to think that everyone in the world has done this at least once in their lives, and that my husband is a weirdo alien impersonating a human ?

[YunoYurbubson]

I was telling my husband that I had caught the chap behind me in the supermarket queue opening his tub of bombay mix and dipping his tongue into it. Chap and I locked eyes, he froze, I looked away and smirked, and he blushed and put his bombay mix back in his trolley. It was quite funny. Not really the greatest anecdote ever told, but not much happens to me these days so it's the best I have.

Anyway, husband totally ignored my brilliant anecdote and asked me what I meant by dipping his tongue into the bombay mix.

I explained. You know, when you have a bowl of something small and dry like bashed up crisps or cereal or bombay mix, and instead of getting your hand all greasy you dip your tongue in and all the bits stick to it and you whip your tongue back into your mouth and crunch.

Husband looked blank.

"Oh COME ON!" I shrieked, "EVERYONE does this"

"What, in the supermarket?" asked my confused husband.

No, not in the supermarket. In the kitchen all alone. When no one is looking. It is not pleasant behaviour, but everyone does it. And that was why my anecdote was mildly amusing - because it is secret, at home behaviour, like picking your nose.

Husband still looked blank. He has never done this in his life. I even went and opened a packet of bombay mix to demonstrate. Other than finding me wildly alluring of course, husband was unmoved.

Is he an alien pretending to be a human? Have I just blown his cover?

I do this with sugar, sherbet, that sort of thing. But have never done it with cereal or crisps, though as someone else said, I do rip open the crisp packet and lick the salty goodness off it.

OP you are not an alien. It is normal (or so I would like to think!)

I do this with roasted sunflower seeds, from my hand, but only at home!

Never done it. I assume because I am not an animal .

I've done it. Am shocked at all the others exposing themselves as aliens so wantonly on this thread.

but er....what about the bits that were on your tongue, that then fall back in the tub?? What about the unsuspecting person that follows on, eh? That person could be me.

Never done it. Errrm, not tempted to try it either.

Would like a tub of Bombay mix though, please. :)

Not that I think you personally are doing this to my snacks, obv

Ah! Then you must be alien FourFortyFour, if you claim to not be animal!

YABU, you're an alien.

Obviously I was talking animal in a dog sense .

You wouldn't do it in a shared tub! You'd only do it in a tub of something you had all to yourself. Otherwise, you pour it into a bowl first (Like the cereal )

"That's just weird. You'd still have a greasy palm. Weirdos."
OP I rest my case about the messy hands. We are normal. The rest are weird. How can you abide stuff on your hands? Or do you wash them all the time?

Never done it or even heard of it. Bombay mix is fattening, albeit love it.

Dear god, what's all the fuss about as long as the OP isn't handing spitty snacks around.

It's no different than taking a drink from a can or bottle instead of pouring it into a glass. As long as nobody else drinks from it (thereby ingesting your backflow) then who exactly is it harming?

I hate it when someone takes a swig out of a bottle of juice or milk and then puts it back in the fridge for others - disclaimer, admittedly I've only ever seen this done on TV and not in RL

You should try it with space dust. Rice crispies have a similar effect only on a larger and less dramatic scale.

me neither i would dip my fingers in, spill contents down top then wipe my hands on my pants (tram)

*tramp not tram

I agree with the majority - never done it, never seen it done...up till now couldn't imagine it either, eew, sleepless nights ahead (inserts sickly smiley here)!

Also, won't your tongue automatically flip the dry product up your nose

i frequently lick my plate esp if gravy has been on it - does that count?

I have never ever done this and I don't know of anyone who does.

I do lift a nearly empty crisp packet to my mouth and tip it in so all the little crumbs don't go to waste though.

I have never ever done that sounds a bit revolting!

Ooh, I do it! Therefore, YANBU

Never done it.

Hahahaha. I have never done this, nor seen anybody else do this.

Did you get the guy in the supermarkets number? Maybe you should hang out some time .

I have never done it so it doesn't appear to be EVERYONE-I wouldn't even think of doing it at home.