Up Yours (Your Nose, That Is)
You don’t really think much about your nose - until it’s blocked. Hopefully as an adult, that only happens when you have a cold, which is uncomfortable to say the least. It’s difficult to breathe and your sense of smell all but disappears. Now think back to when you were a kid. Your nose was probably plugged on numerous occasions and not necessarily by mucus. I’m not sure whether the motivator is curiosity or boredom or a cry for attention, but children are fascinated with sticking objects up their nostrils. As a result, Babyzone.com has published a list of the Top 10 Things Kids Stick Up Their Noses. Here’s the list:
- Crayons
- Beads
- French Fries
- Fingers
- Marbles
- Spaghetti
- Tissue (Bits of Kleenex)
- Cheerios
- Small Toys (Like Lego)
- Beans and Peas
Do you remember sticking anything up your nose as a child? Have your kids done it? Were they able to blow the object out or did the incident result in a trip to the emergency room? Share your story by clicking on the No Comments/Comments link at the bottom. Today’s Jack Nation bonus code is NOSINESS. It’s valid until July 5th.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
My daugther was about 15 months old, when she stuck a tiny rubber band up her nose. Peering up we could only just see it, and instead of trying pliers on such a tiny proboscis, we took her to the emergency room. And we waited. After an hour she started to rub her nose saying it was itchy inside. All of a sudden she let out a huge sneeze, and the rubber band flew (fortunately missing everyone). We gladly stood up, said goodbye to the nurse, and walked out……..we still have it somewhere…..
Carly’s Note: All’s well that ends well.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
not me…my brother (styrofoam beads from a stuffed animal) and my sister (a dried pea).
Who knows why??
Carly’s Note: So you were the smart child in the family.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Sad to say; but when I was 4 I got a brand new penny from an aunt, which I held onto like Mom’s skirt at the time, and after a day she told me to not hold the money, because it will leave a smell on my hands.
So I tested it, smelled nothing and must have thought that it needed to be closer to my nose, so up it went! I do not remember any smell.
I DO remeber the smack I got when I told Mom my nose hurt and they found that penny wedged inside my nasal cavity, and a pair of tweesers was required to extract it.
I heard this story almost every summer from Mom until she died in ‘89.
I give my 3 boys $2 coins to impress them; harder than heck to get in almost ANY orifice! Hmmm… lesson learned, huh!?
Carly’s Note: A penny is awfully large for a small nose. They do kind of have a coppery smell, don’t they? Not that I’ve ever had one so intimately ensconced in my nostril.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Close to the beans & peas thing, my husband stuck a popcorn kernel or two up his nose as a child and had to be taken to hospital for removal. I guess he was lucky that they hadn’t popped to full fledged popcorn.
M..M.. Buttered Popcorn. Sorry for that sick image. Actually I wonder sometimes if they ever got it all out, and it’s not lodged in his brain somewhere. I’m still mad at him for completely forgetting our 31st Anniversary on June 25th, and not even trying to make up for it since.
An important Tip for the guys - DON’T forget your anniversary, you’ll pay through the nose! More painful then some of the above scenarios!
Carly’s Note: Thanks for the laugh, Judy! That’s almost a comedy routine.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Oh my god…how strange that this was your blog…my cubicle mate, has been snort/grunting (Asian style) for the last 2 days due to a summer cold - funny the office manager has one as well, I didn’t think you could catch a cold by having your head firmly up the bosses…you know what… I’m telling you, I was just about ready to scream today. I wish she would have stuck a tissue up there instead of doing her level best impersonation of a guinea pig…geez louise
Lee Ann
Carly’s Note: Summer colds are the worst! I hope you don’t catch it.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hi Carly,
I don’t remember doing it as a kid, but after 2 failed surgeries on my nose (to remove a cyst and fix a deviated septum) I was left with a hole in the skin between your 2 nostrils, so I can put something through one side and pull it out of the other, so I’m wondering if I should entertain at kids parties now, LOL!!!
Carly’s Note: That’s cool - you could wear a honking nose ring!
July 4th, 2008 at 1:20 am
I still stick things up my nose… my nose hair clippers! I bet you were thinking of the other thing, weren’t ya, Carly? Okay, sure, I do that too.
But what is nose hair for anyway? I actually Googled it and Wikipedia says that it acts as a filter for inhaled particles. All I know is, whenever I trim it, I seem to be able to breathe easier or clearer.
Carly’s Note: Sounds like you have a forest up there, Louie! Maybe you need a weedwhacker.
July 4th, 2008 at 6:39 am
my sisters and i used to stick mini marshmellows and straws up our noses… mini marshmellows didn’t poke up there, and we used to have blowing competitions - to see who could force their marshmellows out to land the furthest away..no hands allowed!
Carly’s Note: I just hope you didn’t eat them after.
July 4th, 2008 at 9:57 am
My parents told me that when I was about two years old, I stuck a piece of sponge up my nose, but didn’t say anything about it to anyone. It wasn’t until a few weeks later, when people started to notice a strange odour about me, even though I was bathed regularly, that my parents discovered what I had done!!!!! This required a trip to the emergency room, because it was so far up there and had started to rot!!!! The sponge that is, not my nasal cavity. To this day, I absolutely can’t stand it when I’m stuffed up. I wonder if that incident has anything to do with it?!?!
Carly’s Note: Yeah, it’s never good when there’s a foul odour, but you can’t tell where it’s emanating from. Glad the story had a happy ending!
July 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Hi Carly! Can’t recall anything personally. As my sisters and I have always been told we were more likely to swallow things like pennies, marbles and open safety pins, all the fun stuff. However, I do remember a boy in primary school. He liked to stick the Lepages glue bottle in his nose and squeeze! He also liked to eat it, the glue that it. Funny thing, the teacher would just put him in the corner… I wonder what ever happened to him!
Thanks, Wendy
Carly’s Note: You do kind of wonder what happened to those types, don’t you?
July 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
You think a penny is big, you should see my nose!
I’m not saying it’s huge, but I do get mistaken for Barbra Streisand before I round a corner!
Ba-doom-doom!
Carly’s Note: Well, you must be a fan because you spelled her name right.