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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Um, So This is Fun...

I was just discussing with one of the attorneys I work for the ridiculous situations kids find themselves in, and I was absolutely shocked to discover that HE NEVER ACCIDENTALLY GOT ANYTHING STUCK UP HIS NOSE. What kind of childhood IS that??

So, it begs the question, and yes, I really wanna know: what interesting things did you guys get stuck up your noses as kids?

I'll kick it off with: Kindergarten. Three pieces of Indian corn. My mom had to come pick me up and take me to the doctor. As I recall, it was an extremely proud moment for her. First and only time in my entire school career that I received lots of attention and admiration from boys. I probably should have remembered that for later on when I was dating. "Note to self: guy is losing interest fast. Must keep his attention." Quickly jams brussels sprout up nose; receives instant offer to bear date's children.

And, sure, I'll kick it off for my sister, too: GIGANTIC purple bead from some broken necklace of my mother's. Good Lord, that thing was huge. Man, did she cry! Man, did I LAUGH! I think Mom was finally able to dig it out with a toothpick or something, seeing as how she'd been through this before. I don't remember; I was too busy laughing. I just remember Sam repeatedly and hysterically jerking her head back whenever Mom was getting ready to go in...

Okay, Internets, who's next? Come play my very fun (and, okay, a tad juvenile) game!

8 comments:

Killjoy said...

Once, in church, when I was about 5 and my brother was 6, we were sitting quietly as my grandma instructed us "ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING DURING CHURCH." My brother ended up yanking his tooth out and showed his bloody prize to grandma. Evidently the "no talking in church" rule applies to teeth, too, because she put her finger to her lips to silence him. So what else is a kid to do with a bloody tooth in church? That's right. The funny part about this is not even a bloody tooth stuck up your nose get a rise outta grandma. He sat there during the entire sermon with a tooth up his nose. Gotta love her.

Boonzie said...

Okay, Christie, a bloody tooth FAR surpasses Indian corn or a purple bead! That is too crazy! And funny!

Samantha said...

Boonzie, I cannot express how HAPPY I am that you are around to tell ALL of my secrets to EVERYONE. I try to forget such traumatic events such as the snorting of beads, but I can always count on you to bring those memories RIGHT BACK! You're a peach.

Raul Duke said...

Sadly, I never put anything in my nose that got stuck either. I did decide to chew on a pencil one night before bed that turned my tongue purple though. My sister thought something was wrong with me, but my tongue was a funny color for a couple of days.

Mia Goddess said...

The end of the carrot that you can't eat because it once had the green sprouts growing out of it? Stuck up my nose.A bottle cap. Stuck up my nose.A dime. Stuck up my nose.Most of a small ball of yarn. Stuck up my nose.The obsession? When something looked like *it just might fit*, it immediately went up the nose.

Jen said...

Sorry Boonzie, I had a childhood deprived of anything being up my nose. Actually my brothers did too. How very interesting...

julie said...

A rasin (which apparently swelled alarmingly in the moist nostril environment) and the little eraser thingy off the end of a pencil. A classmate got a ball of aluminium foil stuck up there. Fascinating.

~ D ~ said...

I was reading some blogs, I casually read and clicked on your link.Me, nothing, most of my kids, nothing so far.My 8 year old daughter used to stuff anything she could find up her nose when she had a cold. I think she was trying to stop it.We only had to go to the doctor once for it :)thanks for using msn.com, I work on it :)