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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2013-02-17 12:01 am

Maple syrup: Not Lube

An individual who shall remain anonymous asked IRC whether maple syrup was lube or not lube, and then how much not-lube it was.

In the spirit of inquiry and also that perhaps I'm up past my bedtime, science ensued.

Hypothesis:
Maple syrup is not lube.

Materials:
1 bottle of maple syrup (Trader Joe's)
1 shotglass (IKEA)
sink
hand soap
computer and internet stop watch
bluetooth headset
tumblr
2 human hands

Procedure:
Washed hands with soap in sink.
Poured a shot of maple syrup.
Sat at computer desk with maple syrup.
Called tumblr in the attempt to record what the hell was going on here.
Dipped fingers (first finger, thumb) of non-mouse-hand in maple syrup.
Started stopwatch and commenced rubbing fingers across each other in constant contact, in the classic "money" gesture.
(Tumblr disconnected.)
(Called Tumblr back.)
After fingers got tired and maple syrup was not yet degrading as expected, at about the three minute mark, switched to pinching together and pulling apart fingers.
Noticed distinct stickiness within 30 seconds, and active adhesion within a minute.
Subsequent rubbing had more friction than rubbing bare skin together.
Declared experiment over, licked fingers clean, drank shot of maple syrup, washed hands.
Told IRC.

Conclusions:
Contrary to my initial expectation, it might not be an instant disaster to attempt to use maple syrup as a sexual lubricant ... for a few minutes.
Sex does, however, often involve both sliding-alongside-in-constant-contact and push-together-and-pull-apart actions. The together-and-apart parts of it might well render the maple syrup too tacky to continue, in short order.
Maple syrup is still a sugary substance, and as such, can provide an excellent growth medium for yeast. This is really not great when it happens in one's tender bits.
Maple syrup: still not lube!

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[personal profile] mfb 2013-02-17 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Forwarded to all my Canadian friends thanks for the heads up.

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[personal profile] mfb 2013-02-17 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Canada is a big, lonely place.
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[personal profile] karlht 2013-02-17 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
As always, your dedication to empirical science is a thing of wonder and awe (also aww), and an inspiration to us all.

May all your experiments have endings as tasty.
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[personal profile] tim 2013-02-17 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Important question: was it Grade A or Grade B maple syrup?
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[personal profile] melannen 2013-02-17 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Now you've got me wondering if the sap would work as lube at any stage in production - I know some of the more watery kinds of sap feel slippery...
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[personal profile] silveradept 2013-02-18 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Your experimentation methods are unparalleled. And way smarter than the person that will try it by trying to use it as lube.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2013-02-18 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Presumably, it would still have an effect on the receiving partner, somehow. I also wonder what the high sugar content would do to the latex.
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[personal profile] janetmiles 2013-02-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Here via Ysabetwordsmith on LJ.

There are some things that I will not, in fact, do for science.

May I add this to my quote file? And if so, how would you like to be attributed? (Default would be "azurelunatic, on DW, 17 February 2013")
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[personal profile] silverflight8 2013-02-18 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ah ah ah, but see, you've only run one trial. Small samples are not representative of large populations! *insert warbling about rules of thumb and success/fail rates*

On the other hand, being Canadian, I can't imagine anyone being grabbing for maple syrup. I mean, have they ever touched the stuff?? Tried to get it off the kitchen table?
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[personal profile] silverflight8 2013-02-18 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, where's your null? :P