I wanted my first post in more than a year to be more significant than it's going to be. Maybe I will ease back into this.
Anyway, this is just an observation, based on my stats: I could make a fortune selling gloves to people who have tickling fetishes. I had no idea it's so widespread.
According to Dictionary.com, the verb "tickle" is defined as: "to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation, to titillate or to poke some sensitive part of the body so as to excite spasmodic laughter. " The term that's being Googled, Binged, searched for in a Dogpile, or sent crawling with 80Legs, is "tickling gloves." Dictionary.com doesn't have a definition for those.
It does have a list of other suggestions, however: There's the SW Tickle, which I thought might be a special southernwriter tickle, but no; turns out it's a Southwestern-based group of tickling fiends. There are also tickle drawings which led me to learn that tickling is an art in Japan. Who knew? There are suggestions for videos, female tickle clits, um, clips--I was curious to know if that meant soft porn videos or pinching devices--belly tickles, tied and tickled, tickle toons, tickling feet, tickled pink, tickled to death, and clips of tickled celebrities, which have nothing to do with picking up an Oscar.
Apparently, everyone is into this. I still remember that when I met my husband's grandfather, he said, "tickleyourasswithafeather?" and at the time, I was sure I had misunderstood him. Turns out when he repeated it, he'd said "particularly nasty weather." Or so I thought.
Anyway.
Back to gloves.
Personally,
if I were going to be tickled by someone wearing gloves,
I think I would prefer those thin, lint-free gloves photographers use.
Back to gloves.
Personally,
if I were going to be tickled by someone wearing gloves,
I think I would prefer those thin, lint-free gloves photographers use.
They have a light, wispy kind of feel to them.
I can picture opera length gloves under certain circumstances--like who's wearing them-- but the heavier the fabric gets, the creepier it becomes. White dress gloves remind me of clowns, and that just gets weirder from there.
Worn by Marines in dress uniform however, might put a different spin on things ....
Leather is too scary for me. That's kind of OJ-ish, or serial killerish. You might be different (and if that's what you like, you are different). Your child in mittens could be very sweet, but by saying that, I put us all in danger of attracting pedophiles here. Go home; this is not that kind of blog.
Wait and see. Someone will steal this idea. Maybe the person whose entrepreneurial fancy it tickles will create gloves with feathers sewn into the fingertips.
