1. the unbelievable mass of snot that can build up in your sinuses during 5-7 hours of sleep (I've been able to stop buying peanut butter for my morning toast).
2. the interesting flora of colours that snot can take on during a 5-7 hour gestation period in your sinuses, from the constant evaporation and replenishment of snot, leading to some sort of super-concentrated snot (that fortunately gets washed out in the morning).
OK, I'm being somewhat misleading about #2 - the word "flora" would indicate a number of colors appearing from my nostrils. What gets washed out of my nose is usually some variation of green, off white & yellow.
Everybody should have their own nose shower - it provides so much entertainment (and brekky!) in the morning.
Oh, and a little naming note: The Germans refer to it as "Nasendusche". IE, "Nose Shower". Logical, simple, descriptive. This might seriously be the best German word ever. In fact, it IS the best German word ever. Period. Words like this are why the German language was invented.
In English, it's called....get this...."Nasal Irrigation". Eh? I never saw my nasal cavity as some sort of field that needed to be plowed and irrigated. A day in the life in the nasal farm...
"Hey Pa, we gots us somethin' blockin' the irrigation! I thinks it's a dead armadillo."
"Well Ma, flood it out and let's have us some armadillo chilli tonight!"
"Yeehaw!"
I'll stick with nose shower.
1 comment:
Hi, thanks for the funny post! Do you know where one can buy a nose shower outside of germany or online (specifically the UK)? thanks!
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