# What is the purpose of hispanics who have wide noses?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-hispanics-who-have-wide-noses/381047 "2006-11-19T17:47:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-hispanics-who-have-wide-noses/381047/1 "2006-11-19T17:47:59Z")

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My friend who is from Guatamala has a rather wide nose. In an evolutionary sense, what is the purpose of this?

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-hispanics-who-have-wide-noses/381047/2 "2006-11-19T17:59:59Z")

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The purpose of them is to clean our houses, like the rest of the hispanics.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-hispanics-who-have-wide-noses/381047/3 "2006-11-19T18:10:57Z")

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