Sherry Taylor

Q: A recent Buzzfeed survey found that 64% of people admit to doing this after they finish eating?

A: Licking their fingers clean

According to a recent survey by Buzzfeed, 70% of us sometimes use our finger as a spoon to eat things like peanut butter or icing when we eat cake.  Here are eight more gross eating stats . . .

  1. Do you ever eat food that’s fallen on the floor?  57% said yes.
  1. Do you ever lick your fingers clean after you eat?  64% admitted to it.
  1. Do you ever end up with food all over your face?  54% of us do.  83% said they sometimes spill on their clothes, and 45% sometimes get food in their HAIR.
  1. Do you make chewing or slurping noises when you eat?  Only 25% said yes.
  1. Do you ever talk with food in your mouth?  Only 43% said yes, which seems low.
  1. Do you ever lick your plate clean?  35% of people said they do it.
  1. Do you ever pick food out of your teeth and then swallow it?  70% said yes.
  1. Do you ever eat something that’s too hot . . . spit it out . . . wait for it to cool down . . . and put it back in your mouth?  45% of people said yes.

(Buzzfeed)

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