Big noses, small noses, pointy ones, long ones and short ones too, round red ones and all sorts of noses; and we hardly notice them. We turn our nose at them.
Here are some facts about noses:
- It is estimated that approximately 20,000 litres of air pass through the average adult’s nose every single day.
- People with turned-up noses like Miss Piggy could drown when it rains.
- There are 14 different types of noses; yet everyone can be nosey if they want to.
- Studying medicine you can specialise in noses. A friend of mine is a specialist in nostrils - just the left one. Ask him anything about the right nostril and he's totally ignorant.
- Noses are essential otherwise your spectacles would fall off.
- The nose will continue to grow as you age. While it will reach its main shape by the time you are 19, it will still lengthen and droop downwards more noticeably as time goes on. If you live long enough you'll look like an elephant.
- The nose and sinuses produce mucus to protect the lungs from bacteria, viruses, and certain particles in the air.
- The nose produces nearly one whole litre of mucus each day – which you then swallow!
- A dwarf I know has been thrown out of a nudist camp because he could not keep his nose out of peoples' private business.
...ah, English is such a wonderful language. Who on earth invented homonyms and homophones?
ReplyDeleteWho knows whose nose has bee picked with a pick.
DeleteGod bless, Tom.
What a novel subject! Tom makes fun of me when I can't think of the correct word (nostril) and refer to my "left nose" or ("right nose") being stuffed up.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Mevely. Did you know that the nostrils are like twins; no two are the same. There is a difference in size and shape for every nostril even on the same nose. They are also interconnected like a room with two doors. You can breathe in through one nostril and breathe out of the other by pinching one nostril at a time. If you pinch both nostrils simultaneously and breath out deeply your ear drums will pop out. Great fun at parties.
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Addendum - Mevely, we only breathe in and out one nostril at a time and the body decides which nostril, at random interval, will breathe in or out. This does not work under water though.
DeletePeople with turned-up noses like Miss Piggy could drown when it rains???
ReplyDeleteGosh some of this seems so true and yet some don't! lol
Everything I say on this Blog is true, Sandie; because I have never told a lie in my life.
DeleteGod bless you always.
The nose knows! I so enjoyed the humor here, Victor. God bless!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you smile, Martha.
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Interesting facts about our noses! I may have seen all these kind of noses...especially a nosey nose!! did you know if it were not for mirrors or photos, we would not even know what our own nose looks like. lol
ReplyDeleteIt is so true about mirrors and photos. The old masters who painted self-portrays always copied from a Polaroid photo of themselves. Except Michelangelo who had to wait for the film to be developed at the chemist.
DeleteGod bless, Shug.
Watch it, you are betting close to home there! ;-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the read and wit. Good smiles... THANKS for much!
Everyone has a nose with a talent exceptional just to them. Did you know I can smell in the dark and round corners?
DeleteGod bless, Jack.
Who knew all the stuff about noses, I guess you did, VictoR.:)
ReplyDeleteEven though my glasses sit on the bridge of my nose they have an annoying habit of sliding down when I sweat.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot more to noses than I first thought!
ReplyDeleteI guess the most important one is that the human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system and thus an important function in breathing!
... but I enjoyed reading your thoughts about 'who knows your nose'
All the best Jan
Never thought really thought so much of noses before. :)
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