# Why do people eat Buggars when they think no one is Watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053 "2004-06-01T12:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/1 "2004-06-01T12:21:11Z")
(Doh) :smack: 😃 Children are especially guilty of this. I was watching this guy on the bus stop the other day picking his nose. Little guy had to be no more than ten or eleven years old. As soon as he thought no one was watching, (POP). Right into the mouth it went. :eek: I thought to myself…“Thats Disgusting” 😃 Thats just like some adults I know that eat their toenails after clipping them Why do people develop these type of habits and where does this type of behavior come from? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/2 "2004-06-01T13:35:07Z")
WAG: Same reason monkeys eat bugs from each other’s hair… Protein! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/3 "2004-06-01T13:36:48Z")
[Eating boogers is good for you, apparently.](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_903083.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/4 "2004-06-01T13:39:17Z")
Well, people yell so loudly when I eat my boogers while making eye contact with them. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/5 "2004-06-01T14:02:33Z")
Well, I like to think I have an open mind and will try just about any new experience, but this is one experience I think I will pass up. Boogers are not something I think sounds appetizing. Bleh! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/6 "2004-06-01T14:30:37Z")
People eat their toenails? I mean yeah, they make good toothpicks and everything but I can’t imagine actually eating one. What’s left to flick at the cat? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/7 "2004-06-01T16:04:01Z")
People naturally swallow what, like a quart of mucus a day? I’m sure a bit more won’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/8 "2004-06-01T19:06:25Z")
\*\* Why do people eat Buggars when they think no one is Watching?\*\* Surreptitious cannibalizing of sodomites? I had no idea such things occurred… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/9 "2004-06-01T20:06:35Z")
Who the hell eats their own toenails? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/10 "2004-06-01T20:09:47Z")
Seriously, save room for dinner! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-buggars-when-they-think-no-one-is-watching/248053/11 "2004-06-01T20:24:35Z")
Buggers… the original finger food.