Nasal Excavation

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:21 pm

Have you ever been caught in the act of picking your nose in public? I don't mean a little pick with your pinky, I mean really digging in.

Embarrissing isn't it?

koan · Post by **koan** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:58 pm

ok... I'll reply to your thread.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:17 pm

Have you two been into the same wine tonight?:D

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:52 am

I truly never pick my nose and the thought of " really digging in " makes me feel sick.

I am forever seeing other drivers doing it, they must think that no-one can see them if they're moving! :driving:

I worked with awoman once who shouted out to a colleague who was forever " digging "

" Give me a wave when you get to the bridge ".. He never got it!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:37 am

Not that Im aware of. Im very careful and secretive concerning my excremental bodily functions.

If at all possible Ill lock myself in a bathroom stall to perform such functions.

Why do you ask ?

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:55 am

No and when I see others doing this is turns my stomach. If they have to pick their nose, they should go do it in private!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:15 am

no, why the heck do people do that in public?? :yh_sick

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:20 am

Nomad;955567 wrote: Not that Im aware of. Im very careful and secretive concerning my excremental bodily functions.

If at all possible Ill lock myself in a bathroom stall to perform such functions.

Why do you ask ?

Because Dr. Ewell K. Swatherly has written about the therapeutic benefits of nasal excavation and how it can create in some individuals an extreme state of self satisfaction and accomplishment.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:18 am

I'm a flicker. Pretty accurate too. Once, I flicked a booger at a fly on the wall 8 foot away. I hit him and he's still there. :yh_sick

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:49 pm

Am not pickin' me nose. I'm massaging my brain.:p

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:15 pm

We usta call my lil' bro "digger".:p

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:18 pm

Mom had a rule. No candy before meals. When caught lickin' his fingers he'd say, " 's not candy mom".:yh_sick

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:20 pm

Lil' bro got sent home from school a bunch of times for knocking lil' kids down and pickin' their noses.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:24 pm

Lil' bro had a booger collection stuck to his bedroom wall.:yh_sick

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:26 pm

Big bro Ike had a pubic hair collection tied with thread and taped to his wall. A tuft from each girlfriend. :-4:D

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:32 pm

What should you do if your nose goes on strike?

Picket!

What kind of monster gets up your nose?

The bogeyman!

What should you do if you smell a gas leak?

Send the person out of the room and open the windows!

What connects your nose to the Sunday roast?

Dripping

What do you call a man who never uses a tissue?

Greensleeves!

Is that perfume I smell?

It is and yes you do!

What do you call a man who never blows his nose?

Ronnie!

What kind of monster can you sit on your finger?

The bogeyman!

What did one eye say to the other?

Between us is something that smells!

:p

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:54 pm

"Boogers" are made of mucus. Mucus is made by mucus membranes. Your body has mucus membranes in all sorts of places: The stomach, intestines, nose, lungs, eyes, mouth, and the urinary tract all contain mucus membranes that secrete mucus.

Mucus contains mostly water and mucin (during a sinus or lung infection, it also contains dead white blood cells that have been working on the infection -- see How Your Immune System Works for details). It is the mucin that makes it sticky.

Mucin is a branched polysaccharide. If you have read How Food Works, then you know about saccharides -- they are sugar chains. Starch, for example, is a polysaccharide. As you've probably noticed, if you mix corn starch or flour with water, you get a sticky substance. Mucin is doing the same thing. Mucus is essentially a thin paste made of mucin and water.

Show your four-year-old how corn starch and water is sticky (especially as it dries out) and he will be looking at synthetic boogers!

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:01 pm

"A booger in hand is worth two in the nose!" :yh_rotfl

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:50 pm

The bigger the nose, the bigger the boogers.:wah: