Wednesday, January 7, 2009

I Did NOT Need To See That--Really, I Didn't

I was on my way to Target with O this morning. I needed to get my husband a couple of birthday presents (more on that tomorrow) so we headed out. We were stopped at a red light and a man pulled up behind me. I looked in the review mirror just in time to see him do this:


What the?! I started gagging--really bad. O was freaking out because she thought I was going to puke. She was almost in tears actually. I started breathing deep so I could get the gagging under control ( I really did almost puke). And then--stupid me--looked again. He was digging the leftovers out of his extra-long pinkie fingernail and then in the mouth they went. BELCH!!

Now--I am all for a good nose picking, AT HOME, in the privacy of my bathroom. Not out in public for all to see--ESPECIALLY when you are going to eat it. NASTY, NASTY!! Please all you nose pickers out there--DO IT AT HOME, or in a locked bathroom stall, or when you are alone. I REALLY don't need to, or want to, see that ever again!!

37 comments:

Kristina P. said...

Yeah, thanks for making me throw up at work.

Erin said...

Where did you get those pictures!? I'm laughing out loud right now. How did you get enough composure to drive while dry heaving?

Jillene said...

Kristina-
Anytime!!

Erin-
The pictures came from Google Images. Seriously--I had a hard time driving. I made it over the the right hand lane so I could go a little slower and then I just kept taking deep breaths to get myself under control.

Bobie said...

I gagged while I read this. YUCK!!

Jules AF said...

Why would you write this and make us all gag???? WHHYYY????

Anonymous said...

JUST what I needed to ward off my chocolate craving :)

LOL

Unknown said...

Wow that's really disgusting!! But thanks for helping me with my diet. lol

Did you beep the horn and let him know he was busted??

Love your blog gross or not!

Marie

Jillene said...

Welcome Marie!! I didn't honk be he saw me in the rear view mirror. He knwe that I was gagging so when the light turned green he got over asap and sped off. His face was pretty red.

amber belmonte said...

i am going to vomit.

Vanessa said...

Who is going to clean up this puke on the floor next to my computer? YOU!! j/k of course.

I hate this! It is so gross. When I taught Jr. High, I had kids that would do it and I would yell at them to cut it out and then disinfect their desk afterward. Bleck.

Shell in your Pocket said...

OH...that makes my stomach quesy!!! UGH!
-sandy toe

Anonymous said...

Egads, that is gross. I'm so glad that I ate lunch before reading this.

Anonymous said...

i'm never eating again. seriously i'm gonna hurl.

Liz said...

That is gross.
Sorry you almost puked!
liz

my stay-at-home-momma drama said...

That is the most disgusting story I've heard in a long time. Thanks for sharing. (EWWWWWWWWWW)

Lara Neves said...

I'm gagging just reading about you gagging because you saw that. GAH!

I've seen someone next to me at a stoplight do the same. Grown adult. Just gross.

Just SO said...

Ewwwww. That just makes me shudder...and gag.

Anonymous said...

Gross. But good post-fodder, huh?

Lisa said...

Just what I needed today....

Since you busted him hopefully he won't do that in public again.

Blech!

Me (aka Danielle) said...

Gross! People are GROSS!

Brooke said...

Eww, ewww, ewwww! So disgusting! Thanks so much for sharing that. BLECH.

Goob said...

i see that I am not alone in my automatic gag response. That actually affected me more than the poop post on blokthoughts.

Denise @ Sunflowers, Chocolate and Little Boys said...

So funny! I dont gag at anything anymore....after being married to a farmer and having 3 boys I have seen it ALL, several times, lol. But even though I dont gag...it does gross me out. I will NEVER understand why anyone would or could do that...I hate boogies, even my own.

Lee said...

Yeah, the fact that he ate it is what really makes it bad.

Jillene said...

Lee-
And the even worse part--he was a GROWN man. When I say grown I mean like mid 30's to early 40's.

Anonymous said...

That is so disgusting! ...ok...i have to run to the bathroom.... I ......

Victoria Elder said...

NASTAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!

Christa said...

Why am I the only one who isn't disgusted by this? I mean, he's obviously comfortable enough with himself and those around him in general if he's able to do this in public. Such openness, honesty and high self esteem is refreshing and rarely seen in this day and age. He's saying "Hey world. I'm a nose picker and I eat it too. You can take me or leave me, but I love myself enough to not care either way." I applaud him and say "Bravo! Good for you!" I hope I can be in such a happy place one day.

I have a headache right now and I feel really dizzy. So, I may not be in exactly my right mind.

Strawberry Shortcake said...

That is so disgusting!!! I watched a girl do that when I was a Sr. in high school and she was a Jr. I asked to leave the class. Sick.

Mary said...

I just spit out my Raisin Bran...ewww..

When I was younger, my Mom & I saw a little kid do that at church and both started gagging...then she muttered, "booger-pickin' moron!"

It is a phrase we all like to use now!!

Unknown said...

DAng it.

I just had a really yummy brownie and CF DC for breakfast....now the after taste is kind of ruined.

Jillene said...

Sorry--I didn't mean to ruin your breakfast's.

Christa-
When I read your comment I laughed so hard!! Thanks for not making me fell like a gross-o, horrible person!!

Jo said...

Yup, that goes down as one of the grossest stories I have ever heard. The nose picking, not unheard of, the eating??? Oh my dear, dear, dear, oh gross, oh ewww.

Jillene said...

It is pretty gross huh?! I hope I didn't turn any of you off of my blog because I posted about boogs!

Grandma Arnold said...

I gag when I see little kids doing that. If I saw an adult, I would vomit!! So, so, sooooooooo wrong!

Kala's Korner said...

um.... i dont really know how to respond to that?! =(

The Rambler said...

OMG...I just blogged recently about this EXACT thing but in a different setting....I was gagging as I read this...(shudder)

Visiting over from the blogstalker thing (I'm new, don't quite got the lingo down)