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Pick Your Nose & Eat It - It's Good For You!

damninteresting.com — Dr. Friedrich Bischinger would have us believe that people who pick their noses with their fingers are healthier, happier, and more in tune with their bodies. He believes that exposing the body to the dried germ corpses helps to reinforce the immune system. The good doctor feels that society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking.

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -19/+126I pick my nose, I pick my bum.... Now I got some bubble gum!
  • omgitscolin, on 10/12/2007, -14/+67And it's tasty, too!
  • SnowBladerX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53I have been all over this for years.

    :)
  • masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47Even if you don't pick your nose and eat it, that mucus will, unless you blow your nose often, find its way to your stomach and "strengthen your immune system," too.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+45This one gives "digg" a new more interesting meaning.
  • Mabu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+44Only on digg would this be front page material.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38I was chastised for this in 3rd grade.

    As a result, I am now homeless with secret shame for eating my boogers. I should have gone public and earned my PHD in booger eating while boosting my immune system.
  • ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37America, stop the mucus menace. Eat your boogers.

    - Master Shake
  • Arbus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35Maybe these people are healthier because everyone else stays the hell away from them.
  • NadeChaser, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28What the hell is wrong with Digg these days?
  • hexalite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Finally, struggling to type with one hand has paid off!
  • zax2u, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I was talking to my brother, who happens to be a an ear nose and throat surgeon, about this story. He said that picking your nose and eating is not bad for you but it has very little impact on building your immunity since your digestive systmem is exposed to the same bacteria by way of the thoart and nasal passages..
  • kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21"No, you can't have any dessert before you've had ALL your boogers"
  • ohcoaster, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21when i type with one hand it's not because i'm picking my nose
  • Scynet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Why would exposing your immune system to small amounts of germs stop boosting the immune system after certain age? It's the idea behind any vaccine, no? As they said, it does make sense, no matter how filthy it is. But then, taking a ***** is filthy too, and quite healthy.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15That is EXACTLY the kind of thing you will tell one of your friends, but you can't show them where you saw the news because you forgot. Well, bull, I am bookmarking that URL right now and printing out the page and laminating it. I'm going out to buy a file cabinet so I can label it "proof for stuff friends deny."
  • psYcon, on 10/12/2007, -16/+30why stop at just the nose. How about fingering your butt and eating the dingleberries also?
  • steelmaverick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Its in his ear.....
  • kidd3ckz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12HAHHAA omg i had no idea thats why i haven't been sick in like 4 years ROFL
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Finally, something that tastes good AND is good for me.
  • expertninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Well damn. I guess we should give two year olds more credit, cause my little cousin does that all the time. I'll bet eating worms is good for you too, I mean, he's tried that several times.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11That's actually from the Simpsons.
  • Scynet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Heh, that would still imply that the people who don't pick their noses are the disease spreaders. Logic failed :P
  • JimmyDushku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Boogers are so easy to come by. It doesn't take any gasoline or acid or any other chemicals to make. Take that Colombian drug makers. I'm sticking with boogers.
  • mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Everyone picks their nose...admit it! You do don't you! You gotta wonder why kids almost naturally start picking their noses when they are young without the instruction of any adults. Its only through social pressure that kids are trained not to pick their noses.
  • neoform, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"Don't forget dickcheese."

    If you have dickcheese, you most definitely aren't taking care of your body.
  • isakn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10god damn, i must be healthy.
  • Railer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Nail Biting, Nose Picking and Masturbation ...
    If you're going to have a bad habit it may as well be free.
  • CDNPiper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I guess that guy in the car beside me at the red light this morning is very healthy.

    Didn't seem to bother his wife in the passenger seat either, she must just be happy he'll have a long life.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@expertninja

    "Well damn. I guess we should give two year olds more credit, cause my little cousin does that all the time. I'll bet eating worms is good for you too, I mean, he's tried that several times."

    Yes, pound for pound worms are the most nutritious thing you can eat.
  • UsernameTaken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Dr. Phil?
  • TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I was chastised for this in 3rd grade.

    Now I live in a van DOWN BY THE RIVER!
  • ohcoaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6a rim job a day keeps the doctor away?
  • presto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6All the people who DIGG this pick their noses and eat it DUGG!!!!
  • hotpepper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Picky my nose and eat it? Why would I want to eat my nose?
  • Motocompo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I read the original study when it first came out. This is some good stuff :P
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14Don't forget dickcheese.
  • nazsco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@kidd3ckz

    i hope you're five.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7For some reason I can see Dr. Friedrich Bischinger yelling "SIKE!" after you actually eat it.
  • Nimortal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Ender's Game" reference?
  • jiggawoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Besides, it's not called dick-cheese, it's smeg. You smeg heads.
  • mhuggins, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"god damn, i must be healthy."
    QFT

    I actually always figured this is why I get sick maybe once a year, tops.
  • forcedfx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8That's so raunchy man.
  • Z_Man, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nice to know on Thanksgiving Day... lol
  • Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hey, why eat your -own- when you can sell them to new-age, health-concious baby-boomers? The bottled water industry has proven the technique - now it's just up to some intrepid nose-miner to packake and sell.

    1.Wake up and remember that even though you're not sick (so you still have to go to work), you -are- getting older, and therefore spend about 5 minutes each morning clearing gunk from your nostrils so that you don't asphyxiate before taking care of all your other disgusting bodily functions...most of which have developed within the past 5 years, alongside a host of equally disturbing mental deficiencies.
    2. ?
    3. Profit.
  • TheIconoclast31, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12You filthy rhinotillexomaniac!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I guess im healty as hell then eh.
  • gardnert1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2VINDICATION!
  • SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's a serious contender for the next Ig Nobel.
  • kingace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Who knew digg was home to so many sickos? Oh, wait...
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