# My Nose is a Fountain of Snot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nose-is-a-fountain-of-snot/103273>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nose-is-a-fountain-of-snot/103273 "2002-04-12T18:03:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nose-is-a-fountain-of-snot/103273/1 "2002-04-12T18:03:31Z")

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Well, spring is here in the great state of Michigan, which can only mean one thing for the Dirty Earthworm: every morning when I wake up, I will sneeze uncontrolably for two hours or more because it’s ALLERGY SEASON!

Oh, sure, the weather is great and I love the sun and the breeze and the driving around without having to turn the heat on, but I HATE HATE HATE having allergies. I can’t go outside for more than an hour without my eyes itching and drying out and my throat tickling and my nose becoming the mucus equivalent of a waterfall. My sinuses have decided to work in shifts; one can work while the other naps or eats lunch or whatever the hell it’s doing.

Granted, some days (like today) are worse than others. Hell, some days I don’t even notice anything. But shit … it’s days like today that make me wish I had a removable nose. Sure, I’d look pretty weird walking around without a nose, but it would be a damn sight better than sneezing every 15 seconds.

There isn’t really much I can do about it, either. I can’t take any OTC allergy medication, because it will knock me out, regardless if it is the “daytime” or “nighttime” formula. I can’t get a prescription for anything, because I have no insurance (but that will hopefully be changing here shortly), and apparently I can’t even post a pit thread about it, because doing so has just made me start sneezing again.

I am utterly fucked. ☹

-Dirty

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nose-is-a-fountain-of-snot/103273/2 "2002-04-12T18:39:22Z")

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Oh I feel your pain! I sympathize entirely! I am a fellow sufferer, though I’ve got precisely one month before my spring allergies start. It’s grass and tree pollen for me, and it saturates the Kentucky air for a month beginning on or around May 15. I’ve had long years to oberve this and my records are precise. 😉 I refer to it as the toxic season. I imagine I’m a visitor from another world, and am slowly being poisoned by Earth’s atmosphere. Have you ever had air give you hives? I am a stranger in a strange land.

I hope you can get insurance, Dirty, because Allegra helps me a lot. It pretty much negates the whole allergy experience. I took shots year around for years only to have the symptoms merely diminished, not alleviated.

Ah choo! Good luck dealing with the misery.

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**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nose-is-a-fountain-of-snot/103273/3 "2002-04-12T21:30:36Z")

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I just wanted to say that I loved the thread title.

Here, have a Kleenex.