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January 26, 2005

Confidence Before You Blow.

Walking down the street this morning I came across a phenomenon that I notice most often when I'm in a city, any city really. Spitting.

While the hawking and pa-tooing that comes along with spitting is rather commonplace here, I witnessed a rare breed or expectoration, the Farmers Blow.

So here's the question I pose. It's in three parts.

1) Do you know how to farmer blow?
2) If so is it a genetic ability like rolling one's tongue? or is it nurtured?
3) And finally, if it is nurtured, how do you know if you can do it? Practice? Trial and error? or you just know?

For those of you who don't know the farmer blow, I can explain.

The farmer blow is when you hold up a finger, often times the thumb for effect, to the unclogged nostril and blow hard, expelling mucus from the other nostril directly to the ground without the aid of tissue or hawking. This is often followed by the 'swipe' to clean up any access that didn't escape with the rest, subsequently followed by the wiping of said excess on your shirt, pants, what have you.

It truly is a miracle that I'm willing to get to the bottom of.


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I might be married to someone who does that. It is disgusting. I don't know know if he had to practice to perfect his technique, and I don't really want to discuss it with him.

At least he TENSE to restrict the practice to less population dense settings (like hiking in the woods).

Posted by: robin at January 26, 2005 11:11 AM

I meant, "At least he TENDS..."

Not TENSE.

Posted by: robin at January 26, 2005 11:12 AM

Also known as the "snot rocket". My coworker does this into our sinks. It's freakin disgusting.

Posted by: Jenny J. at January 27, 2005 01:00 PM

josh,

remove head from ass, and you can fix your daily problem.

as to the 'farmer blow', i've tried, but i only end up getting snot all over the lower half of my face. back to the drawing board...

Posted by: ken at January 29, 2005 02:13 PM

Thank you, both of you, for poking my mind's eye.

Posted by: davidissimo at January 29, 2005 02:16 PM

Apparently spitting is public is perfectly acceptable in Syria (this is what I gather from seeing people do it all the time) yet blowing one's nose (into a kleenex, mind you) in public is not. Where's the logic in that?

Posted by: Anar at January 31, 2005 10:14 AM

I perfected the technique after years of playing soccer. For some reason when I exercise it becomes necessary. David--perhaps you should move to Singapore where it is illegal. Although, not a caneable offense. You'd just get a brutal fine.

Posted by: El Jefe at February 7, 2005 02:06 PM

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