# Where did THAT come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303 "2012-12-27T18:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/21 "2012-12-27T20:16:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I had McDonald’s for lunch. One of my fries “went down the wrong way” and I sort of choked on it. Apparently, I coughed it into my nasal cavity, because I just blew my nose and a piece of fry came out. > > I know it’s a french fry and not an unusually greasy booger because it smells like potato and has salt crystals on it. > > Ew. Coincidentally, their French fries smell like greasy boogers before they’re horked up somebody’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/22 "2012-12-27T21:58:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Coincidentally, their French fries smell like greasy boogers before they’re horked up somebody’s nose. +1 One of my pet peeves is when people bring stinky McDonald’s food on the bus. Or any fast food, really, but it seems McD’s food is more unpleasant than most. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/23 "2012-12-27T23:59:04Z")
It may surprise you that I am not a world class ENT consultant, but I recommend that you try to snort anything that may be left there back into your throat. If you’ve ever snorted certain substances you’ll know the technique, but if not basically what you need to do is close one nostril at a time with your hand and then sniff as hard as possible and a femtosecond later do a thing in the back of your mouth like swallowing. If you do it right you will feel something in the back of your throat if there is anything significant left in either your nose or sinus cavity. You could verify you are doing the snorting technique correctly by practicing with sherbert (do they have that in Florida?). Not very dignified, but somewhat more dignified than exhaling a fry in a couple of weeks hence. BTW have you kept the fry fragment? If I remember correctly, the company that usually makes those silly bids for crisps that look like jesus and so on is called the Golden Nugget. While presumably your creation stretches biblical credibility with even the most extreme cases of paredolia (unless it’s Lot’s wife, maybe?) given that you have in fact got a golden nugget to sell them, it may be worth enquiring. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/24 "2012-12-28T02:24:21Z")
Hey, don’t you be insulting rattlers. My grandparents tricked my father into eating one by telling him it was chicken, and then when they revealed the truth, they got a bunch of exercise trying to get him to the commode before he blew. So I have proof that eating rattlesnakes is a valuable family bonding experience and everyone should try it once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/25 "2012-12-28T03:04:32Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Hey, don’t you be insulting rattlers. My grandparents tricked my father into eating one by telling him it was chicken, and then when they revealed the truth, they got a bunch of exercise trying to get him to the commode before he blew. > > So I have proof that eating rattlesnakes is a valuable family bonding experience and everyone should try it once in a while. Bunny … in BBQ sauce. I had done bbq bunny for a friend and I on a friday, then put the leftovers in the fridge and headed out for the weekend. When we got back, my roomie Pam said the bbq chicken was great and when we told her that it was bunny she blew chunks even though she had snarfled it down Friday evening sometime after we had left. :dubious::smack::D:rolleyes: I actually like rattler. Last time I killed one [beheaded it with a shovel mainly to keep the chickens from getting struck] I got lazy and just gutted it out and tossed it into a large zippy bag in the freezer so mrAru could add it to the chili pot for the squadron chili cookoff. I prefer it to gator, truth be told. Gator has a sort of fishy taste, like frog. If turned into nuggets any of tehm could pass for chicken but bunny is much closer. Though we did once get accused of cooking someones damned poodle at an SCA camping event when we were actually spit roasting a bunny. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/26 "2012-12-28T03:28:34Z")
About the time I was in seventh grade, I had a laughing fit while eating a hot dog and ended up blowing chunks of pink meat and green relish out my nose. It was cool! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/27 "2012-12-28T06:00:43Z")
I puked a just eaten BK Big Fish sandwich out my nose once. It was incredibly painful. My sympathies. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/28 "2012-12-28T14:43:47Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > You could verify you are doing the snorting technique correctly by practicing with sherbert (do they have that in Florida?). We have similar stuff called Pixie Sticks. I’ve snorted those. I grew up in the UK and would never dream of snorting sherbert. Had to pay for it with my own pocket money, after all. I always threw away those disgusting licorice straw thingies though. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/29 "2012-12-28T14:56:11Z")
Why do I see a mental picture of Michael Palin? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/30 "2012-12-28T15:32:12Z")
Develop this a bit and you could have the beginnings of a side-show act–sorta like taking popcorn kernels up your nose and having them come out your tear ducts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/31 "2012-12-28T18:18:23Z")
Have you ever used a Neti pot? You flush out your nasal cavities with a mild saline solution. It feels great, although using it is a little “undignified.” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/32 "2012-12-28T18:36:03Z")
I once had a piece of Hula Hoop (the potato snack, not the plastic toy) go down the wrong way when I was at school, and had a really sharp pain in my chest. A couple of hours later, I coughed hard and a piece of soggy, mucus-covered Hula Hoop shot out, apparently from somewhere deep in my lung… That was cool. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/33 "2012-12-28T18:38:28Z")
Wait, [sherbert](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ksvls7Yi1rynv5vo1_500.jpg) and [pixie sticks](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/PixyStixProduct.jpg/220px-PixyStixProduct.jpg)? Not at all the same animal. . . ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/34 "2012-12-28T18:40:21Z")
So, uh… You gonna eat that? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/35 "2012-12-28T18:40:57Z")
Double typo. [Sherbet.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(powder)) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/36 "2012-12-28T19:57:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Where did THAT come from? I’m guessing Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303/37 "2012-12-29T17:12:09Z")
Neti pots are great, but I have had a life-long tendency of blowing my nose too hard, and I think I may have done some sinus damage over the years. Every once in a while, the neti fluid comes out of my _eye_. That just seems wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/645303.md?page=1)