Some years ago I watched a programme on the telly about this man who collected EAR WAX!

He scooped it out with a grip then put it in pots. Once enough had been collected, he made statuettes out of it and candles that he actually used.

He claimed that he was using natural resources and helping to save the planet in the process.

What is the most disgusting habit you have heard of or can admit to doing?

Some years ago my brother used to get his girlfriend to pick spots from his back and to stick the scabs to his bedhead. They then dried up (and probably fell on his face as he slept).

And I've had a terrible habit of picking my nose and wiping the gooey end of the bogey on the edge of a cardboard box that acted as a bin in my office. (You'll be pleased to know I threw the box out only last week.)

Thus the box had its own collection of dried-bogey stalactites.

How's that for honesty? Right, Nurse! Nurse!!:hihi:

Originally posted by Ousetunes
Some years ago my brother used to get his girlfriend to pick spots from his back and to stick the scabs to his bedhead. They then dried up (and probably fell on his face as he slept).

And I've had a terrible habit of picking my nose and wiping the gooey end of the bogey on the edge of a cardboard box that acted as a bin in my office. (You'll be pleased to know I threw the box out only last week.)

Thus the box had its own collection of dried-bogey stalactites.

How's that for honesty? Right, Nurse! Nurse!!:hihi:

Nose picking is absolutely revolting.

I think spitting is the worst habit ever

Originally posted by LoopyLou
I think spitting is the worst habit ever

I'll second that - why do a lot of teenagers think it's "cool"???

Originally posted by JonJParr
Nose picking is absolutely revolting.

Out of curiosity, how do you get rid of 'it' then? Don't you even have a little poke when you blow your nose?

Talking of nose picking - why do men use their thumb to fetch out bogies and usually when they are driving.

Maybe there should be a law against using mobiles and foraging up your nose for bogies whilst driving!

Originally posted by feargal
Out of curiosity, how do you get rid of 'it' then? Don't you even have a little poke when you blow your nose?

Never really found a need to - I don't notice a build up...

my brother had a habit of going to the toilet (richard the 3rd) & leaving skids on the back of the loo,horrible when you are bursting to go yourself only to come face to face with it

Originally posted by JonJParr
Nose picking is absolutely revolting.

But it's good for your imune system to eat the bogies as you then digest the batieria trapped in them and your body build-up a resistance.

(I read this in Metro)

I once watched a documentry about 2 brothers that collected poo UGH!!!

They couldnt bring themselves to flush their loo and started to collect it in the bath, in saucepans and anything else they could find.

In the end the authorities were called because their house was like a heaving cess pit and come summer all the neighbours couldnt even go outside their homes because of the smell.

When the tv cameras showed footage of the inside of the house it was truly repulsive, it was up the walls and everything.

That programme gave me nightmares for weeks afterwards, I cant believe some people are that sick.

Jo

I once saw a nun with mud smeared all over her habit ............. That was pretty disgusting.

Originally posted by nick2
But it's good for your imune system to eat the bogies as you then digest the batieria trapped in them and your body build-up a resistance.

(I read this in Metro)

Even if that is true I couldn't bring myself to eat it.

Squashie28 - I saw this program too!!

I think it was Life of Grime when it was filmed in Sheffield. From what I remember the brothers both had mental illness, and it started when one of their parents died and they couldn't bear to throw anything away. This obsession escalated until they ended up saving poo in the bath, and bottles full of wee in the fridge! It was horrible. When the Council moved them out, they had to replace all the floorboards and replaster the whole house as it was so filthy.:gag:

You no need to worry JonJParr cos as you said you don't pick your nose as you never get a build up.

I reckon you must have a huge amass of built up bogies somewhere so if it is true about helping the immune system, you should be around to get a telegraph from the Queen.

I shouldn't blow your nose too hard though your whole body may cave in!

Originally posted by dawny1
You no need to worry JonJParr cos as you said you don't pick your nose as you never get a build up.

I reckon you must have a huge amass of built up bogies somewhere so if it is true about helping the immune system, you should be around to get a telegraph from the Queen.

I shouldn't blow your nose too hard though your whole body may cave in!

Thanks!

My opinions on gruesome things...

SPITTING - A vile habit. There's nothing worse than a dirty chav walking past you on the street and pitting a load of phlem out onto the pavement. Would like to hit all people who spit in public with a big spikey stick.

NOSE PICKING - Inpolite in public but a physical necessity at times. What esle are you supposed to do.

FARTING - Again, a physical necessity, but should be done as discreatly as possible. There's nothing funny or clever about these minging men who light their own farts, do it under the covers, ect. ect.

BALL SCRATCHING - Humerous as long as it isn't being done by someone really physically repulsive.

COLLECTING ANY KIND OF BODILY SECRETION - Minging. Minging. Minging. WTF would you do that? Eugh!

