My amazing ability!!

[Alison2805]

I was wondering if anyone else has this experience..... when sitting at traffic lights, I like to look around. Unfortunately every second time I do, I will see some lovely person picking their nose. Yuk, but not totally unexpected.

What gets me is the fact that I seem to be the only person I know who sees this ALL the time!!!! Every second traffic lights, no joke. In one day I counted 5 people doing it. Why am I the only person who sees this?? Surely not THAT many people pick thier nose in the car???

If YOU do; STOP IT!!! Its gross!!

Ive seen the pick and wipe on shirt, wipe on dash, wipe in hair, wipe on steering wheel, flick out window, flick on window, and of course - the pick and chew.


Uuuuuuughhhh....
Does anyone else see this, or anything else that grosses you out at traffic lights?

[KhawMengLee]

I was wondering if anyone else has this experience..... when sitting at traffic lights, I like to look around. Unfortunately every second time I do, I will see some lovely person picking their nose. Yuk, but not totally unexpected.

What gets me is the fact that I seem to be the only person I know who sees this ALL the time!!!! Every second traffic lights, no joke. In one day I counted 5 people doing it. Why am I the only person who sees this?? Surely not THAT many people pick thier nose in the car???

If YOU do; STOP IT!!! Its gross!!

Ive seen the pick and wipe on shirt, wipe on dash, wipe in hair, wipe on steering wheel, flick out window, flick on window, and of course - the pick and chew.


Uuuuuuughhhh....
Does anyone else see this, or anything else that grosses you out at traffic lights?


Bwahahahahahahahahahahaah....LOL

Thanks Alison, now my Boss is looking in my direction.

[yohed55]

On the way to kendo tonight, me and my dad drove past a man with his hand deeeeep in his shorts, standing on the corner.

Does that qualify?

[KhawMengLee]

Btw, Alison...is this your mutant ability? What's your X-Men codename? Pick-ah-chew?

[Kenzan]

You need to stop watching me, and keep your eyes on the road..!
LOL

[Paburo]

as times passes by, and as i hear this type o' stories. i can't help but think oz ppl are (getting) dirtier and dirtier.... lol *runs* :bandit:

[immortalbeloved]

I ALSO have a strange ability. Every time I walk into a book store, downloading random torrents off boxtorrents, searching online for articles, trying to Google something or just going through a list of new movie trailers...i always.....ALWAYS end up picking something really perverted >.> I really don't understand this.

[yojimbo 13]

this thread is quite strange

[Andoru]

I don't have time to spot these things - I'm too busy practising my seme on the road!

[verissimus]

I'm too busy checking out the women. Nose-pickers be damned.

[Alison2805]

On the way to kendo tonight, me and my dad drove past a man with his hand deeeeep in his shorts, standing on the corner.

Does that qualify?

I believe it does, even though he wasnt in a car.

Harhar Meng! Its everyone else who are the "pick-a-chew"ers!

[Alison2805]

I'm too busy checking out the women. Nose-pickers be damned.


even if someones sucking one back like its a gourmet mini-oyster???? Its like a car crash - horrid, but you cant help but stare.

[Hank]

I don't have time to spot these things - I'm too busy practising my seme on the road!Ha! You are probably kidding, but I practice road-seme all the time, after I realized (while practicing for my license many years ago) that defensive drivers are the ones getting cut off all the time, while offensive ones seemed to not have the problem much at all.

Hank.

[lucy]

even if someones sucking one back like its a gourmet mini-oyster???? Its like a car crash - horrid, but you cant help but stare.

Sorry, but that graphic description nearly led to a rushed trip to the bathroom... Urgh...

[Rookie M]

Sorry guys but as a person who is fond of the occassional bit of nostril mining and a someone who like to wander about his home as nature intended. I have no sympathy, either don't look or look and enjoy yourself (perhaps start a thread on your voyeristic passtime) it's not my fault if you need therapy for some sort of post-traumatic experience.:wink:
I do agree that eating the ripe pickings from your own or anyone elses snout does sort of lose it's appeal after the age of about 8. Yerrrrggghhh!

