Top Doc Back Picking Nose and Eating It

Annanova ^ | 3/26/04

[11th Earl of Mar]

Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it

(Annanova) 3/26/04- 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.

[martin_fierro]

Ich bin ein boogereater.

[martin_fierro]

This thread is doomed. DOOMED!

[11th Earl of Mar]

First it was people who didn't wash their hands in the bathrooms.

Now this?

I am buying a lifetime supply of rubber gloves.

[ChocChipCookie]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Now this is one thread that needs a barf alert.

[jigsaw]

Ich bin ein boogereater.

LOL!

[Prince Charles]

Dr Bischinger said: "With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner."

This is nothing to sneeze at.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Some titles are so self-explanitory that they don't need barf alerts.

Would you need a barf alert on the article, "Helen Thomas Bares All For Penthouse"? I think that title would speak for itself.

[Mr. Bird]

I pick, I do not eat. This makes me socially ungraceful, yet only moderately disgusting.

[AngryJawa]

Booger bump. This is gonna be a good one...

[codyjacksmom]

I knew you wouldn't believe this one unless you read it for yourself. hahahaha

[xJones]

Is it true that you are what you eat?

King, this is shaping up as a vintage day....

[suzyq5558]

this is just GROSS!!!

[Oberon]

"Helen Thomas Bares All For Penthouse"

No, that would be "Helen Thomas Bares All for Swine Farmers Weekly."

[Arrowhead1952]

My thoughts too.

[stylin_geek]

It is only socially ungraceful if you do it where people can see you.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Henry Waxman is probably the healthiest person in Washington.

His nostrils are so big he could get a cleaning crew up there.

[martin_fierro]

Would you need a barf alert on the article, "Helen Thomas Bares All For Penthouse"? I think that title would speak for itself.

Trust me, some lout would chide you for not posting a picture.

<|:)~

[dighton]

Rhinotillexomania.

[skeeter]

My sister will be tickled pink to hear this.