Spoiler for one of Umberto Eco's books that was made into a movie
This is the plot of The Name of the Rose. An old monk was killing other monks by poisoning the tips of the pages of a certain book, so that anyone who read it would ingest the poison after licking their fingers to turn the pages.
Older books dry out, and older people dry out, and it does become hard to turn pages, especially after the dry paper has leached all the water out of your fingertips. When I was going through sheafs of paperwork at my old job, I either had to dip my finger in a cup of water or slobber my digits.
At my job we have little circular containers called Sortkwik. It's a pink fingertip moistener that feels a little oily but it's way more effective and hygienic than licking your fingers. These savages are out here in public touching dollar bills all day and then licking their damn fingers before touching even more.
I had an old supervisor that would eat while counting the till pans. Fingers becoming pasted with equal parts orange cheeto dust and black oily grime from the bills.
Spoiler for one of Umberto Eco's books that was made into a movie
This is the plot of The Name of the Rose. An old monk was killing other monks by poisoning the tips of the pages of a certain book, so that anyone who read it would ingest the poison after licking their fingers to turn the pages.
Older books dry out, and older people dry out, and it does become hard to turn pages, especially after the dry paper has leached all the water out of your fingertips. When I was going through sheafs of paperwork at my old job, I either had to dip my finger in a cup of water or slobber my digits.
At my job we have little circular containers called Sortkwik. It's a pink fingertip moistener that feels a little oily but it's way more effective and hygienic than licking your fingers. These savages are out here in public touching dollar bills all day and then licking their damn fingers before touching even more.
I had an old supervisor that would eat while counting the till pans. Fingers becoming pasted with equal parts orange cheeto dust and black oily grime from the bills.
:sicko-no:
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