# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/21 "2022-02-28T05:49:03Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > 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 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. > > \ Bolding mine. Major bump. My wife and I watched our nephew play his hockey game, and we were walking to the car in the lot and she was sniffling her nose (because we live near San Francisco so it was 65 outside and of course, chilly inside the rink). As she was sniffling while walking I tried to remember this rhyme from my teenage years but I couldn’t. I did a quick search on what little I remembered (I searched on “your nose is running you may think it’s funny but it’s snot”)… … and lo and behold one of the first hits was the dope! Pretty cool. I joined the dope 10 years ago because of another search, on what I can’t remember, and I’m a bit surprised that I’ve been here for 10 years already. Hey @Orville_mogul, are you here? I just read it to my wife and she chuckled. God I love her. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/22 "2022-02-28T06:04:47Z")
**SEVENTH GRADE JOKE** (Slightly bowdlerized to avoid giving offense.) Three Beatniks are snapping their fingers as they walk down the street. **SQUARE:** (_To first Beatnik_) How come you’re snapping your fingers? **FIRST BEATNIK:** Oh, I got the _beat_, man! **SQUARE:** (_To second Beatnik_) How come you’re snapping your fingers? **SECOND BEATNIK:** Oh, I got the beat _too_, man! **SQUARE:** (_To third Beatnik_) I suppose you’ve got the beat too? **THIRD BEATNIK:** No, man. I got a booger on my finger and I can’t get it off! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/23 "2022-02-28T06:28:36Z")
You got the beat? Cool. Reminds me of the bathroom scene from _Silver Streak_ (1976) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nmWLEtXOn2o/maxresdefault.jpg "Silver Streak - Bathroom Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmWLEtXOn2o) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/24 "2022-02-28T07:08:23Z")
The version I’d heard was much simpler: _Little fuzzy bunny’s nose was very runny_ _Don’t think it’s funny 'cos it’s snot_ The OP’s version is better. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/25 "2022-02-28T07:42:20Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > … and lo and behold one of the first hits was the dope! At least I’ll be remembered for something 😁 The latest chez nous: _You can pick your friends_ _You can pick your nose_ _But you can’t pick your friends’ noses_ 👃 👃 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/26 "2022-02-28T10:57:49Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > 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 this is eight years late, but the “slide on the ice” couplet tells me that dad was acquainted with [Dr. Sidney Freedman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87UV5gYa5s). mmm ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/27 "2022-02-28T11:49:38Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > And they don’t all have to be about snot [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/58YNYqN6lko/maxresdefault.jpg "Parenthood (1/12) Movie CLIP - The Diarrhea Song (1989) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58YNYqN6lko) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/28 "2022-02-28T12:39:11Z")
_Well, you think it’s butter_ _But it’s snot_ _It’s Chiffon_ ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/29 "2022-02-28T12:39:50Z")
You got it, man. Cool! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/30 "2022-02-28T18:55:25Z")
As a kid we had a line, “if you see a little green man crossing the road, don’t laugh because it’s SNOT!” Let me make this scatological. This sounds a lot like the “Diarrhea” song we sang as kids (and into adulthood it seems)… When you’re sitting on the pot And you feel something hot It’s diarrhea, it’s diarrhea! When you’re swimming in the pool And you feel something cool It’s diarrhea, it’s diarrhea! When you’re sitting on the porch And you feel something scorch It’s diarrhea, it’s diarrhea! And so on. It wasn’t just me, this dude gets it… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ozKLHFxAvAo/maxresdefault.jpg "The Diarrhea Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozKLHFxAvAo) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/31 "2022-02-28T19:12:58Z")
Maybe a regional or generational thing but in the 70s we always sang the chorus as “diarrhea cha-cha-cha, diarrhea cha-cha-cha” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/32 "2022-03-01T07:37:54Z")
To elevate the tone a bit, there’s a Tudor-era madrigal that radio presenters have to be careful about announcing: _Weep, Oh Mine Eyes, And Cease Not_ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/33 "2022-03-01T09:37:26Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > o I was disappointed that the version in Parenthood had no verse for second base. Boo! My mother in law once did a take on a certain breakfast cereal jingle: “POST!! Nasal Drip!” (instead of Post Raisin Bran). ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/34 "2022-03-01T11:58:45Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I was disappointed that the version in Parenthood had no verse for second base. Boo! I know, right? Rhyming with second, though? Maybe you could use “So you steal another bag but the smell makes you gag, diarrhea! Diarrhea!” And the fans all start to boo 'cause your pants are full of poo, diarrhea! Diarrhea! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/35 "2022-03-02T07:34:35Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > ```auto > * You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your > friends' nose.* > > ``` My apologies, just saw this again. Now I remember where I learned it! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/36 "2022-05-07T08:40:08Z")
bumping my own thread, but I just remembered another creation from my college days. This one is sung to the C is for Cookie tune from Sesame Street. U is for urine When you’ve really gotta pee U is for urine When it’s running down your knee U is for urine It’s excretooooryyyyy! Urine urine urine Let me pee! ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956/37 "2022-05-08T14:36:48Z")
It’s sorta hard to come up with something fresh that still preserves the spirit of the original… Best I could do so far: Now the temperature grows higher Gives you reason to perspire Makes you wish your crack was drier But it’s wet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956.md?page=1)