Nov20, 2005

You Shall Pick Your Nose

This is the best thing I've read all year:

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.

There's medical evidence for this, I swear:

"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine.

"Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same thing through far more complicated methods, people who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune system for free. "

Read more at the article source.

So, if it's so good for us, why do I always get colds?

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    Rosemarie 20/11/05 at 14:37 #

    AHAHAHA Well that explains why I always get sick - I've never eaten my nose pickings XD Although when I was little and I had a runny nose, I'd kind of lick under my nose to "clean it up" pretty gross, come to think of it...

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    Elea 20/11/05 at 16:20 #

    The kids I used to tutor loved to pick their nose and then eat their boogers. And they still got sick all the time. XD

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    Anne 20/11/05 at 17:07 #

    HAHAHA!!!!! That's SO funny! "A booger a day keeps the doctor away?" Hm...

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    Mallory 20/11/05 at 17:36 #

    You prolly get colds from meaner germs than are normally found in your nose. It's the stuff on your hands that gets you sick. So pick your nose with clean hands. Lol

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    Gemma 20/11/05 at 17:47 #

    Hmm... I think that some means of staying healthy just aren't worth it :)

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    bliss 20/11/05 at 20:47 #

    I swear I heard about this a few months ago. It made me feel so much better about myself (although I don't do the eating part)...

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    Jon 20/11/05 at 22:50 #

    Still, hee, pickin' and eatin' is a no-go for me :P

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    monkee 20/11/05 at 23:33 #

    No wonder we all grow up healthy!

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    Jen 20/11/05 at 23:44 #

    It was in the newspaper last year. I'm not particularly sure that even if it builds my immune system, I'd want to taste it.

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    Chrissy 21/11/05 at 03:03 #

    Because it's not really good for you?

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    Echo 21/11/05 at 06:16 #

    The last comment made me throw up in my mouth a little, Jem ; ) hahaha

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    Jem 21/11/05 at 07:15 #

    I think most people missed the bottom bit Echo ;)

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    Amber 21/11/05 at 08:53 #

    Oh, boogers. So bad, and yet so good :x lol.

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    Rosemarie 21/11/05 at 09:20 #

    haha, I just chose to ignore it (the last comment) XD

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    Anne 21/11/05 at 09:33 #

    Naw, I saw it, Jem. lol :x is right, Amber!

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    Stephanie 21/11/05 at 10:05 #

    *slowblink @ last comment* x_o

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    Mariah 21/11/05 at 10:23 #

    *giggles @ last part* Too cute. What about picking and eating once your already sick? Wouldn't that make you sicker?

  18. Katy   21/11/05 at 12:38 #

    all these people who claim to never pick their nose (and eat it) are liars! :p

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    Vix 21/11/05 at 15:29 #

    I DON'T EAT ANYTHING! Ugh! V xx

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    Jordie 21/11/05 at 21:04 #

    This is the stuff I laugh at, scrunch up and chuck in the bin. Honestly.

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    Chelly 21/11/05 at 22:27 #

    Hmm, I still find that to be quite nasty though. The eating part, that is. I always pick my nose. :)

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    Rainbow 21/11/05 at 23:21 #

    WOW! That's all I have is wow! Is that the reason most little kids are healthly. LOL

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    Bex 22/11/05 at 04:29 #

    It brings a whole new meaning to 'eat your greens'...

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    Brenda 22/11/05 at 05:39 #

    Ew. Just, ew. I catch colds a lot too, but so far I haven't tried to eat those yucky yellow gooey stuff that comes out of my nose. Even the mere thought of it makes me go... eww. :S

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    Kachii 22/11/05 at 09:58 #

    "all these people who claim to never pick their nose (and eat it) are liars! :p" I agree with the girl who has the same name as me (though I don't use it online, I'm Katy too) My response to the last comment: I was thinking the exact same thing.

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    Jem 22/11/05 at 09:59 #

    The other Katy, Katy (whoo, confusing), is my best friend online. She doesn't know it though. ;)

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    Mariah 22/11/05 at 19:29 #

    Someone should start a support group! "Come out of your shell! Feel comfortable about your pick and eat status!" "all these people who claim to never pick their nose (and eat it) are liars! :p" Hehe I ALSO agree!

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    Joni 24/11/05 at 17:58 #

    I'd rather get sick than eat my own boogers...gross...

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    kachii 25/11/05 at 09:44 #

    There should be a pick-your-nose-and-eat-it fanlisting :P

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    Cait 17/04/06 at 23:58 #

    heheh that's funny i agree with joni, i'd rather get sick hehe

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    Sarah 08/06/06 at 22:55 #

    That is gross.. interesting, but gross!

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    Kumiko 11/06/06 at 10:25 #

    Note to self: pick nose to get free boost to immune system.

  33. emma   20/04/08 at 16:29 #

    picking your nose is so rank

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