View Full Version : The Booger Is Your Friend?
R-iZZy
03-28-2004, 02:20 PM
Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.
Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies.
He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage children to take it up.
Dr Bischinger said: "With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.
"And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system.
"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."
He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti social.
He said: "I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well."
And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_903083.html?menu=
Bourgeois Buffoon
03-28-2004, 02:28 PM
What? Sorry, I was too busy picking my nose to read this. :D
Kid Icarus
03-28-2004, 03:05 PM
See, I knew there was a good reason to why I hardly ever got sick as a kid :lol:
damnhooligan
03-28-2004, 03:14 PM
Aww, man. I was hoping this thread would be about the latest Revenge of the Nerds news. Curses.
Shadow the hedgehog
03-28-2004, 06:53 PM
Ew. That is all.
Stone Ill
03-28-2004, 07:00 PM
I'll happily pick my nose, but I don't think I'd eat the burried treasue inside.
MTN889
03-28-2004, 07:10 PM
I have such big sinus problems, I could probably have a meal of boogers... :lol:
I have sinus problems every year, and it angers me to no end.
Taloniss
03-28-2004, 07:38 PM
Ok, ew. That is all I can say...ew.
Jo Dawn
03-28-2004, 08:58 PM
... I knew... I just knew I shouldn't have been eating when I came into this thread...
Yuck.
JameO
03-28-2004, 09:46 PM
Finger lickin' good.
Shreddette
03-28-2004, 09:55 PM
Heh... I saw this in another forum not but a few hours ago.
I never ever ever ate my boogers, even as a kid. Boogers have always disgusted me. Picking them is one thing, I'll admit I do that in PRIVATE... but eating them, I simply will not ever do. I'll probably barf before it touches my tongue.
raphael90
03-28-2004, 11:10 PM
Hmmm..interesting thread. I'll come out and say I've been a picker for a looooong time..I won't go into any other detail about it. I try not to do it in public because I like people to think I'm a normal person. Ha. :D
Peanut
03-28-2004, 11:11 PM
Come on. Everyone picks their nose. It's human nature!
Raven
03-28-2004, 11:16 PM
i wanna know how he came up with the idea to find out if your more healthy if you pick your nose, i mean was he just sitting at his desk bored as hell, picking his nose?
Peanut
03-28-2004, 11:17 PM
i wanna know how he came up with the idea to find out if your more healthy if you pick your nose, i mean was he just sitting at his desk bored as hell, picking his nose?
:lol: That's actually an interesting question!
Naruto
03-28-2004, 11:18 PM
That is very odd cause i found out that the bugers in your nose are actually germs collected by the nose hair.(Also other harmfull or unwatned things by your body try to get in threw your nose, and your nose hairs stop that and turn them to bugers.) That is what i found out from a teacher and a health book.
Voltron
03-28-2004, 11:35 PM
I pick my nose in school a lot.
Stone Ill
03-28-2004, 11:46 PM
Do you flick 'em at people?
Voltron
03-29-2004, 12:02 AM
No. But wait till my girlfriend sees this article!
Naruto
03-29-2004, 09:40 AM
Now thats intreasting, post what her reaction is ;)
WrestlingTurtlesFan4Life
03-29-2004, 10:11 AM
Delete this thread!
"Is there no other way?" Kilik from Soul Calibur 2.
Sorry, that seemed to fit. lol
Voltron
03-29-2004, 10:15 AM
Ohhhhhh, I put off on posting on this one for a bit. I'm just afraid of what Leo656 would say if he ended up reading this.......anyway.....
I didn't think boogers were all that good for you. I'll admit this though. I STILL pick my nose and I DO eat them. They don't taste very good but I just do it out of boredom. Funny though. I NEVER GET SICK!!!!!! I only do it when I'm alone or when Sean's back is turned. lol. Well I guess I can be happy I do this now. I can't even figure out WHY I do it though other than being bored. Maybe I should tell Sean this. lol.
I never thought I'd hear a girl say that. EVER.
Naruto
03-29-2004, 10:38 AM
Ohhhhhh, I put off on posting on this one for a bit. I'm just afraid of what Leo656 would say if he ended up reading this.......anyway.....
I didn't think boogers were all that good for you. I'll admit this though. I STILL pick my nose and I DO eat them. They don't taste very good but I just do it out of boredom. Funny though. I NEVER GET SICK!!!!!! I only do it when I'm alone or when Sean's back is turned. lol. Well I guess I can be happy I do this now. I can't even figure out WHY I do it though other than being bored. Maybe I should tell Sean this. lol.
I never thought I'd hear a girl say that. EVER.
Same here. I have become a little disturbed but ill forget by tonight, or when i get home, when ever it happens......hope fully soon =(
R-iZZy
03-29-2004, 12:43 PM
Ohhhhhh, I put off on posting on this one for a bit. I'm just afraid of what Leo656 would say if he ended up reading this.......anyway.....
I didn't think boogers were all that good for you. I'll admit this though. I STILL pick my nose and I DO eat them. They don't taste very good but I just do it out of boredom. Funny though. I NEVER GET SICK!!!!!! I only do it when I'm alone or when Sean's back is turned. lol. Well I guess I can be happy I do this now. I can't even figure out WHY I do it though other than being bored. Maybe I should tell Sean this. lol.
:blanksta: *runs*
Naruto
03-29-2004, 02:48 PM
See what was brought to us by this post lol.
WrestlingTurtlesFan4Life
03-29-2004, 08:11 PM
Is there a way to get rid of this topic? I scared enough people and I don't want my boyfriend seeing this when he gets back. Someone get rid of it!!!!
Naruto
03-29-2004, 09:01 PM
Would it be because you posted that you still pick your nose and eat them :P lol........This post is just perfect for reactions. Though im scared to know what else people may pick and eat or just in general what else they do with their buggers other then eating them. *shudders at the thought* Hmm i wonder if any of you tried to make a sculpter from boogies
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