Nov 16, 2007 10:18AM GMTNovember 16, 2007 10:18:19
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Which type of nose-picker do you see most when driving to work?

I drive to and from work in Los Angeles traffic. Often, my driving routine is stymied but some bizarre traffic occulting force. This supernatural force is powerful, so powerful in fact that it can take 60 minutes to travel 7 miles!

To keep my sanity, I go through a series of behaviors. I talk to myself, I sing to the radio, I dial-a-friend, you know, the yuoozh (usual). But lately, i've picked up a new habit to kill the time: Nose-Picker Categorization or NPC, for short. My study, both scientific and unbiased, resulted in the following three categorizations of human nose-picker types.

1) The Pick-and-Flick - this nose-picker can often be seen with his or her driver's window in the down position. After a hearty nose-pick, this nose-picker will proceed to curl up its findings into a ball and isolate those findings onto one finger. Once aggregated, this picker will flick the findings off the original finger with a separate digit. Often, these illustrious pickings will find their way onto the side, and in rare circumstances the windshield, of some poor unsuspecting neighboring car.


2) The Pick-and-Stick - this nose-picker, prefers to store his or her findings for safe keeping, and is most likely uncleanly at home. After this son-of-a-pick completes his pick, he will take his finding and smear it, most often under his seat, so as to remove any trace or evidence of said pickings, leaving only a car detailer or the next owner of the vehicle a treasure trove of unique hardened pickings to be cultivated and later tested for e. coli.


3) The Pick-and-Lick - this nose-picker, quite possibly the most disturbed of all the nose-picking breed, has a, shall i say, "taste" for the un-ordinary. Post picking procedures often include an initial gaze at the findings, often with a besmirched look followed by a look of curiosity and in some bizarre and sickening instances, arousal. Once this wonderful example of a human being has made a commitment to their next move, there is often no turning back. These despicable pickers proceed to cautiously lick their pickings, seemingly savoring the taste just prior to a full ingestion.


But seriously folk...what is the deal with all of the friggin' nose-pickers on the 101? Have they no shame? I just wish these people would give their fingers and more importantly, their fragile nasal cartilage a break.

Is it only my city that suffers from such rampant nose-picking?
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raves +15   by MAGGIE IRISH EYES

Answered The Pick-and-Flick

Remember. You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose but never, never pick your friend's nose.
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  • raves +1   [-] by loky

    Answered None of the above

    I dont see a lot on the way to work. But boy what I see when I get to work. I work in a cafe in a very small town in Alabama. You name it ,I have seen it.
  • raves +3   [-] by Beachluvr chose change

    Answered Undecided

    My commute is too short to get a long enough look at my vehicular neighbors. But my boss on the other hand has this habit of calling me into his office to talk to me and then starts having a really good dig, sometimes for several minutes. I'll give him this, he does use a hanky, but when you're sitting trying to talk business and he's going in like a miner on speed it's something else. I never know where to look or whether I should tell him to go to bathroom to do that. He's a great guy and I really don't want to offend him.
    minutes ill hanky talk business miner speed bathroom guy offend
  • raves +2   [-] Deleted replied to Beachluvr chose change
    moderated...
  • raves +2   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to Deleted
    LOL, I guess I could always join in in sympathy.
    lol guess join sympathy
  • raves +1   [-] Adi replied to Beachluvr chose change
    That's awesome! My recommendation, start picking your nose as well and mimic his gestures as much as possible. Soon, enough, he'll ask what you're doing and tell him that you're following in management's footsteps =)
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to Adi
    I didn't think of that. I'll give it try tomorrow. If I come home with out a job, can you give me a job :)
  • raves +1   [-] Adi replied to Beachluvr chose change
    LOL!!!! Well, we're always looking for a few good peeps! =P
  • raves     [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to Adi
    Cheers.
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    God , that is so funny. LOL!!!!haha!!!
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    It sure cracked me up too. I couldn't resist putting that up. :)
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    I dont know how you keep a straight face when you have to talk to him. LOL!!!!
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    I don't know either. does that mean I have a good poker face.
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    I bet you would win with a pair of 6's. I would loose big time. Knowing me , I would ask him not to do that because he was making me sick. LOL!!! I am a little to outspoken sometimes. Gets me in trouble too. I am never a bore though. LOL!!!
  • raves +2   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    I'm not so sure about. I split a pair of fives once in blackjack. I'm still kicking myself now.
    The irony is that my boss told me today that his wife had mentioned it and he didn't realize was he was doing. I crackd up at that. I don't think I'm getting a pay rise next year. LOL.
    Be loud, be proud. wife mentioned realize crackd pay rise year lol loud proud
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    Some how I just blurt out what I am thinking. You either love me for it or hate me. Either way I am o.k. with it. Glad she told him what he was doing. Maybe when he has had a chance to think about it he will give you a raise just for the torture he put you through . LOL!!!! If I caught him doing it again I would laugh at him. He has been told. He is fair game now. LOL!!!
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    He he he. You remind me of one of my freinds Kim. She's bubbly, sparkly, loud and doesn't care what anyone thinks. Gotta love her for it.
    Wow I'm having a hard typing tonight. I can't spell anything right. It's taking me so long to answer anything. Arrggh.
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    I was made fun of for a typo. pole instead of poll. I had just finished telling a story about a drunk hitting my light pole, it carried over. I really pissed that guy off . I made him so mad that he blocked me. LOL!!!! ( The guy that made fun of me not the drunk) I must be a little tired too.
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    What a loser.
  • raves +1   [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    some folks get a little to touchy about their politics. Thats why I was made fun of.He could dish it out but he could not take it. I thought is was funny.LOL!!!
  • raves +1   [-] Beachluvr chose change replied to loky
    Yeah they do.
    Isn't it amazing how some people can't handle take the same BS that they give out. They crack me up.
    I will only get into politics when someone else brings it up and says something really stupid or asinine. I'm willing to listen to all points of view but as long as it makes sense.
  • raves     [-] loky replied to Beachluvr chose change
    I think I will stay away from the political polls for a while. At the moment , none of them are worth pissing anyone off over. In my opinion that is. The choices we have are so limited that I figure whats gonna happen will happen no matter what any one says or does. Wish that guy would read this. He called me an idiot liberal. I am not either one.Bad part is he wont even let me respond to him . He really thinks he has me pegged. If he only knew.
  • raves +2   [-] by Mrs.Lovett -*Poll Distroyer*-

    Answered The Pick-and-Lick

    omg it was gross i was in Arizona and we were in a Target parking lot and there was a lady in her car she was picking her nose and well i guess she couldn't get it because then she put down her mirror thing and started picking it again while watching herself it was really gross but really funny we were laughing really hard!!
  • raves +1   [-] Adi replied to Mrs.Lovett -*Poll Distroyer*-
    Your amusement at the expense of the cartilage of that poor woman's nose! LOL
  • raves +2   [-] by MICHAEL

    Answered None of the above

    I see The Pick AND EAT!!!!
  • raves +1   [-] by ShAwTy

    Answered The Pick-and-Stick

    hnuy
  • raves +1   [-] by pd420

    Answered Undecided

    I am from Boston, and I have seen a fair share of them all...
  • raves +2   [-] by Bird Girl

    Answered The Pick-and-Flick

    Sometimes I do that if i don't have napkin
  • raves     [-] Adi replied to Bird Girl
    Bird Girl...you're a Bad Girl ;-)
  • raves +1   [-] Bird Girl replied to Adi
    it's happens rarely, only in shower
  • raves     [-] Adi replied to Bird Girl
    Shower is an exception to the rule =)