# Help me with the ‘snot’ rhyme **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956 "2014-11-18T14:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/1 "2014-11-18T14:03:57Z")
I bet most anglophones have heard this at some point in their lives: If you’re dancing with your honey And your nose is wet and runny You may think it’s funny But it’s not! (snot) I recite this with my 4yo daughter whenever she sneezes or has a dripping nose and she just loves it. She cannot wait to yell ‘It’s SNOT’ at the top of her voice and then breaks into hysterical laughter. OK, I think it’s funny too. It’s simple, memorable, and about bodily functions. What’s not to like? I would love it if there were some more verses to this classic, along similar lines. What do you say Dopers, care to do a bit of juvenile composition and make a 4yo very happy? (Mods, if you think this would go better in the Game Room feel free to move it) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/2 "2014-11-18T14:21:59Z")
**[Communicator beep]:** Engineering. Snot here, Captain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/3 "2014-11-18T14:26:17Z")
That is the only verse of the classic I’m aware of, but there’s always this little ditty: ``` *Everybodys doing it, doing it Pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it.* ``` And my father’s favorite WC Fields impersonation: ``` * You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends' nose.* ``` I have no idea why we were so boogercentric. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/4 "2014-11-18T14:32:12Z")
I say go nonsensical and rhyming with animals whose actions you can imitate. Like: If you’re flapping like a bat And meowing like a cat You may think it is all that But it’s not, snot! If you’re jumping like a froggy And your bottom half is soggy You may think that is a loggy But it’s not - snot! If you’re flying like a bird And a thing you’ve never heard Comes flying into third But it’s not - snot! Cue, “that’s silly, Daddy.” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/5 "2014-11-18T14:49:45Z")
She might enjoy this hit by Loudon Wainwright III [Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxgagXVqZZM) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/6 "2014-11-18T15:34:58Z")
She might like this song by Weird Al: “Gotta Boogie” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NkUtweS4aMc/hqdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Gotta Boogie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUtweS4aMc) ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/7 "2014-11-18T15:42:10Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > That is the only verse of the classic I’m aware of, but there’s always this little ditty: > > ``` > *Everybodys doing it, doing it > Pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it.* > > ``` My father always ended that with, “The think it’s candy, but it’s not.” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/8 "2014-11-18T15:56:27Z")
When you wake up in the night And your nose isn’t right You may think it’s bloody But it’s not! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/9 "2014-11-18T16:00:22Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > My father always ended that with, “The think it’s candy, but it’s not.” And the last line would be _It’s a hot snot sundae with a booger on the top._ ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/10 "2014-11-18T16:04:37Z")
This is some good stuff folks – keep it coming. Just to clarify my OP. Ideally I would like the new verses to have the same meter and structure as the original so I can string them together into one… er… sonnet? :dubious: And they don’t all have to be about snot. Other bodily functions and secretions are welcome! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/11 "2014-11-18T18:11:11Z")
I’ll give it a shot… You go to give your Mom a hug, and your dad sneezes on the rug, you think you stepped upon a bug, But it’s not…(snot) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/12 "2014-11-18T18:17:22Z")
I thought it was mucous, but it’ snot. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/13 "2014-11-18T18:21:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **[Communicator beep]:** Engineering. Snot here, Captain! 😃 The correct response, of course, is: This is Kirk. What’s not there? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/14 "2014-11-18T18:44:07Z")
The version I know is: When your nose is runny, Please don’t kiss your honey, You might think it’s funny, But’s it’s snot. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/15 "2014-11-19T04:28:58Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > . . . \* You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your > friends’ nose.\* . . . Heh! I did, once! ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/16 "2014-11-19T13:29:47Z")
_You can pick your friends, And you can pick your nose, But you can’t roll your friends into little green balls and stick them under the furniture._ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/17 "2014-11-19T14:06:31Z")
I’m sure you’ve sung her Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/18 "2014-11-19T14:12:21Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > That is the only verse of the classic I’m aware of, but there’s always this little ditty: > > ``` > *Everybodys doing it, doing it > Pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it.* > > ``` > > And my father’s favorite WC Fields impersonation: > > ``` > * You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your > friends' nose.* > > ``` > > I have no idea why we were so boogercentric. I know OP wants more verses to the initial rhyme, but in the spirit of the above post, my Dad always said: _Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice; pull down your pants, and slide on the ice._ And when I got a little older: _Hooray, hooray, it’s the first of May, Outdoor screwing begins today!_ I have no idea where he got either one of them. I know they’re not booger-oriented, but it’s silly things that make a kid laugh. Now that I type that, I think there was a thread for that sort of stuff not too long ago… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/19 "2014-11-19T18:52:49Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > _Hooray, hooray, it’s the first of May, > Outdoor screwing begins today!_ Here’s a NSFW (naked WoW characters) [version of that song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-77ElyvRxI), by Jonathan Coulton. Another boogerific song, courtesy of Dr. Demento and “Sneaky Pete” [Who Put the Booger on my Beer Mug?](http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Booger+On+My+Beer+Mug/ratle?src=5) ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/20 "2014-11-20T13:29:48Z")
C’mon folks. Enough with the boogers already :rolleyes: OK, I was hoping to get you to do my work for me since I am pretty poor with poetry, but here are a couple I just came up with (and no boogers!) When your’re eating your spaghetti And your fork and spoon are ready But you see some tails and headies They are worms! When your tummy’s in a jumble And you hear some sort of rumble And the walls begin to crumble It’s a fart! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956.md?page=2)