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It’s Thursday folks, and you know what that means! Today I’m naming that rubber-thimble-looking doohickey meant to go on your index finger to help you page through a stack of papers.
Believe it or not, it’s simply called a “rubber finger pad” or, for those companies with the creativity of a cement mixer, a “rubber finger tip.”
Of course, we know our readers, and we know you guys can come up with a better name for the invention. So that’s my challenge to you today: slap some suggestions down in the comments box and we’ll award the most original one serious rubber finger bragging rights in next week’s Thingamajig Thursday.
“The Thumber”
“Page Turner”
“Bristled Phalanx Tegument”
“Jonny”
posted by Ian on 10-12-2006 at 8:06 am
thurmble
posted by Maria on 10-12-2006 at 8:39 am
“Finger/Thumb Condom”
posted by Kim on 10-12-2006 at 8:43 am
“Spidey-Thumbs”
“Peter-Parkers”
“Frictors”
“Grippumbs”
“Snaggers”
“Pineapples”
posted by Andrej on 10-12-2006 at 9:56 am
“rimble” (Rubber thIMBLE)
“Teeny Turner”
posted by Brandon on 10-12-2006 at 10:18 am
Darn it! Ian already picked Jonny!
Oh well. My second pick is: Distal phalanx friction augmenter.
posted by Jason! on 10-12-2006 at 10:56 am
The Carpal Condom
(Yes I know the carpal bones are in the wrist, but alliteration uber alles.)
posted by justawriter on 10-12-2006 at 11:15 am
Digitus Primus Protector
The Thumb Nightcap
Cone-Thumb
posted by The Zimzi on 10-12-2006 at 11:22 am
How about:
The “Paper Isolator”
or
The “Page Peeler”
posted by shakezoola on 10-12-2006 at 12:08 pm
“tactiles”
posted by Kim on 10-12-2006 at 12:14 pm
Rubber-Upper
posted by Denise on 10-12-2006 at 12:15 pm
Finger prince
Prophynger
Thumbthing
TacTip
Nasal nugget nabber
posted by Tom on 10-12-2006 at 12:17 pm
the Fingdinger
posted by Lucres on 10-12-2006 at 12:19 pm
page grabbber
page aid
These have nothing to do with Mark Foley.
posted by Beth on 10-12-2006 at 1:06 pm
At this office we also call it a finger condom!
posted by Chris on 10-12-2006 at 1:39 pm
a conthumb
porte-manteau of condom and thumb.
posted by Simon on 10-12-2006 at 3:55 pm
Very impressive list so far! It’s going to be hard to pick a winner… but keep ‘em coming! Maybe we’ll actually convince the manufacturers to change the name!
posted by David on 10-12-2006 at 4:12 pm
Thumb + Rubber = The Thubber!
posted by Dawn Lorraine on 10-12-2006 at 9:04 pm
thumbcap
posted by Michelle on 10-12-2006 at 9:11 pm
At our office we call them finger condoms or corporate condoms.
posted by kim on 10-12-2006 at 9:24 pm
mr. mcfeely?
posted by Marie on 10-12-2006 at 9:54 pm
The Thumble.
posted by Sillstaw on 10-12-2006 at 10:06 pm
” The Fondom ” finger/condom
posted by Roy on 10-12-2006 at 10:48 pm
a French page turner
posted by Monica on 10-13-2006 at 7:53 am
The Grandma Excitor
posted by Seth on 12-18-2006 at 11:17 am
fingertip
posted by Brett on 5-28-2007 at 8:23 am