The mind boggles.

... Do Miss Hilton's lady-friends own some?

Coat and scalf following in short order.

Those finger-condoms look just like the ones punted for clean iPhone screen usage.

I know I should be coming up with a comment a la mode El Reg but seriously folks, they are finger grips. It's a thinner version of the rubber thimbles used by bank tellers to count large wads of cash and a more hygienic way of gripping paper than licking your fingers. And yes, it's the same material as condoms: rubber.

Thanks. We already knew that, after the story about the over-expensive iPhone fingerbobs. That's why all those guys were making jokes about it, yeh?

HTH back atcha!

Nah, not an artefact. You're looking at a close-up of Miss June 1855 - "Tana, the naughty colonial nurse"

I've come to expect more from the Reg with the headlines.

How about:

"Google Book scanner fingered." ?

Exposing one's fingers to a photocopy machine day after day, results in red fingers and other possible side affects.

"only another 675 pages to go ...... and then I get to start on Rob Roy."

It may not quite be the most boring job in the world, but it most be close. Stock options and free flying lessons or not.