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pot luck
JAYPLAY 11.08.2007
dforyou/badforyou
Sure, it's socially unacceptable, and downright gross, but sometimes to get those hard-to-reach boogers, you have to give your nose a little pick. But are you clearing your nasal passages or just making yourself, in addition to everyone else, sick?
"Sticking your finger up there introduces germs and bacteria to your nose," says Stephen Sege-
brecht, ear, nose and throat doctor at Lawrence Otolaryngology. "The germs under your fingernail can cause a virus to get into your body."
Segebrecht says that some of the diseases that can wiggle their way in through your nose include the common cold, strep and pneumonia infections.
He recommends starting off blowing your nose with household tissues. But if that doesn't work, Segebrecht says using a salt or saline spay will help loosen some of the stubborn mucus. And if even that fails to do the trick, he says that picking can be used as a last resort, but stresses that people should thoroughly wash their hands before digging for gold.
VERDICT—BAD FOR YOU.
Jared Duncan
health tip
THE UNCOMMONLY KNOWN FACTS OF FLOSSING
The American Dental Association recommends flossing at least once a day to remove excess plaque and food particles that toothbrushes can't reach. Although a person rarely goes through childhood without hearing this common suggestion, recent research has shown flossing does more than keep your teeth and gums clean. As those elementary informational cartoons told us, flossing is the best way to fight gum disease. However, it also reduces the risk of gum and mouth cancer, which pose serious threats to your overall health. "Brushing your teeth for a minute or swishing Listerine isn't going to cut it," says Niki Gardner, a dental assistant at the Burris Dental Group in Shawnee. "Flossing at least once a day is the best way to not be diagnosed with something that is essentially avoidable."
Chris Horn
Guy: My dream job is to be a lobbyist for tobacco, minus the smoking. I just want to be a badass everyone hates.
Guy: Do you do sacrifices [at sorority rush]?
Girl: We sacrifice one freshman every time. And other small rodents.
Guy: Horse racing is the only place you can yell, "run bitch, run!" and not get a restraining order.
Guy: The only argument I've heard for necrophilia is that rigor mortis makes it tighter.
Girl 1: So, um, the KU bus service changed its route midway through the semester and now I have to wait 30 minutes after class, which means I can't get to work on time. So I sent them a nasty e-mail saying that they should either dedicate a private route for me, or I would sue them. Or at least scream at them a lot.
Girl 2: Yeah, good luck with that.
Girl 1: So, when I'm in Washington, I really want to see the Empire State Building.
Girl 2: Um...wrong city.
Girl 1: Shit!
Professor: My name is Crystal, but I don't have a crystal ball...
Class: (laughs)
Professor: I actually got a laugh out of you guys!
Guy: Meth-heads are my favorite because they clean your apartment.
Girl 1: What the french toast is going on?
Girl 2: Wait, I love you for saying that.
Girl 1: I've been trying not to say fuck as much lately.
Guy: I went to a gay bar Thursday night and walked out with three phone numbers. And I'm not even gay. It'd be so easy if I were just gay.
Ashley Thompson and Nathan Gill
Taylor Hanson
Musician
Tim Bartlett
Topeka junior
WHO WAS A MORE BADASS HARRISON FORD CHARACTER: HAN SOLO OR INDIANA JONES?
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A KID?
WHOWOULD WIN IN A FIGHT (IN HIS PRIME): MUHAMMAD ALI OR BRUCE LEE?
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER WHAT WOULD IT BE?
WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN THE 1960S OR IN THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS?
Patrick Griffith
I would definitely say Han Solo, because he was always just looking out for himself. He's the rogue, man—the cowboy of the stars.
I loved the "Animaniacs" and "Darkwing Duck." "21 Jump Street" was a classic, too. I was young for that show, but I thought it was awesome.
I'm going to go with Bruce Lee because he is the fighter who would be unrelenting, but it would probably be the guy whose girlfriend was insulted right before he went out.
That's the ultimate question. I'd want the ability to absorb any other potential superpower, therefore becoming the greatest.
I definitely would prefer to live in the 60s. In the dinosaur time, you're eating rocks, running from beasts. There's a weird guy working on a wheel down the way, but he hasn't figured it out, so you're dragging everything.