# "Mmm, boogers." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539 "2015-08-31T20:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/1 "2015-08-31T20:24:54Z")
Someone on Earth has said this at some point, and meant it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/2 "2015-08-31T20:27:03Z")
There is a sign at my gym that says not to use hair dye in the bathrooms. Which means at some point, someone dyed their hair in the gym shower. And somebody had to make a sign saying this wasn’t acceptable. I guess what I’m saying, is, people are dumb. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/3 "2015-08-31T20:29:53Z")
Yeah, but maybe someone out there has particularly tasty boogers. I’m not prepared to deem them dumb automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/4 "2015-08-31T20:38:03Z")
There is a subtle but crucial difference between enjoying the taste of your own boogers, vs someone else’s boogers. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/5 "2015-08-31T21:38:13Z")
The question is, would you order them in a restaurant? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/6 "2015-08-31T21:49:31Z")
Isn’t that what Birds Nest Soup is? A big bowl of phlegm? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/7 "2015-08-31T22:11:59Z")
Well, some god decided to both put the nose above the mouth and invent gravity, so… ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/8 "2015-08-31T22:48:15Z")
To those who indulge, it is really recycling body protein! Boogers…not just for lunch! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/9 "2015-08-31T22:58:54Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The question is, would you order them in a restaurant? You’d probably only find them in an expensive French restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/10 "2015-08-31T23:31:55Z")
The original nose candy. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/11 "2015-08-31T23:41:05Z")
Me: "Digging for gold there son? 4 year-old (who appears to be trying to scratch his brain): “No, boogers.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/12 "2015-08-31T23:43:16Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > You’d probably only find them in an expensive French restaurant. If sauteing them in garlic can make snails taste good, it will probably work for boogers too. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/13 "2015-09-01T00:04:36Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > There is a subtle but crucial difference between enjoying the taste of your own boogers, vs someone else’s boogers. You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/14 "2015-09-01T00:10:44Z")
Like others, I am sure, I went to grade school with him/her. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/15 "2015-09-01T13:35:32Z")
It reminds me of that thread around here about the woman who went to her friend’s house and got served a booger sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/16 "2015-09-01T14:00:11Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It reminds me of that thread around here about the woman who went to her friend’s house and got served a booger sandwich. What?! Ew! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/17 "2015-09-01T14:06:45Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > What?! Ew! x 10!!!??? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/18 "2015-09-01T14:24:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It reminds me of that thread around here about the woman who went to her friend’s house and got served a booger sandwich. > [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > What?! Ew! > [@Honey](#): > > x 10!!!??? Flashing back to an old grade school joke I remember bits and pieces of ------- the x10 would be if she washed it down with a glass of puss. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/19 "2015-09-01T17:29:48Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Flashing back to an old grade school joke I remember bits and pieces of ------- the x10 would be if she washed it down with a glass of puss. :eek: I think you mean pus. 😃 Although a glass of puss would be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539/20 "2015-09-01T17:44:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It reminds me of that thread around here about the woman who went to her friend’s house and got served a booger sandwich. Just boogers? No lettuce and tomato? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-boogers/729539.md?page=2)