# What happens if you cant pick your nose? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169 "2002-05-28T12:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/21 "2002-10-07T01:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > I imagine a nurse or aide includes the nose as part of their daily care. I hope your relative gets better. \*\* I’m laughing my head off right now. I can’t imagine shoving my fingers up someone else’s nose unless there was a darned good reason. We would do care such as wiping the nose if it was running or if the patient had an NG tube we would take care of the area. Just care around the nose. I’ve never thought about it before, but I imagine that those who said it all takes care of itself have it right. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/22 "2002-10-07T16:05:05Z")
LOL, **benson** , I didn’t think you used your fingers! I was thinking something alsong the lines of those big glycerin swabs you use to clean mouths (but drier?). But I guess you don’t do that? Another misconception eradicated! Guess you’ll need another dream job, **Ukelele Ike**. ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/23 "2002-10-07T19:05:25Z")
LOL Well we really don’t deal with inside the nose. I guess we could if a patient asked us to but I don’t see myself doing that anytime soon. We could use a tooth swab I guess but I doubt it would get the job done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/24 "2002-10-07T22:45:45Z")
You can’t pick your friends, either? ---
**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/25 "2002-10-08T12:33:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Dijon Warlock_ > **Indeed. Anyone who’s lived around cows will tell you that one of the most common places to find their tongues is shoved up one nostril or the other. Glad you asked, aren’t ya?** I can confirm this, even though anyone who’s lived around cows will tell you to better watch out for what’s going on at the _other_ end. 😃 Let’s not forget those Okapis, using their tongue not only to wipe their nostrils, but also to clean their ears. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169/26 "2002-10-08T14:28:13Z")
Or our toy poodles, for whom mad cleaning sessions involving tongues all over and inside ears was not only the practice of good canine hygiene but also a way of establishing hierarchy within the pack. Dog ear wax is funky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-cant-pick-your-nose/111169.md?page=1)