Instagram; E!Welcome to Numbers You Didn't Know You Needed, a new series in which E! News channels its inner mathlete. This is where we play the numbers game, and get a little nerdy to bring you a lot of revelations. Have you ever noticed that Leonardo DiCaprio is always on a Citi Bike? Or that Zac Efron is constantly giving the thumbs up? Now you will. You may not be staying up nights wondering just how many times Lauren Conrad wore a headband on The Hills, but after our investigation it'll be all you can think about. So come along on this mathematical journey, won't you? Life will never be the same.
Today, we're taking our calculators to one Lindsay Lohan.
The Parent Trap star has been in the news a whole lot as of late, thanks to some romantic issues and a lot of oversharing on Instagram. She was engaged, and then she wasn't engaged, and during it all she ranted, ranted, ranted on social media. But in between all those ups and downs and the many, many yacht trips, we noticed a little trend.
And no, we're not referring to the fact that Lohan has possibly the most enviable swimsuit collection Hollywood. We allude, of course, to a little habit called the Finger-Mouth-Pose. It's something she employs whenever she takes an Instagram photo and doesn't want to do the tired, boring smile. Need a pose? Stick your finger in your mouth. Or, to be more specific, lightly graze your mouth with a single finger. Let us show you:
The caption may say "Hermés," but what she really means is "Check out how delicately I can drape myself across this yacht couch and also ever-so-slightly touch my finger to my mouth." It's groundbreaking, really.
And now that you know this is a thing, you'll never be able to unsee it. Prepare to never scroll through Lindsay's Instagram feed without keeping your own tally again. But you don't have to keep your own tally! We did it for you! We hit the Lohan with the deep-scroll to really get to the bottom of this trend. And the final count?
45.
45 times Lindsay Lohan has eschewed the smile for the finger-in-mouth. It all started with this, over two-and-a-half years ago.
She attempted to obscure the finger with a swath of hair, but don't think we didn't catch it, Linds.
And then, in no particular order, there are a whopping 44 other instances. Like this finger-mouth amongst a host of Wildfox Couture items.
Or this Italian-summer-with finger.
And then there's this heavy-on-the-flash-finger-mouth.
Or for Halloween, how about a bloody finger pose?
She can finger-pose in the pool.
She can finger-pose in a hat.
She can finger-pose in bed.
She can even finger-pose with a friend (who's doing a peace sign, but whatever).
There's the finger-pose accompanied by an inspirational quote.
Bored at a karaoke bar? Put your finger in your mouth!
Bored making Instagram collages? Put your finger in your mouth!
Bored making Instagram watercolors? Put your finger in your mouth!
There's the finger-mouth pose while huddled on the floor.
There's the finger pose while also thanking God it's Friday.
Or the finger pose while...well, we don't know.
She finger-poses in a tank top.
She finger-poses in a beanie.
Or in this other beanie.
She finger-poses in plaid.
She even finger-poses in lace.
Her finger poses can be blurry.
She loves to finger-pose with friends, like this motorcycle-jacket gentleman.
Or this bunny-eared gentleman.
Or this seemingly very shy gentleman.
Or a whole gaggle of girlfriends.
Or a whole gaggle of girl-and-guy friends.
She even finger-poses with just one friend!
There's the picture of a picture of the pose.
And a picture of the pose in an ad.
And the finger poses just never stop! And for the sake of your time, just trust us on poses 34-44.
And we wrap, ever-so-appropriately, with number 45 featuring none other than Kris Jenner.