Actually it sounds gross but once you've done it a couple of times it's quite relaxing i must admit i reacted the same way you did, you never know one day you might start doing it too.
i've never done a dot point in my life. It's like the saying goes you dot your I's and cross your T's you don't dot your points it's just the way you eat a cookie really, first you start with the dough and then you bake it. But not too long because it'll get burnt. You need to bake it just right...
If anything it increases productivity because you have to catch up for all the time that you wasted. Well not wasted enjoyed unless you consider sex a waste of time then it's wasting. If you think having a girlfriend distracts you then just ask one of your friends if they would like to have...
When me and my girlfriend really get started she likes to get her two pets invovled. (that's one cat and one dog) It's a wild time if you know what i mean....