Is nose picking one of those things that everyone does but nobody admits to?
Do you pick your nose?
If so, how often?
Ever been caught picking your nose?
If you do pick your nose is there a chance you would be too embarrassed to admit it?
Is it one of those activities like masturbating that everyone does but says they don’t?
I pick mine a couple times a week in the morning, mostly during the winter because it’s so dry and blowing it doesn’t always get the crud out. I do my picking in private.
I pick mine if I feel there is an obstruction that warrants removal, although if I’m within sight of someone I respect I’ll blow it into a tissue.
Oh, and I try to avoid it around the kids as much as possible. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with nose picking, so long as you’re not going mad and causing nosebleeds, but I’ll admit it’s not the most attractive of gestures.
Michael Jackson used to pick his nose.
And yes, of course I pick my nose. I want clean passageways. Always in private, never even as a kid wanted to eat it. Yuck.
I used to dig my nose. My right finger is bigger than my left, so i usually stretch out each nostril by jamming the right index up there, then using the thinner left finger to find all the goodies.
However, this method is very inefficient, because you have sinuses all over your face. You can only get the boogers about 1-1.5" past the opening.
Nowadays, I usually splash a lot of water on my face, massage the sinuses, try to get a little water in my nose/eyes/mouth and brush my teeth first to moisten my sinuses, then blow the boogers out. On an average morning, I get about 4-5 pieces that look like I have a handful of maggots.
Recently, I found out that there are some sinuses so deep that even blowing really really hard won’t get all of them. Enter the neti-pot. However, given the size of my nose, I usually have to do an entire bottle up a single nostril, then refill for the other side. No matter how many times I do this, there’s always another booger surfing out of my nose every time I do it.
The other day, what looked like a soft boiled egg yolk came out while I was using the neti. I didn’t get a good look at it before it went down the drain, but I swear it was at least 2 inches across. Where the hell was that hiding? Did I inadvertently blow out part of my cerebrum? Should I go to the doctor?
Long story short: I can proudly say I don’t pick my nose anymore.
I like to blow it out in the morning, then roll up parts of the tissue to poke around up there and get bits that a finger would be no good for. It’s strictly bathroom behavior.
I’m one of those surreptitious nose pickers if I’m out in public. Here are my methods :
The “Sweep The Index Finger Below The Nose Maneuver”…
One’s dominant hand’s index finger sweeps quickly and horizontally back and forth under the nose. On the intial sweep left, nothing is obtained, but on the way back one very quickly inserts said index finger into offending nostril and traps the booger with the fingernail. This must be done very quickly and once said booger has been removed, one makes the “OK” sign along one’s thigh and flicks that bad boy off.
The “It’s Just Some Dead Skin” ploy (a special thank you to my wife for this one).
Again using the index finger of the dominant hand, one makes downward brushing motions (pretend you are smoothing a moustache) underneath the nostrils while blowing air out of them in order to loosen aforementioned booger. If done successfully, it will never be noticed by anyone, and even if it were, one can always use the “Goodness, I’m having such dry skin these days! Must be the heat!” excuse.
I blow my nose right after my morning hot shower and it generally vacates perfectly. But I have sinus problems and crap drips down/accumulates throughout the day. I can blow it but it doesn’t all come out unless I’m in a hot, moist environment. So yes, I’m a picker. And I eat it if there is no tissue or garbage can handy. I would rather eat it than flick it (fucking gross! boogers on everything) or stick it to random crap. I got a bunch of books handed down from my grandma after she died, and there are boogers stuck to random pages. ewwwwww. Just eat it and it’s gone, imo.
Hey, Quasi, just for the record, those are what everybody does, so you’re fooling no one! Especially #1 - as soon as someone starts doing that, I’m like, “keep watching, the finger’s going up the nose in just a second!” But hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
