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bassextra's avatar

why do people...

Asked by bassextra (17points) March 8th, 2008 from iPhone

look at the tissue after blowing their noses into it?

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squirbel's avatar

Perhaps they are checking the consistency (which can indicate how sick they are) or ensuring there is no blood.

Or maybe they are the kind of person who ate boogers as a kid and must make a conscious decision not to eat what is in the tissue.

bulbatron9's avatar

Squirbel is right. It is like when you wipe, you have too look too see if you’re clean. Most people don’t like to admit it, but that is just the way it is.

bassextra's avatar

LOL. Funny. I was sort of being silly.

buster's avatar

you can tell a lot by your snot. yellow snot means a bacterial infection. green means a viral infection.

Blobman's avatar

I get a lot of bloody noses so sometimes its too check and see if i have a bloody nose. especially when i have a cold.

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