# Yeah, could I get a pair of friggin’ nostril corks over here? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034 "2005-01-22T03:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/21 "2005-01-24T19:00:07Z")
I would like to take an opportunity to endorse the notion of a ski mask. Unless the use of such on a city street would place you in violation of a USA Patriot Act-era ordinance. Even if it doesn’t slow down mucus production, it can hide the nostril corks. As to the issue of nostril cork (or Kleenex) disposal, I suggest that you obtain a plastic Ziploc[sup]TM[/sup] bag (sandwich-sized) and place it into your pocket. This will enable you to place other things, including your hand, into the pocket without risking contamination. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/22 "2005-01-24T20:35:11Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > \ Is anyone else getting a little annoyed at the constant upmanship of the Calgary crowd? Every time someone in Boston sez “It’s cold”, they start bragging about gargling with liquid nitrogen every morning. I wish we had a few members from Titan just so that they could be on-upped in turn. Hey, I’m not the one that started it - I just agreed with it. I have nothing but sympathy for people who get extreme cold who aren’t used to it. Okay, maybe a teensy bit of thinking they’re pansies, but that’s it. Besides, bragging about handling the cold is one of the very few benefits of living someplace this cold. And the funny part is, Calgary isn’t even that cold, compared to further north/the rest of the prairies. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/23 "2005-01-24T21:11:36Z")
> [@Salem](#): > > And on the alternate side, you could, like me, have no nasal discharge. None at all. None whatsoever. Because it is all packed firmly and dryly in the space that once was my nasal cavity but is now just a form-fitted block of dry cement, pounding my brain at the slightest head movement. Because, like you, I choose to live in the Boston area and where, like you, I have been subjected to windchills of -352 or so, and the heat has been on in my house approximately 24 and a half hours per day for the last week. Forced hot air heat. With nary a molecule of moisture in it, it dries with the force of a thousand…well, you know. And where is the relief? Not outside. No, the air is arctic yet arid. As is the heat in my car. And in every building I have entered. The snow is even dry. I am beyond dry. I am parched, cracked, sear, barren, baked, anhydrous, depleted, desiccated, torrid, unmoistened, and shriveled. In a few days I will be reduced to dust. Maybe I could bond together enough of what’s left to be your nose corks. Dude, buy a humidifier! We have one on our furnace and it makes a huge difference. If you don’t want to go to that much trouble just get a little portable one to keep in your bedroom and it will make you feel better. Plus it keeps you from getting static shocks everytime you touch something metal (I live in constant fear at my office where the air is very dry - I look like an idiot bracing myself every time I have to open a door. I am like a lab mouse who has been shock-conditioned to not touch door knobs, but has to touch them to survive.) Heck, my sister just boils water on the stove and it helps. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/24 "2005-01-24T21:30:27Z")
What a bunch of shit! All this horn blowing for nostril corks and not one heaps of _praise_ for [Cork-It A.D.](http://www.epartyunlimited.com/corkitad.html#)? ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/25 "2005-01-24T22:05:06Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Maybe you could use a Dune-style still suit that would recycle all the snot and turn it into useful moisture. Plus it would be a lot more styling (in a geeky sort of way) than nose corks. > Is anyone else getting a little annoyed at the constant upmanship of the Calgary crowd? Every time someone in Boston sez “It’s cold”, they start bragging about gargling with liquid nitrogen every morning. I wish we had a few members from Titan just so that they could be on-upped in turn. You paged? 😃 Close enough, anyways. Fragile Southern flowers, all a’ yez. Fur and leather outerwear, 'cause vinyl, Gore-Tex, and other synthetics used to (and sometimes still do) shatter in the cold. Thermal undies from October to March. Facemasks and scarves don’t work as well as you might think after they’re iced over. Plus they fog up your glasses. But you don’t want to take your glasses off, 'cause the wind’ll make you tear up, and then the tears freeze to your face. (BTW, this is part of the reason for the deep deep hoods on industrial parkas. Keeps the wind far away from your face. And wolverine fur edging keeps the frost off.) The amazing drain on one’s vitality that begins by day four or five… **GingeroftheNorth** and a couple of the Alaskans can prolly back me on this one…that makes just bringing in wood for the fire exhausting. And feeling fortunate you’re using wood, 'cause the guy who converted to propane is in serious trouble (cut anecdote about doofus who tried to use a tiger torch to thaw his house propane supply). The hour of planning for a fifteen-minute expedition, to ensure that you have all your survival gear. (Lemme tell ya about the guy who froze to death in Rabbit’s Foot Canyon on his way to grab a pack of smokes…). The vehicle that won’t start, even though it has a block heater and a battery blanket. Oooh, and the doors that freeze open on the city buses 'cause they were bought from a company in Louisiana. A right treat at -50C, lemme tell ya. On the other hand, y’all should SEE the expressions on the faces of the staff at Tim Horton’s when you ask for an IceCap on day four of the cold snap. Priceless, I tell ya. Fragile flowers, I say! 😛 (Actually, Calgary’s been colder’n us more than a few times over the past few years. I Do Not Approve of this global warming nonsense. Makes it hard to be convincing in these types of situations.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/26 "2005-01-24T22:12:58Z")
> [@tisiphone](#): > > You paged? 😃 > > Close enough, anyways. > > Fragile Southern flowers, all a’ yez.\ Insert “raspberry” smiley. > [@](#): > > On the other hand, y’all should SEE the expressions on the faces of the staff at Tim Horton’s when you ask for an IceCap on day four of the cold snap. Priceless, I tell ya. > \ I had a hankering for an ice cream cone during our last cold snap. Mmm, ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034/27 "2005-01-25T06:14:06Z")
> [@tisiphone](#): > > (BTW, this is part of the reason for the deep deep hoods on industrial parkas. . . . A true saviour when it gets really cold. Can’t say enough about how effective a long parka with a deep hood is. Although it is a fashion faus pas, on cold days I wear one of these when skiing – keeps me comfy in the worst weather! Concerning the boot liners pulling off the socks, I could be wrong in stating that it is caused by the liners. It could just be that your feet, when stuffed into bulky winter boots and taken for a stroll out in the deep freeze, are rebelling by stripping off their socks and crying out, “I need to run naked on the beach with hot sand between my toes! I need to be warm and free!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-could-i-get-a-pair-of-friggin-nostril-corks-over-here/286034.md?page=1)