I do make a habit of carrying tissues everywhere, but I can imagine there would be cases where that’s not practical…

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    I’ve found (here in the US), that almost every bathroom has these little paper tickets in the bathroom stalls. If you chain enough together you can get a pretty decent tissue from it. I think they call it Tissue Paper or TP for short.

    Aside from that, as a responsible adult, I keep a collection of various drive-thru napkins in the center console and a roll of “Shop Towels” in the back.

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    I’ve never heard “snot rocket” before. In the UK it’s called “footballer’s handkerchief” for obvious reasons.

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      interesting! Where abouts in the uk are you from? i’ve never heard of footballers hankerchief and def heard of snot rocket

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        Uh, I may have been over confident there. Apologies. I asked in a football/work groupchat last night. About a quarter of people knew what it meant (17/83). They’re all spread out across the UK. No real pattern.

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    I mean yes, it is gross. But whenever I am on my run, I won’t be looking for a napkin in my pockets and then trying to properly place it on my nose, while running. But I am always running in forests where there is literally no one.

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    Snot rocketing is badass, and one of those cool physical skills like whistling and snapping her fingers that every little kid looks forward to learning.

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      No, I think you’re thinking of another high speed bodily ejectum.

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    Every time I sneeze I redirect all the air into a cough. If I actually need my sinuses cleared (e.g., at the end of a cold germ) I just blow my nose. Am I in the minority?

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    As a guy with a mustache blowing my nose turns into a 5 minute ordeal of wiping snot out of my mustache.

    I’d rather fire a snot rocket and have minimal cleanup.

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    Ever done any kind of hard labor? Construction? Landscaping? Farming? Judging from your statement, I don’t think so.

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        I guess guys who don’t care if you’re disgusted by their mucus flying through the air are drawn to these kinds of jobs.

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          To be fair I have worked on construction sites and I saw an awful lot of snot rocketing especially while I was a carpenter where your nose gets filled with sawdust pretty regularly and it is a great way to get it out and move on without having to run around looking for a tissue in a dirty ass job site.

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          I guess guys who don’t care if you’re disgusted by their mucus flying through the air are drawn to these kinds of jobsglobs.