Anyone carry a Mr. Hanky?

I don't understand the whole carrying a hanky thing, my father's is never without one, even if its covered with snot.

Just disgusting.

I'd rather have someone carry around a snot rag to blow their nose than hawking up on the street. In London, especially in Winter, the streets are covered in snot and mucus and it is really disgusting. You have to watch where you walk and it's not something you like to see when you've just eaten.

You may think it's gross for someone to use a hanky but at least you're not exposed to their snot.

How do you clean off the residue of snot that is invariably left after a snot rocket? Do you use you fingers, gloves, or sleeve? If you use your fingers do you then wipe then on your handlebar tape or on your clothes?


I carry all the time now, in one of my jersey/jacket pockets so I don't have to stop.

Back of the arm/hand works for me. Tho' sometimes, if I'm in a hard climb, I'll just lick it off. Protien, ya know.

Gee, I don't know. The exit is clean. There's no mess. I'm just good at snot rockets, I suppose.

Or maybe it's the hot, dry air in So Cal. My commute home yesterday was 100ºF (38ºC).

But to be sure, I buy only cycling gloves that have fleece on the back! Any minor residue quickly dries. There, in a nutshell, is my take on the hankie issue.

And hey, you can wash your cycling clothes after a ride!

What do soccer players do when they have to blow their nose during a game? I never saw too many hankies out there when I played.

..and I would not snot or spit on the sidewalk either.

London is a wonderful place, and I can assure you I have never, nor never would, defile the sidewalks with spit or snot.

Even we unwashed Barbarians have standards!

Football players only foul their own nest as it were.


London is a $hithole IMO.

I carry two, one in my jersey pocket for nose use and one in my pack for wiping sweat from my sunglasses. Also good to get the bugs off when you ride through a swarm of nats

Dear Lord! This is the 21st century, why are you troglodytes carrying hankies with you on a bicycle? What possible eventuality could you hope to prevent from such a heinous act? I, for one, am glad I live in the UK where boogers are a thing of ancient history.

The felt part of my gloves.

Called bogies here. I think.

The word to use in polite company is 'snot'.