I have driven past people who are picking their noses, and I usually keep my eyes focused on the road. It leaves me wondering how many I don’t see. For some reason, there is a belief that glass can only be transparent from one direction. I assume that people may lie about picking their noses, but are there any stats on this? How frequently to pickers pick? What percent of the population pick? What do they do with it once it’s out?
Once it’s out I saute it in olive oil and garlic and spread it onto some nice crusty bread with a garnish of tarragon.
Well, I guess I’m an outlier, at least in this survey.
I do not pick my nose, in the car or anywhere else. I am serious. It really, really grosses me out. Even as a kid, I never picked my nose; at least, I don’t remember doing it.
Whenever I see people diggin’ away, I just want to barf.
Bleah.
How do you keep your nose clean, then?
I’m curious to know how Creaky keeps his nose clean without picking, too.
For the OP, I am picker. I can’t stand having that stuff in my nose, and I am not ashamed to pick it out and wipe it on a kleenex.
I think part of the reason you see so many people picking their noses while driving is that you feel like you are ‘alone’. Even if there is some traffic, if you are alone in your car you feel alone. I catch myself picking on the road during long drives…sometimes you don’t realise that the other cars can see you. Just my WAG.
I’m with bunnymom. I can’t stand the feeling of anything in my nose. Well, except my finger, momentarily, when it’s on a mission of great importance like GETTING THAT OFFENSIVE THING OUT OF MY PRECIOUS NOSTRIL! I try to be dainty, but I can’t just leave the dried snot up there.
In the car, I suppose, people assume others are not looking. I mean, these days looking at someone else’s face gets you shot, right? Plus, you’re generally not going to be seen by anyone you know. Unless you’re in a Seinfeld episode.
Ahem.
I use Kleenex! I blow my nose almost constantly, thanks to my very annoying allergies, so whatever happens to be up there never even has time to solidify into, uh, boogers.
There. I said it. That word. Boogers.
Ehhhh…
boogers? in UK we dont say that we say Bogie or snotter or greener.
btw anyone who doesnt pick their nose is gross. i mean how can you stand having a massive prickly snot stuck up your nose that wont come out by blowing? pick and flick, that’s my moto.
Why do I keep coming back to this thread???
Because it’s good for my diet, that’s why! I read this stuff, and I can’t even think about eating! 
Something also tells me that Creaky is going to refuse to shake my hand when/if we ever meet…
Oh, baby. That’s why I carry little Moist Antibacterial Towlettes. You never know where peoples’ mitts have been. I shake hands with alacrity, but I always wipe afterward. (What, me, compulsive?)
Actually, I might just decide to freak you out and hug you when/if we meet!
Or really freak her out and lick her nose…
sorry, it wasn’t me… I was temporarily possessed… really… :o
“Remember, Ralphie, if your nose starts bleeding, it means you’re picking it too much… (slight pause) or not enough.”
Apart from formal situations (or semi-formal ones, like work) I pretty much could give a shit if someone sees me doing something like picking my nose, scratching “places” ( :rolleyes: ), or other “gross” behavior.
Of course, I only play with feces in private 
:eek: :wally
Picking your nose is kinda like masterbation, everybody does it just nobody wants to admit it.
lol, I actually heard this in college. 7 out of 10 people pick their nose. What they do with the sinus matter is unknown, guess it depends on the picker. Being a nose picker myself, I just wipe the booger underneath a nearby table, chair, any stationary object.
I pick, gross as it is. I hate the feeling of some dried-up crusty blob stuck in my nose. Sometimes I’ll use q-tips. I only pick in the bathroom or something similarly private, tho…I’d be absolutly MORTIFIED if anyone ever saw me do it.
Creaky, ever watched What about Bob?
I pick and flick regularly, glad I’m not alone.
God bless the internet. Anonymity brings out the best in people: Honesty.
Now I’m curious about how many people eat it. I’ve seen this being done. I knew a guy who used to sit in class resting his chin on his palm. He’d “subtly” sneak his pinky on a pick mission, and then suck the crusties off. Everyone knew it because they saw him. He now works at the cheese factory. Damn, I never thought about that.
Heh, heh. Yeah… maybe I should go on a mad nose-licking spree! I could do hit 'n run lick attacks… kind of like the Baltimore Foot Stomper did to people’s tootsies in Polyester!
And andyrose, I did see What About Bob years ago, but I don’t remember anything in there about nose picking. But then, I generally can’t remember what I had for breakfast.
Ehhhh, I did it to myself again; breakfast and boogers in the same thought.