Comments on: Snot rags… I mean, handkerchiefs http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alder http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-96 Alder Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:02:27 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-96 My mom calls them "boogie rags" (not much more appetizing than "snot rags," is it?). My mom and my brother use bandanas for nose blowing-- my mom has an extensive collection of many colors, my brother has an extensive collection of red ones to mask his nose-bleeds. My dad. . . I don't think I've ever seen him blow his nose! I tend to use squares of toilet paper, but I think I might switch to the cloth version if I had something a little smaller than a bandana. Bandanas are great for extreme situations, but they are so big (and I think they are kind of rough and scratchy before you've washed them a 2 or 3 or 10 times). In any case, I completely agree that handkerchiefs aren't really that gross. Actually, I think they are probably *less* gross than wads of used tissue. Ew! My mom calls them “boogie rags” (not much more appetizing than “snot rags,” is it?). My mom and my brother use bandanas for nose blowing– my mom has an extensive collection of many colors, my brother has an extensive collection of red ones to mask his nose-bleeds. My dad. . . I don’t think I’ve ever seen him blow his nose! I tend to use squares of toilet paper, but I think I might switch to the cloth version if I had something a little smaller than a bandana. Bandanas are great for extreme situations, but they are so big (and I think they are kind of rough and scratchy before you’ve washed them a 2 or 3 or 10 times).

In any case, I completely agree that handkerchiefs aren’t really that gross. Actually, I think they are probably *less* gross than wads of used tissue. Ew!

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