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 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: casper the friendly ghost http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-40948 casper the friendly ghost Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:52:24 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-40948 I love to blow my snotty nose into a kids cotton and scalloped handkerchief;it is far more better than tissues,it can be used after a thorough washing again,and it is very soft and comfortable,exactly what's needed for a good blowing. I love to blow my snotty nose into a kids cotton and scalloped handkerchief;it is far more better than tissues,it can be used after a thorough washing again,and it is very soft and comfortable,exactly what’s needed for a good blowing.

]]> By: Casper the friendly ghost http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-30267 Casper the friendly ghost Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:21:38 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-30267 When i have a cold i use a cotton handkerchief. When i have a cold i use a cotton handkerchief.

]]> By: Maggie http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-13477 Maggie Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:11:58 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-13477 Oh, newspaper editors are no fun at all! That letter is WAY more interesting than 90% of the letters that get published in our local paper... Thanks for your support of the hankie! Oh, newspaper editors are no fun at all! That letter is WAY more interesting than 90% of the letters that get published in our local paper… Thanks for your support of the hankie!

]]> By: Robt Mann http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-13473 Robt Mann Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:22:44 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-13473 I'm very glad to find this site's support for the noble handkerchief. I sent this letter last winter to the biggest New Zealand daily – which suppressed it. To: letters@nzherald.co.nz Subject: minimising virus transmission Sir The novel mutated swine flu virus may serve to prompt people to desist from the filthy habit (popularised as a deliberate trendy gesture on TV by all too many 'celebrities') of wiping the nose with a finger or two. It is unspeakably decadent to imitate the gesture first demonstrated in a well-known film clip of H. Himmler walking past some concentration-camp victims. Those contaminated fingers commonly soon touch doorknobs, computer keyboards, or other people's hands. What's the last time you saw anyone use a handkerchief? That honorable implement, if frequently washed, is the best place for any liquid that threatens to emerge from the nostrils. Your fingers are about the worst place to put liquids which contain pathogens. Let us revive the teaching of children to use handkerchiefs and to intone the good old slogan 'the only part of your body that should be used to wipe your nose is your elbow'. Let celebrities who aspire to public respect use handkerchiefs in public, rather than wiping their noses with their fingers. yrs etc I’m very glad to find this site’s support for the noble handkerchief.
I sent this letter last winter to the biggest New Zealand daily – which suppressed it.

To: letters@nzherald.co.nz
Subject: minimising virus transmission

Sir
The novel mutated swine flu virus may serve to prompt people to desist from the filthy habit (popularised as a deliberate trendy gesture on TV by all too many ‘celebrities’) of wiping the nose with a finger or two. It is unspeakably decadent to imitate the gesture first demonstrated in a well-known film clip of H. Himmler walking past some concentration-camp victims. Those contaminated fingers commonly soon touch doorknobs, computer keyboards, or other people’s hands.
What’s the last time you saw anyone use a handkerchief? That honorable implement, if frequently washed, is the best place for any liquid that threatens to emerge from the nostrils. Your fingers are about the worst place to put liquids which contain pathogens.
Let us revive the teaching of children to use handkerchiefs and to intone the good old slogan ‘the only part of your body that should be used to wipe your nose is your elbow’. Let celebrities who aspire to public respect use handkerchiefs in public, rather than wiping their noses with their fingers.

yrs etc

]]> By: Lena http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-10519 Lena Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:06:44 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-10519 One of the fun things about handkerchiefs, I found, is that because they are so thin they dry very quickly. I have been known to occasionally stop into bathrooms that have hand blow dryers so that I can quickly handwash my hankie with soap and water and then dry them with the hand dryer. It tends to take two hand blow dry cycles to dry them, but it simultaneously drys my hands which get washed in the process of washing the hankies. Good post - Lena One of the fun things about handkerchiefs, I found, is that because they are so thin they dry very quickly. I have been known to occasionally stop into bathrooms that have hand blow dryers so that I can quickly handwash my hankie with soap and water and then dry them with the hand dryer. It tends to take two hand blow dry cycles to dry them, but it simultaneously drys my hands which get washed in the process of washing the hankies.

Good post
- Lena

]]> By: Solar Fountain http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 Solar Fountain Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:09:42 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/#comment-3982 I am big fan of bandanas, the colored patterns hide things well! lol. Keep the planet blue by staying green! I am big fan of bandanas, the colored patterns hide things well! lol. Keep the planet blue by staying green!

]]> By: Alder http://greencouple.com/2008/02/19/snot-rags-i-mean-handkerchiefs/comment-page-1/#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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