flyboy@ihuxk.UUCP (Steve Veach) (10/25/84)
Help...Phychologist/Behaviorist needed for this one. I am hoping for an explanation of a most peculiar phenomenon. Namely, the strange behavior of one ingesting one's own nasal mucus. For those of you who have never witnessed this, consider yourself fortunate. When I was a child, I remember some of my classmates indulging themselves, but as I grew up I assumed that this "habit" was something restricted to children. Much to my disgust, I was wrong! I have witnessed two adult women at my place of employ, quite casually and repeatedly, put a finger into their nose and then into their mouth. PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT MISTAKING THIS FOR AN INNOCENT ACTION SUCH AS SCRATCHING AN ITCH NEAR THE NOSTRIL AND THEN BITING A NAIL. In fact, at the risk of making everyone as sick as I am now, I have recently seen one of these women actually put her finger in her nose, move it around a little, and then examine what was found before putting the specimen into her mouth. Can anyone out there explain this behavior? Has anyone ever done research on this subject (strange oral fixations?)? The siting of another one of these incidents is what just prompted me to run up to my office and send this news out. Please help...
faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (10/28/84)
Maybe they're hungry? I do it, and don't find it particularly disgusting. -- ...!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay HP is in no way responsible for anything I say here. In fact, it may have been generated by a noisy 'phone line. My entry for official theme music of the net: "Chariots of Fire"
sja@ih1ap.UUCP (Steve Alesch) (11/02/84)
Please!! Remember that a lot of us view the net while eating lunch!! Is nothing sacred anymore? God, I sound more like my parents everyday. -- Steve Alesch AT&T Network Systems IH 8B-108, (312)979-3862, ...!ihnp4!ih1ap!sja
faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (11/03/84)
I also fart, since it's better and more satisfying then holding it in and feeling cramped. -- ...!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay HP is in no way responsible for anything I say here. In fact, it may have been generated by a noisy 'phone line. My entry for official theme music of the net: "Chariots of Fire"
6912ar04@sjuvax.UUCP (rowley) (11/09/84)
I realize that this IS net.misc, the boneyard for all those orphaned
discussions too short or too bizarre for the net.others; however, I'm
sure others agree that when we read these items, we want to stimulate
our minds and not our vomiting reflex.
A. J. Rowley
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There is no dark side of the moon really; as a matter of fact, it's all dark...
-"Eclipse", Pink Floyd