# Do you eat your boogers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614 "2004-03-26T19:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/1 "2004-03-26T19:30:10Z")
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**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/2 "2004-03-26T19:42:55Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > This guy says it’s good for you! > > [Configure wp-config in WordPress Hosting](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_903083.html?menu=) > > Not so sure I agree with that. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaximenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Anaximenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaximenes)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/3 "2004-03-27T00:17:46Z")
I used to do this all the time as a kid. Probably part of the reason why no one wanted me around… When I was 5, I was the kid munching on his boogers on stage during the church Christmas pagent. :o On the plus side, I almost never got sick. Whether that was because of the boogers or because of a naturally strong immune system, I don’t know. I worked hard to stop during my teens but I’ve picked it up again now that I’m an adult. I try to be discreet about it though… Personally, I like the thick & gummy ones myself. The dry ones take too much spit to disolve properly. 🆒 (Barfin’ your guts out yet?) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/4 "2004-03-27T01:27:46Z")
I have only two thoughts: 1: **UGH!** 2: This sounds like a poll, so a mod will put on some rubber gloves and pick this up with tongs and drop it into IMHO. 3: Opal says UGH! also! ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/5 "2004-03-27T01:57:42Z")
Well, not _raw_. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/6 "2004-03-27T05:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=Anaximenes] Personally, I like the thick & gummy ones myself. The dry ones take too much spit to disolve properly. 🆒 QUOTE] Man, that’s just _gross._ The only ones worth eating are the big, crusty one you get when your nose is stopped up and dries out. ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/7 "2004-03-27T07:44:04Z")
> [@Anaximenes](#): > > I used to do this all the time as a kid. Probably part of the reason why no one wanted me around… > > When I was 5, I was the kid munching on his boogers on stage during the church Christmas pagent. :o > > On the plus side, I almost never got sick. Whether that was because of the boogers or because of a naturally strong immune system, I don’t know. > > I worked hard to stop during my teens but I’ve picked it up again now that I’m an adult. I try to be discreet about it though… > > Personally, I like the thick & gummy ones myself. The dry ones take too much spit to disolve properly. 🆒 Ah, but do you eat the red ones last? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/8 "2004-03-27T13:43:43Z")
Note to self: Never shake hands with **Anaximenes**. So how come the dry ones? Why not the mucousy ones? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/9 "2004-03-27T14:22:12Z")
_vomits_ There goes my breakfast… When I was about 5 I used to do it, but I stopped. No real reason why. My finger only enters my nose when there is something bothering my airway or my nose feels really clogged up and no tissue can handle it. And **furt** what do you mean not raw? Do you stir fry your boogers before you eat them? _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/10 "2004-03-27T15:27:11Z")
Oh good God and sweet baby Jesus… Even when I was a kid I’d get fouled out by other kids doing that. Yark!!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/11 "2004-03-27T15:53:29Z")
Well I’d like to see some actual proof before I start chomping away but I don’t see why I wouldn’t start if it had health benefits. People do a lot nastier things in the name of health and I don’t see why one should pass up a healthy habit just because peopel think it is icky. ---
**Author:** ![Anaximenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Anaximenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaximenes)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/12 "2004-03-27T16:41:46Z")
**The Tim,** I agree. I want a double-blind expirement done to test the health benefits. If it gives us some kind of proof I’ll start munching openly. “Hey, Jerk, this is good for me! You should do it too!” The nicest thing about booger eating is that during periods of heavy secreation you can even skip a meal! **ivylass** , I wash my hands about 30 times a day anyhow… **Fatwater:** don’t ever eat the red ones! What kind of disgusting dweb are you? Were you raised by slugs? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/13 "2004-03-28T11:12:46Z")
Ewwwww!!! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/14 "2004-03-28T11:31:58Z")
What if a catastrophic bioweapon were being devised that was based on boogers? Would you swallow your pride – among other things – to survive the BoogerBomb? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/15 "2004-03-28T13:09:55Z")
I read through the original TMI thread giggling happily and slurping up spaghetti. I read snippets of the pimple thread out loud to my co-workers without batting an eye, while they said, “Ewwwww!” I’ve potty-trained two children, helped dig up a leaky sewer pipe, and fished various and sundry household items out of unflushed toilets. Didn’t faze me. I read this thread. I gagged. Because that is just freakin’ _gross_. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/16 "2004-03-28T13:38:39Z")
It depends on what has been up my nose the night before… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/17 "2004-03-28T14:28:30Z")
So, uh, **Anaximenes** , what do they taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/18 "2004-03-28T15:41:16Z")
This thread is nausiating. :dryheave: And it’ snot so much the topic, but rather the gleeful abandon with which some of you describe the act of your booger-eating. :dryheave: :dryheave: ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/19 "2004-03-28T20:17:50Z")
\ “Everybody’s doin’ it, doin’ it, doin’ it Pickin’ their nose and chewin’ it, chewin’ it…” Egads, the things you remember from 3rd grade… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614/20 "2004-03-28T20:33:19Z")
I pick my nose all the time. You’d _never_ catch me dead EATING that stuff, though. What do they taste like? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-your-boogers/236614.md?page=2)