# Nose Picking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339 "2005-09-25T16:15:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ic8spots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ic8spots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ic8spots)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/1 "2005-09-25T16:15:47Z")

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Does picking your nose really make it bigger?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/2 "2005-09-25T16:18:12Z")

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I don’t know. But I prefer strumming to picking. 😛

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/3 "2005-09-25T16:19:21Z")

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If it were true, everybody in the world would have noses the size of Winnebagos.

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**Author:** ![ic8spots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@ic8spots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ic8spots)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/4 "2005-09-25T16:24:19Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> If it were true, everybody in the world would have noses the size of Winnebagos.

That’s a good point. I’ll go back to picking now.

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**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/5 "2005-09-25T16:27:39Z")

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If you let your fingers go for a real expedition in there, they might stretch it out a bit or something.

Otherwise, no.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-picking/323339/6 "2005-09-25T17:00:23Z")

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> [@Absolute](#):
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> If you let your fingers go for a real expedition in there…

_Let’s go on safari  
Into my sister’s nose…_

(Song heard on Dr. Demento)