[Andoru]

Ha! You are probably kidding, but I practice road-seme all the time, after I realized (while practicing for my license many years ago) that defensive drivers are the ones getting cut off all the time, while offensive ones seemed to not have the problem much at all.

Hank.

Oh I wasn't kidding at all! Other kendo principles I practice on the road include spotting the suki (when changing lanes) and commit to the change with sutemi. ;)

[verissimus]

even if someones sucking one back like its a gourmet mini-oyster???? Its like a car crash - horrid, but you cant help but stare.

When I scan my surroundings, I automatically skip the males. Fortunately I haven't come across any women picking their nose :D. I'm sure they do, but they're probably more discreet about it.

[Gessho]

Ive seen the pick and wipe on shirt, wipe on dash, wipe in hair, wipe on steering wheel, flick out window, flick on window, and of course - the pick and chew.


Uuuuuuughhhh....
Does anyone else see this, or anything else that grosses you out at traffic lights?

I'm a window-flicker, myself.

[Ignatz]

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/07/20/leading_lung_specialist_endorses_picking_your_nose _and_consuming_what_you_find.htm

Doing it "her majesty style" with the gloves on is far too genteel for me.

[CHANG SI]

COW MING LEE, You eat booger and eat to make turkey ass feather on head grow. Slow down cow man ming fast food lee.

[KhawMengLee]

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogers):


In medical terminology, a piece of dry or semi-dry nasal mucus is known as a rhinolith. Rhinoliths form when the mucus traps dust and other particles in the air. Mucus dries around the particle and hardens, somewhat like a pearl forming in an oyster. Since catching foreign particles is one of the main functions of nasal mucus, the presence of rhinoliths is a good indicator of a properly functioning nose (as opposed to a "runny nose", which can indicate illness).

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!

[Alison2805]

Bluuuuuchhh, now Im the one getting grossed out.... I didnt know the whole "mini-oyster" description was technically correct.

[KhawMengLee]

Ah...the birth of a new term...rhinolith/nostril pearls...

[David]

I never really look around at other people while I'm in the car. I imagine that now I will, and I'll see people mining for nasal gold at every turn.

[ender84567]

Ha! You are probably kidding, but I practice road-seme all the time, after I realized (while practicing for my license many years ago) that defensive drivers are the ones getting cut off all the time, while offensive ones seemed to not have the problem much at all.

Hank.

the best defense is a good offense :silly:

[Alison2805]

HAHAHA!!! I bet that all you guys will start seeing it now!! Its like when you get a new car, you suddenly start noticing all the people around you who are driving the same car!

As a side note, I was standing in line at the grocery store last night, looked behind me, and guess what I saw???!!??

Thats right!! A middle aged lady with her thumb (no kidding, thumb) up her nose as far as it would go, using it like a corkscrew.

YUK!!!!

[Andoru]

Wow! Nose-picking has its own Wiki entry!

[LarsCW]

It's just something you aussies like to do while driving.

Strange ppl.

[Awooga Guy]

Other kendo principles I practice on the road include spotting the suki (when changing lanes) and commit to the change with sutemi. ;)

High five o/\o (http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/850/dogs05zw4.jpg) :D






That is all.

[crabbi]

HAHAHA!!! I bet that all you guys will start seeing it now!! Its like when you get a new car, you suddenly start noticing all the people around you who are driving the same car!

As a side note, I was standing in line at the grocery store last night, looked behind me, and guess what I saw???!!??

Thats right!! A middle aged lady with her thumb (no kidding, thumb) up her nose as far as it would go, using it like a corkscrew.

YUK!!!! As a long-time gourmet of the rhinolith I have to say that I have always focussed on the perfection of my art rather than the observation of the inferior technique of others...

I thought that this was my own secret (secrete?) obsession... now you have cheapened this wonderful, relaxing, meditative experience to a prurient, voyeuristic activity... you have ruined my life... how could you?!!!

...btw... I saw a man yesterday walking along with his hand up his bum-crack... right up to the elbow (at least it was his own...)... does this count?

[Alison2805]

Crabbi, crabbi, crabbi *shaking head*..... Have you found a way to perform your art through a mengane?

You know if I ever meet you at some international kendo do you now have to introduce yourself as the nosepicking guy. And I will not shake your hand.
LOL

[crabbi]

Crabbi, crabbi, crabbi *shaking head*..... Have you found a way to perform your art through a mengane?

