# Snot. . .Color change an indication of recovery, or just a sick coincidence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 14, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003 "2001-01-14T16:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/21 "2013-05-11T19:36:21Z")
I really hope that after 12+ years, Tripler is over his cold … ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/22 "2013-05-11T19:58:14Z")
That was a worthwhile thing to resurrect this for, though. I’d be home 10 minutes earlier every day if I didn’t have to explain that green doesn’t necessarily = bacteria. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/23 "2013-05-11T21:23:01Z")
Yeah, the science way back in 2001 forgets that white blood cells fight off both bacteria and viruses. It was a primitive time back then. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/24 "2013-05-12T03:09:50Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > I really hope that after 12+ years, Tripler is over his cold … I _eventually_ got over it. Then I had a few more. But I got over those too. Tripler Do I get a prize for the oldest, most zombiefied thread resurrected? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/25 "2013-05-12T13:28:16Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I _eventually_ got over it. Then I had a few more. But I got over those too. > > Tripler > Do I get a prize for the oldest, most zombiefied thread resurrected? Do you really \*want \*a prize from a thread discussing your mucus color? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/26 "2013-05-12T14:55:54Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Do you really \*want \*a prize from a thread discussing your mucus color? I was young, a newb to the boards. I advanced medical science through my post (I hope). Sure! Why not! Prize is recognizing the evolution of time, not exactly the subject of the shade or pallor of my nose fruits. Tripler Twelve and a half years of colds. And allergies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003/27 "2013-05-12T15:56:28Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I was young, a newb to the boards. I advanced medical science through my post (I hope). > > Sure! Why not! Prize is recognizing the evolution of time, not exactly the subject of the shade or pallor of my nose fruits. > > Tripler > Twelve and a half years of colds. And allergies. 😃 (to clarify..I wasn’t suggesting that the thread wasn’t worthy. I was suggesting that the prize would actually be mucus.) Ok. You asked for it. Here’s a medal. Carefully and lovingly molded from contents of the thread. Set with Knox unflavored jello. Wear it with pride! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snot-color-change-an-indication-of-recovery-or-just-a-sick-coincidence/50003.md?page=1)