Yesterday, I smelt something odd on my hand. I sniffed it and couldn’t identify what it was. It smelt sort of citrus like, but in a medicinal way. I licked the back of my hand, and still couldn’t identify what it was, so I washed my hands. Then I got a drink of water, because whatever it was it tasted feral.
Today I was dropping some papers off to the big boss and onthe way, used some of the anti bacterial hand gel that’s been put up throughout the building since the great Swine Flu Fever hit. It suddenly occurred to me – aHA – that’s what had been on my hand yesterday!
And then it suddenly occurred to me – who licks their hand when there’s something unidentified on it? Only me.
Tags: Just Not Right
June 23, 2009 at 2:49 pm |
I can’t believe you licked it!
June 23, 2009 at 3:59 pm |
Lucky it wasn’t snot.
June 23, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
WT: Me either.
LMM: So, now we know. You wipe your nose with the back of your hand.
June 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm |
I like that you combine your sense of adventure with personal hygiene issues.
June 23, 2009 at 10:25 pm |
Ewww! I can’t use that stuff and still eat. I can’t imagine licking it. But your insides are disinfected now, yay!
June 24, 2009 at 5:29 am |
Haha, you are not alone. My dad once licked his hand thinking it was cake icing on it .. turns out it was dishwashing soap.
June 24, 2009 at 6:20 am |
Glad to know I’m not the only one who’d try something like that…
June 25, 2009 at 5:25 pm |
When I was at my daughter’s — I was being a good grandma and chasing after the almost 2 and 4 year olds.
As I was undressing the 2 year old for bed… I took off his shoes and he picked up one and sniffed the bottom of it.. THEN LICKED IT.
June 26, 2009 at 10:31 am |
tbnil: every day’s an adventure, eh.
Jenn: Ha, I never thought of it that way!
Aritza: Come to think of it I might have licked the wrong thing once or twoce before. And no, I didn’t mean that to sound so dirty!
Frank: Try it with disinfecting hand gel, at least it cleans off all the germs from the things you licked before.
Pamela: Even grosser than me. I feel challenged now. See today’s post on false teeth and toilets, I think I can keep the gross factor on high alert here.