You know if I ever meet you at some international kendo do you now have to introduce yourself as the nosepicking guy. And I will not shake your hand.
LOL
LOL... Alison, Alison, Alison....

The mengane could pose a challenge to the amateur... however most online stores stock specially designed nose-hashi ( http://www.ninecircles.co.uk/product_details.asp?ProdID=444&CatID=38 ) and a suitably bent drinking straw will certainly come in handy...

I look forward to meeting you some day...

[Alison2805]

You can fit THAT up your nose?!?!!? Now Im impressed! It took me a while to visualise the bent drinking straw tho :eek:

[Mokujin77]

My special talent is similar to yours, Alison, except there are no nose-pickers involved. I seem to be able, at any given moment on my drive into work, to spot mad women applying their make-up whilst at the wheel. It's pretty bad when you spot them overtaking you and doing it but it's nothing short of terrifying when you look in your rearview mirror and see one of 'em roaring towards you. With both hands off the wheel, holding eyeliner or something. AND NOT LOOKING WHERE THEY ARE GOING!


Ahem.


Frightens the sh*t outta me every time.

[Ignatz]

what else is there to say?
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[KhawMengLee]

My special talent is similar to yours, Alison, except there are no nose-pickers involved. I seem to be able, at any given moment on my drive into work, to spot mad women applying their make-up whilst at the wheel. It's pretty bad when you spot them overtaking you and doing it but it's nothing short of terrifying when you look in your rearview mirror and see one of 'em roaring towards you. With both hands off the wheel, holding eyeliner or something. AND NOT LOOKING WHERE THEY ARE GOING!


Ahem.


Frightens the sh*t outta me every time.

Hehehe...follow them from behind and when they start to put on the lipstick or eyeliner *HONK!!!!* hahahaha...evils

[crabbi]

You can fit THAT up your nose?!?!!? Now Im impressed! It took me a while to visualise the bent drinking straw tho :eek:
To be completely honest Alison... I use two of them as it allows for a better grip on the stubborn Rhinolith...

I used to use ordinary chopsticks but had an unfortunate incident whilst facing a wall... someone patted my back rather fiercely and I had to have them surgically removed... really not very dignified...

Yes, the straw is a challenge and probably best attempted on your own, in private till you've got the hang of it... just persevere...

[Rookie M]

I have noticed a few young men standing (Strangely almost all at pedestrian crossings) wearing baggy jogging trousers with their hands thrust purposefully down the waist bands apparently "Dusting the trophy cabinet" if you catch my drift. Now this maybe some sort of youth counterculture that i have missed or simply down to the hot weather but can anyone explain the preveilance of the not only this but also the reasons why young gentlemen find it nessesary to wear their jeans/jogging pants 4 size too big and hanging off their arses.
Can they not afford belts?
Do they all get hand-me downs from their older much fatter brothers?
When will this madness end?
With only 14 hours left will Flash Gordon save the earth?

[Alison2805]

ah-hem.... I may not indulge in nostril mining, but Im afraid I have applied makeup whilst driving. I wouldnt overtake tho!!! Its amazing how little of the road you can see when youve got a mascara wand in your eye.

Someone has to try Mengs idea of honking tho, I might do it to a nosepicker.. hehehehe! I dont know what would be more painful, lipstick or finger rammed up a nostril. Lipstick would be funnier tho! :P

Rookie... I think thats a Brittish thing... Men here just scratch. Generally from the outside of their pants. Thanks to you I have a mental image of a pasty-bogan-looking brittish guy wearing baggy trackies, sweating in the heat, rummaging around downstairs...

*gagging*

YUUUUUKKKKKK!!!! revolting creatures!!!

[Mokujin77]

If you honk someone applying lipstick in their car, they'll hate you all morning. However, honk someone who's picking their nose with a hangnail and they'll hate you forever!

[Alison2805]

hehehehe, you are what you eat, I say.

[KhawMengLee]

hehehehe, you are what you eat, I say.

Hahaha...why do I have an image of the Wog Boy's Nick Giannopoulos saying, "Well, tommorow I'm gonna be you."