Originally posted by JBee
FARTING - There's nothing funny or clever about these minging men who light their own farts, do it under the covers, ect. ect.


I have to disagree, it's fantastically funny.

Originally posted by nick2
I have to disagree, it's fantastically funny.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IN THE BATH HE HE

Originally posted by nick2
But it's good for your imune system to eat the bogies as you then digest the batieria trapped in them and your body build-up a resistance.

(I read this in Metro)

Hmmmm :suspect: I don't remember that article! :D

K x

Originally posted by Kristian
Hmmmm :suspect: I don't remember that article! :D

K x

It was a while ago, there was also a bit about drinking your own urine.

Originally posted by JBee
My opinions on gruesome things...

SPITTING - A vile habit. There's nothing worse than a dirty chav walking past you on the street and pitting a load of phlem out onto the pavement. Would like to hit all people who spit in public with a big spikey stick.


Wouldn't it be better to hit them with a big spiky log? :hihi: :hihi:

K x

I'm with JBee - Spitting is a horrible habit.

I believe footballers excuse it by saying you have to clear your pipes, etc. I just hope they slip in the phlegm, break their leg in a horrible and complicated way, putting an end to their once-glittering career, their sponsorship deals would end, families and friends would desert them, and if they were lucky they would have to end their days as a pundit on a local free paper.

Maybe they wouldn't be so keen on hockling one up then.

Nose-picking is perfectly natural: why else would we have evolved so that each individual's index finger is the perfect diameter to fit snugly into their own nostril (seriously!)

My own worst habit is spending far too much time on the Sheffield forum.

Collecting poo: anyone here read "Full Whack" by Charlie Higson? Euuurgh!

Collecting other things from your body: I had a friend who collected all of his finger and toenail cuttings for two years: he was planning to use them in an art project. He never got the chance though as, when another friend was around his flat cooking dinner for everybody, he tipped them into the stir-fry for a laugh.

And another friend of mine is collecting his beard hair (http://birdhouse.org/blog/archives/2005/03/beard_hair.php) for his wife to photograph.

Originally posted by feargal
I'm with JBee - Spitting is a horrible habit.

I believe footballers excuse it by saying you have to clear your pipes, etc. I just hope they slip in the phlegm, break their leg in a horrible and complicated way, putting an end to their once-glittering career, their sponsorship deals would end, families and friends would desert them, and if they were lucky they would have to end their days as a pundit on a local free paper.

Maybe they wouldn't be so keen on hockling one up then.

Take it you've stopped going to the anger management meetings then feargal?

K x

Kristian - you know me so well! You'll be please to know I toned it down quite a lot before I posted. I removed the reference to my favoured punishment where the grockler might catch Vietnam Rose.:hihi:

Originally posted by feargal
Kristian - you know me so well! You'll be please to know I toned it down quite a lot before I posted. I removed the reference to my favoured punishment where the grockler might catch Vietnam Rose.:hihi:

Not with! What's a grockler? Vietnam Rose? You been on the wine feargal, or has my mind finally turned to mush? (and the last question was rhetorical!) :D

K x

Shouldn't that be Saigon Rose? I once did the sound for a play called Saigon Rose.

Saigon Rose is slang for a disease that a lot of American GI's brought back from Vietnam. And then passed on to their wives/girlfriends. I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

Dan, without doubt it's the same thing then!

Originally posted by feargal
Squashie28 - I saw this program too!!

I think it was Life of Grime when it was filmed in Sheffield. From what I remember the brothers both had mental illness, and it started when one of their parents died and they couldn't bear to throw anything away. This obsession escalated until they ended up saving poo in the bath, and bottles full of wee in the fridge! It was horrible. When the Council moved them out, they had to replace all the floorboards and replaster the whole house as it was so filthy.:gag:

Im glad you named that programme Feargal, I was racking my brains trying to remember what it was called.

It was really discusting wasnt it.

Jo

Nobody mentioned picking ones backside, usually to remove lodged underwear :suspect:

Originally posted by Kristian
Not with! What's a grockler? Vietnam Rose? You been on the wine feargal, or has my mind finally turned to mush? (and the last question was rhetorical!) :D

K x

feargal had the good grace to PM me to explain! :blush: You learn something every day! :hihi:

K x

My (now deceased) Mum once asked me to look inside a matchbox that she'd saved for when I visited. Inside it was the biggest booger ever known to man. All crusty and horrible. I almost puked.

She was actually quite proud of it bless her!

I also have a friend who tears the really thick hard skin from the heels of her feet and then chews it. She says it relaxes her.

Fortunately I'm not as barking mad as my friends and family, and my worst habit is eating my next door neighbour's dandruff. Well, there's plenty to go round, and she never notices me scraping it up from down her sofa when I pop round for a Hob-nob.

Just for clarification, the last paragraph was completely fabricated, ok?

:)