Runny Nose

[Sylvan]

:roflmao:

Thanks guys! I've been giggling with tears streaming down my face for the past twenty minutes while reading all your posts! Those detailed instructions for a Farmer's blow were just too much!

I'll have to try this out in the shower later... but for now, my little terry patch on the gloves and "dead" socks work fine for me. I've also used the sleeve ends from off of an old sweat shirt - cut it 5 inches long and just slipped it over the arm like a toe-less sock. Worked fine and I could throw either of them away without a qualm if I felt queasy about it in the laundry.

[Mindi Rosenthal]

Thanks for the info, everyone!
I think I have finally mastered the farmer's blow!

[charleyfarley]

a snot rocket is called a "bushman" in Australia.

[willtsmith_nwi]

Now I'm confused. What are those funny little gloves we wear for?

Consider yourself lucky. If Napolean was your cycling coach, he'd have buttons sewn to the back of your gloves!!!!

;-)

[willtsmith_nwi]

One of the best places to learn the fine art of launching a snot rocket is in the shower, there's no fear of mess in there and the hot water/steam gets everything loosened up.

Yes, you can always just urinate it off the bottom of the tub and then down the drain ;-)

[willtsmith_nwi]

A note to the asthmatics - exercise-induced or otherwise. It ain't gonna work.

I tried. I really did. Unfortunately, I can't get enough air to give the propulsive push to make this a successful process. It just ain't gonna happen. If I have trouble blowing out a candle, I know that I don't have what it takes.

Take your puffs BEFORE you go out and pretty much everything is solved.

If your doctors Rx doesn't work so well, try Primatene mist. I am cat/exercise/cold weather asthmatic. The ONLY thing that does it for me is the Primatene. And I struggled through many an Rx before I discovered the OTC miracle.

[Polonswim]

Farmer's Blow Technique:

For the left nostril, leave the left hand on the bars; raise the left elbow; tuck the head into the hole created by raising the left elbow; take the point of the gloved index finger of the right hand and push it against the opening of the right nostril like a cork in a bottle (don't compress the nostril from the side); point the chin to the left and aim the left nostril at a point on the ground two feet to the left of the rear axle; take a deep breath through the mouth; and, explosively expell air and snot from the left nostril.
Do not do this with a crosswind from the left, as it will blow the snot back against the rider and bike.
For the right nostril, substitute the word right for every occurence of the word left in the instructions above, and use the index finger of the left hand for the cork in the left nostril.

Out standing instructions. I don't aim left/right of the axel, I aim to make sure that it goes UNDER my arm. Good for getting cagers and bikers who don't say anything as they pass. (I don't do it on purpose, but if I don't know you are there.....

Yes, you can always just urinate it off the bottom of the tub and then down the drain ;-)

That will cure/prevent athletes foot too. A two-fer-one!!

[richardmasoner]

This song is dedicted to you, darling.

If my nose was running money, honey.
I'd blow it all on you.
But it's not.

[recursive]

I love the farmer's blow. I can do it now with my eyes closed! Very useful skill.

Haha, I love it too, but what does closing your eyes have to do with it?

[lala]

That's what gloves are for! :)

[Rodney Crater]

One last note of caution: When you are on the bike you are leaning forward so you get used to letting loose with no obstructions under you. But when you stop.... that last clearing jesture you give just before going in a building should be done with the thought in mind that your feet are right below you. Make sure you move your feet :) or aim differently than on the bike.

[Coda1]

Farmer blow is the only practical way when you are on a bike but when used indoors it will get quite a reaction. When I was in high school my nose was running one day and there was nothing to blow my nose on so I did a farmer blow into the garbage can in the back of the room thinking no one was looking. One person was and within a few seconds the whole class heard about it.

[tokolosh]

Now I'm confused. What are those funny little gloves we wear for?

soaking up rain.

[GreyGoat]

another alternative is to grow a mustache and just let it collect there.. if it's cold enough you can even grow snot blossoms ...

[Walkafire]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

My nose is running now... eating a Roastbeef Sandwich with a tall coarse white-flowered herb of the mustard family (Horseradish)

MmmmmmmmMmmmMmmmm

[Skipper]

I've been laughing my butt off for the last 20 minutes. This has been the funniest, albeit sometimes crude, thread I have ever read.

Top ten indicators you're addicted to cycling

10. Your surgeon tells you you need a heart valve replacement and you ask if
you have a choice between Presta and Schrader.
9. A measurement of 44-36-40 doesn't refer to the latest Playboy centerfold,
but that new gear ratio you were considering for your Cobra.
8. A Power Bar starts tasting better than an Almond Joy.
7. The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs to
your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.
6. You wear your heart monitor to bed to make sure you stay within your
target zone during any extracurricular activities.
5. The funeral director tells you "NO!" you can't ride your Cannondale in
the funeral procession, even if you keep your headlight on.
4. You experience an unreasonable envy over someone who has bar end
extenders longer than yours.
3. You're too tired for hanky-panky on a Friday night but pump out a
five-hour century on Saturday.
2. Your wife tells you the only way she'll let you ride across the country
is over her dead body and you tell her, "If that's the case, you'll be my
first speed bump!"


AND the number-one reason you know you're addicted to bicycling...


1. You no longer require a hankie to blow your nose.

[JohnBrooking]

One more vote for the farmer blow and a gear suggestion.Do I sense a poll coming on? :D

[James H Haury]

Yes my nose runs too, it is not unusual to have your nose run in cold weather. The worst thing about it is if you cannot catch it.

[hass]

Hey Mindi - this happens to me also. If you can deal with it, hold one nostil and blow out onto the road and do the same with the other nostril. I do this every 15 minutes or so. I keep a hankerchief looped in the velco strap of my Cannondale winter gloves to wipe after the blow. It may sound gross but it allows you to keep riding without stopping.