# Picking your nose and eating it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378 "2007-03-25T00:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/21 "2007-03-25T01:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=katie1341] [hijack] It does NOT “beg the question”, dammit. > **[Begging the question](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question)** > > In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: petitio principii) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion. Historically, begging the question refers to a fault in a dialectical argument in which the speaker assumes some premise that has not been demonstrated to be true. In modern philosophical usage, it has come to refer to an argument in which the premises assume the conclusion without supporting... Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine. [/hijack] And, on topic- just ew. [/QUOTE] Taken literally, “begs the question” in this context, as I delivered it, is OK 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/22 "2007-03-25T02:03:36Z")
[QUOTE=wendigo1974] Am I seeing more than a little denial in this thread. [/QUOTE] Dude, there’s really nothing else you CAN say if you don’t eat your own boogers. Most people don’t do that. Why WOULD you, when it’s so much fun to roll it into little projectiles and flick it? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/23 "2007-03-25T02:05:36Z")
How about assjam, **wendigo1974** ; you ever sneak a finger full just after you wake up, or are you in denial? ---
**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/24 "2007-03-25T02:14:08Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] How about assjam, **wendigo1974** ; you ever sneak a finger full just after you wake up, or are you in denial? [/QUOTE] Never come across AssJam before. Is that a little bit like faeces? Why would I would want to eat poop, same reason I don’t drink piss I suppose. No denial chum. Although there are more than a few people in this world who do drink and eat said things. Not saying it’s right, but I’m sure as heck not saying it’s wrong for them to do it. Although I do eat ‘sleep’ and eye gunk, I do draw the line at belly button excretia. That stuff just smells nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/25 "2007-03-25T02:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=wendigo1974] Why would I would want to eat poop, same reason I don’t drink piss I suppose. No denial chum. [/QUOTE] Uh huh. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/26 "2007-03-25T02:31:36Z")
What’s the difference between eating it and snuffling mucus up your nose and swallowing it? ---
**Author:** ![scottkris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@scottkris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scottkris)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/27 "2007-03-25T02:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=VernWinterbottom] What’s the difference between eating it and snuffling mucus up your nose and swallowing it? [/QUOTE] Why is this thread still in the wrong forum… There is such a thing as “tissue paper”… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/28 "2007-03-25T02:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=VernWinterbottom] What’s the difference between eating it and snuffling mucus up your nose and swallowing it? [/QUOTE] The stuff you can do that with is generally fresh, clean and fluid, not old, dried-up and crusty with dust, bacteria and other crap you’ve been inhaling. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/29 "2007-03-25T02:41:16Z")
[QUOTE=scottkris] Why is this thread still in the wrong forum… [/QUOTE] It isn’t; there is, in fact, a factual question in the OP which has been addressed. It is, however, somewhat more disgusting then the typical GQ, I’ll give you that. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/30 "2007-03-25T02:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] The stuff you can do that with is generally fresh, clean and fluid, not old, dried-up and crusty with dust, bacteria and other crap you’ve been inhaling. [/QUOTE] Well, much more fluid, yes, but I doubt it’s dust and bacteria free unless one has been holding one’s breath for a while. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/31 "2007-03-25T03:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=scottkris] Why is this thread still in the wrong forum… [/QUOTE] More importantly, why do I keep returning to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/32 "2007-03-25T03:15:51Z")
[Food for thought](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361583). 😃 And no I do not consume. And there is no denial on my part either. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/33 "2007-03-25T03:18:53Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] The stuff you can do that with is generally fresh, clean and fluid, not old, dried-up and crusty with dust, bacteria and other crap you’ve been inhaling. [/QUOTE] Agreed, but would it not be true that the liquid fluid mucous in your throat and nose is pretty much on a continuum with the dried up pickable stuff in terms of the amount of dirt/bacteria etc in it? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/34 "2007-03-25T03:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Agreed, but would it not be true that the liquid fluid mucous in your throat and nose is pretty much on a continuum with the dried up pickable stuff in terms of the amount of dirt/bacteria etc in it? [/QUOTE] Probably. Where’s the line between what’s “clean enough” to swallow and what’s not? Damifino, but I’d like to think I haven’t crossed it. I’m sure the stuff I’ve snorked in and swallowed is at least clean_er_ than the crap one might pick out of one’s nostrils. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/35 "2007-03-25T03:56:29Z")
Pick, yes. Eat, never. Likewise with scabs, sun peel, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/36 "2007-03-25T04:23:09Z")
The Thais freely pick their noses in public like there’s no tomorrow. Helps explain why they consider shaking hands to be unclean. They always cover their mouth when picking their teeth, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/37 "2007-03-25T04:23:09Z")
Come on, people. There’s nutritious pollen entombed in snot, as everyone well knows. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/38 "2007-03-25T06:21:21Z")
You think it’s candy? It’s snot. And with this unoriginal pun, I kill the thread. ---
**Author:** ![scottkris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@scottkris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scottkris)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/39 "2007-03-25T06:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] You think it’s candy? It’s snot. And with this unoriginal pun, I kill the thread. [/QUOTE] And the world rejoiced. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378/40 "2007-03-25T07:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Probably. Where’s the line between what’s “clean enough” to swallow and what’s not? Damifino, but I’d like to think I haven’t crossed it. I’m sure the stuff I’ve snorked in and swallowed is at least clean_er_ than the crap one might pick out of one’s nostrils. [/QUOTE] Agreed. However, those participating in this thread who say they are not in denial, may not be in denial about never having picked their nose and eaten snot, but they are if they think they haven’t swallowed snot with bacteria etc in it to some degree. And if they’ve ever tongue kissed, they’ve swallowed some of someone else’s snot with bacteria etc in it, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-your-nose-and-eating-it/397378.md?page=3)