Tippi Micro Gel Grips: Performance Phalange Prophylactics

Reader Philip has politely raised his polymer-clad index finger to make us aware of "Tippi Micro Gel Grips," ridged finger sleeves designed to make tedious office tasks like flipping through papers or counting out stacks of cocaine-sodden hundred dollar bills a breeze. The Micro Gel Grips are available in a variety of sizes and colors at Office Max, although I can't find the price. One can, however, pick up the traditional rubber finger tips at just 12 for a dollar.

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[#1 posted by genericvox , March 25, 2008 4:49 PM]

Everyone should have them.

Watching someone lick their fingers, and then hand you a print-out from a stack of papers is so disgusting.

[#2 posted by Tenn , March 25, 2008 8:13 PM]

I'd hate wearing them all the time, and can't see pulling them out just to go through my papers.

Genericvox; a much simpler method to discouraging people licking their fingers and then handing you something they touched is an immediately dispensed punch in the groin.

ITG AWARD FOR ME.

[#3 posted by Supercontroller , March 25, 2008 9:32 PM]

Or you could use my one of my favorite-named products of all time, Tacky Finger brand fingertip moistener. I wasn't able to find a listing for the actual TF brand, but I did find places where it was used generically, as the category name for another brand of fingertip moistener. When I was the copy boy in a litigation law firm, I used me some Tacky Finger, let me tell you.

[#4 posted by Benny , March 26, 2008 8:56 AM]

I like the idea of the giant holes on top for the knuckles and fingernails. The old rubber fingers are nice, but they tend to cause my fingers to sweat due to complete insulation, and then they'd slip off my fingers because of all the liquid stored inside.

And for someone that works with giant files and have to scan them quickly, the finger grip/moistening gels just isn't a viable option.

I'm gonna stop by office max and check this out, now I can be fashionably trendy and efficient, score!

[#5 posted by Benny , March 26, 2008 9:00 AM]

Oh hell, I just realized that I'm getting excited about rubber fingertip technology.

[#6 posted by Amplifier , March 27, 2008 11:00 PM]

Kinky ;)

Also, why do the rubber finger tips come 12 to a pack? What do you do with the other two?