Nov 20 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?
33 Responses so far
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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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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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HAHAHA!!!!! That’s SO funny! “A booger a day keeps the doctor away?” Hm…
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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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Hmm… I think that some means of staying healthy just aren’t worth it :)
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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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Still, hee, pickin’ and eatin’ is a no-go for me :P
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No wonder we all grow up healthy!
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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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Because it’s not really good for you?
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The last comment made me throw up in my mouth a little, Jem ; ) hahaha
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I think most people missed the bottom bit Echo ;)
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Oh, boogers. So bad, and yet so good :x lol.
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haha, I just chose to ignore it (the last comment) XD
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Naw, I saw it, Jem. lol :x is right, Amber!
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*slowblink @ last comment* x_o
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*giggles @ last part* Too cute. What about picking and eating once your already sick? Wouldn’t that make you sicker?
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all these people who claim to never pick their nose (and eat it) are liars! :p
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I DON’T EAT ANYTHING! Ugh! V xx
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This is the stuff I laugh at, scrunch up and chuck in the bin. Honestly.
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Hmm, I still find that to be quite nasty though. The eating part, that is. I always pick my nose. :)
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WOW! That’s all I have is wow! Is that the reason most little kids are healthly. LOL
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It brings a whole new meaning to ‘eat your greens’…
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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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“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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The other Katy, Katy (whoo, confusing), is my best friend online. She doesn’t know it though. ;)
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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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I’d rather get sick than eat my own boogers…gross…
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There should be a pick-your-nose-and-eat-it fanlisting :P
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heheh that’s funny i agree with joni, i’d rather get sick hehe
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That is gross.. interesting, but gross!
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Note to self: pick nose to get free boost to immune system.
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picking your nose is so rank
