# A Veritable Plethora of Mucous. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 1999, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156 "1999-12-20T06:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/1 "1999-12-20T06:04:00Z")
**Disclaimer: This is not for those with weak stomachs. We will be discussing SNOT, BOOGERS and their like in this topic. Hit the Back button on your browser now if this is likely to nauseate you.** I’m just getting over the last vestiges of a TERRIBLE flu/cold/virus/whatever. One thing though: My nose has still not stopped DRIPPING! At the height of the illness, I could blow my nose and get a good amount, say 5-10 CCs of goop out at least 25-30 times a day! That’s at least 125 CCs of slime oozing out. And yet it keeps on coming. Are the mucous membranes of the nose the most efficient organ in the body or what?!?! * * * “Teaching without words and work without doing are understood by very few.” -Tao Te Ching ---
**Author:** ![sunshine\_68005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sunshine\_68005](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunshine_68005)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/2 "1999-12-20T06:14:00Z")
why if i were that sick myself i would take a few shots of nightquil and go to bed! But that’s just me! ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/3 "1999-12-20T06:16:00Z")
Same here, but the medication of preference would be honeyed brandy. –Baloo * * * I once lost my corkscrew and had to live on food and water for several days -W.C. Fields [http://members.tripod.com/~Bob\_Baloo/index.htm](http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/4 "1999-12-20T06:31:00Z")
_tripping over all the NyQuil bottles strewn across the floor and talking to hallucinations with green teeth and tongues_ “Huh? Whadddyou shay?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/5 "1999-12-20T06:36:00Z")
Dem, dear - that’s the LAST time I am opening a thread with “mucuous” in the subject. But I am glad to know that you still found the energy to party! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/6 "1999-12-20T06:39:00Z")
Sorry…I have to make the obligatory Denis Leary comment: “Nyquil, Nyquil, Nyquil, we love you, you giant fucking Q!” AND “My liver is shot, my teeth are green…merry fucking christmas!” Thank you…thankyouverymuch. * * * “Jesus Mary Joseph…you’re a biker chick!” - co-worker, upon hearing of my tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/7 "1999-12-20T07:16:00Z")
Have somebody pick up a can of jalapeno relish for you. Open can. Dip tortilla chips into jalapeno relish. Eat several. Run to bathroom and turn on warm water in sink. Your head is about to empty. ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/8 "1999-12-20T08:11:00Z")
Chinese hot mustard. 'Nuff said. – Sylence * * * I don’t have an evil side. Just a really, really apathetic one. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/9 "1999-12-20T22:16:00Z")
Try snorting a little horseradish (_YEEEEHAWWWW_!). * * * **StoryTyler** “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” [I Spy Ty.](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/10 "1999-12-20T22:32:00Z")
[General Questions] From [Cecil on mucus production](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/971017.html) : > [@](#): > > One experiment showed that on the peak day of a cold the average person produces about 14 grams of drippings, or roughly half an ounce. [/General Questions] ## Just thought you’d want to know that the Master has not ignored this topic. Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-veritable-plethora-of-mucous/12156/11 "1999-12-20T23:51:00Z")
Thanks Manhattan, although either 1/2 oz is incorrect, or I’ve been producing a LOT more than average. I wonder if it depends on how often you blow your nose. For me, it was like evry fifteen minutes, then, whooosshh! It filled back up! 😉 * * * “Teaching without words and work without doing are understood by very few.” -Tao Te Ching