finger n take a few 4-d slips... then i imagine what if the next guy takes
• gunner77

  12 Dec 07, 00:49

  nothing wrong mah
• Maith

  12 Dec 07, 00:58

  Originally posted by nuub1987:

  NTUC cashier aunties rub their fingers on some green kaya looking substance before counting notes...

  haha kaya ur head!!!
  its sponge...wet sponge xD
• Fatum

  12 Dec 07, 00:59

  
  I dunno ... but I lick my girlfriend's fingers for fun ...
• Maith

  12 Dec 07, 01:03

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I dunno ... but I lick my girlfriend's fingers for fun ...

  dont give her wrong signals ar...
• MyPillowTalks

  12 Dec 07, 01:43

  water stick to paper, so will be more accurate when u count money as onli 1 piece stick to ur finger
  
  book oso same, onli one page stick to ur finger
• Darkness_hacker99

  12 Dec 07, 03:27

  So that they flip the page easily.
• de_middle

  12 Dec 07, 09:05

  for better grip when flipping newspapers or opening a new plactic bag
• yong93

  12 Dec 07, 09:07

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  water stick to paper, so will be more accurate when u count money as onli 1 piece stick to ur finger
  
  book oso same, onli one page stick to ur finger

  /applause
  
  The smartest answer
• angelfairy

  12 Dec 07, 09:07

  Originally posted by Maith:

  haha kaya ur head!!!
  its sponge...wet sponge xD

  LOL ya lor kaya must be the funniest description ive heard of tt
• Hidetox

  12 Dec 07, 11:43

  o.O !! lol i lick my finger when counting the notes of money i had =X especially after chinese new yaer lol~ new notes~ count properly...
• nuub1987

  12 Dec 07, 18:00

  somehow the wet sponge they dig until look like mouldy kaya left in the open for 2 weeks haha
• Daisuke-kun

  12 Dec 07, 18:03

  cause it is finger licking good
• Isis

  12 Dec 07, 18:33

  cos the fingers taste good..
  
  they want to suck thumbs
  
  watever..
  
  just don't touch me with their fingers