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Captain Hygiene posted:Now instead of finding shredded paper bits all over your clothes you'll find boogers, sounds great  anyway after lots of thought I think I've solved the riddle of the disappearing hankies: women were responsible for laundering the snot rags so as soon as they were able to they quit
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If I have an especially runny nose and I blow with a tissue little bits of tissue fluff get stuck in my stubble. For this reason I always blow my nose in the bathroom so I can splash my face with water afterwards. To be honest, sometimes I just blow straight into my hand then wash both my hand and face in the sink.
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Sep 29, 2019 04:01
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I had a great-uncle from England who gave me a box of two handkerchiefs when I was a small boy. I've never used them and if they're still anywhere they're still in the original box.
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Sep 29, 2019 04:09
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:I had a great-uncle from England who gave me a box of two handkerchiefs when I was a small boy. I've never used them and if they're still anywhere they're still in the original box. This just makes me picture this but with handkerchiefs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtHjV4c4uw
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Sep 29, 2019 04:17
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I get bad allergies in spring so a handkerchief is required Pros: - nicer feeling than a tissue - way more absorbent - dry out pretty quickly - better for the environment - don't need to find a bin Cons: - if you are having a really bad day and you can't fold it anymore they get real gross
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Sep 29, 2019 04:20
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Lacey posted:What about those times when you get sick and go through like two boxes of kleenex in a weekend? Are you going to keep sixty handkerchiefs around jic? Fold it into squares blow into a different section each time. If you have a cold they are a must. Most snot is like water so if you don't blow out a ton of boogers every time handkerchiefs are awesome because it just dries out. If I have a cold a hankey is a must.
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Sep 29, 2019 04:28
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Smiling Mandrill posted:Fold it into squares blow into a different section each time. If you have a cold they are a must. Most snot is like water so if you don't blow out a ton of boogers every time handkerchiefs are awesome because it just dries out. If I have a cold a hankey is a must. This is disgusting
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Sep 29, 2019 04:35
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Maybe I'm confused. I always figured the handkerchief of yore served the same purpose as the buss rag/bandana of today: to clean small messes or wipe sweat from your brow. Has the handkerchief always been exclusively for snot? If so that's gross.
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Sep 29, 2019 04:39
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my dog died im sad posted:Maybe I'm confused. I always figured the handkerchief of yore served the same purpose as the buss rag/bandana of today: to clean small messes or wipe sweat from your brow. Yes
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Sep 29, 2019 04:48
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the yankerchief is for yanking it
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Sep 29, 2019 04:54
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A relic of the past when men were men and breast pockets were full of phlegm.
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Sep 29, 2019 05:12
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I keep a cheap microfiber cloth in my pocket to clean my glasses, does that count?
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Sep 29, 2019 05:18
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Lacey posted:What about those times when you get sick and go through like two boxes of kleenex in a weekend? Are you going to keep sixty handkerchiefs around jic? Well that's a good point and since it's illegal to use handkerchiefs and tissues in the same month I guess I won't use handkerchiefs
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Sep 29, 2019 05:45
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QuarkJets posted:Well that's a good point and since it's illegal to use handkerchiefs and tissues in the same month I guess I won't use handkerchiefs Sir, this is an internet discussion
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Sep 29, 2019 05:56
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Moon Atari posted:If I have an especially runny nose and I blow with a tissue little bits of tissue fluff get stuck in my stubble. For this reason I always blow my nose in the bathroom so I can splash my face with water afterwards. To be honest, sometimes I just blow straight into my hand then wash both my hand and face in the sink. I'm trying to imagine how chapped my face would get if I did this in the winter. my nose might just fall off like I had leprosy.
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Sep 29, 2019 06:39
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I used to jizz in them as a kid and that's about it That's my story
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Sep 29, 2019 08:42
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I wear an orange handkerchief in my left pocket. PM me for details.
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Sep 29, 2019 09:09
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I wear a buff over my face when running/hiking/biking, so when my nose runs the cloth is already at nose level and all I have to do is poke with my fingers from the outside
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Sep 29, 2019 09:43
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DiggityDoink posted:I wear an orange handkerchief in my left pocket. PM me for details. I'm not kidding, PM me.
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Sep 29, 2019 09:54
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just carry around a plague rat and blow your nose on that. Its basically the same thing.
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Sep 29, 2019 09:59
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Smiling Mandrill posted:Fold it into squares blow into a different section each time. If you have a cold they are a must. Most snot is like water so if you don't blow out a ton of boogers every time handkerchiefs are awesome because it just dries out. If I have a cold a hankey is a must. This is loving gross
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Sep 29, 2019 10:03
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CaptainSarcastic posted:This just makes me picture this but with handkerchiefs: Great. Now I'm imagining a really gross variation of the "magician pulls a huge chain of small flags out of his mouth".
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Sep 29, 2019 10:08
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I practice an ancient yogic technique involving holding one nostril shut and blowing forcefully through the other one. I like to make it a kind of game where I challenge myself to blow the snot as far away as possible. Also it helps to develop manual dexterity.
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Sep 29, 2019 10:32
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Bad Titty Puker posted:I practice an ancient yogic technique involving holding one nostril shut and blowing forcefully through the other one. I like to make it a kind of game where I challenge myself to blow the snot as far away as possible. Also it helps to develop manual dexterity. Same, except I hork it back into my mouth and spit it instead.
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Sep 29, 2019 10:50
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Imagine being scared of snot and boogers.
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Sep 29, 2019 11:12
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Imagine making GBS threads and pissing yourself in public and then telling other people it's THEIR problem. I mean I don't imagine. I live life to it's fullest. But you could.
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Sep 29, 2019 12:10
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"Handkerchief? More like wankerchief" 
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Sep 29, 2019 12:21
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gary oldmans diary posted:the yankerchief is for yanking it The spankerchief
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Sep 29, 2019 13:23
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Szyznyk posted:The spankerchief Soak it in thc for a dankerchief.
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Sep 29, 2019 13:25
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Why did the boxer have to retire his handkerchief? Took too many blows to the thread
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Sep 29, 2019 13:26
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I still have them, I bust them out anytime I wear a suit. I can also do about 13 different fold types like a boss.
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Sep 29, 2019 13:35
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Hankies are obsolete; nowadays I just keep a 32-foot long strip of cloth in my back pocket for when I need to body-floss outside of the house
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Sep 29, 2019 13:41
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Madness posted:I still have them, I bust them out anytime I wear a suit. I can also do about 13 different fold types like a boss. Yeah but that's a pocket square. That's a fashion accessory, like a tie. Handkerchiefs themselves are utilitarian... Or should be, I guess. This has got me thinking though, when I was a kid I worked as a caddie and then later on in the pro shop/bag room of a pretty nice country club where members would drop their clubs after a round and we'd hand wash them for them. Because of that, we always used to have a nicely folded golf towel tucked in at our belt to have on hand for drying and cleaning, etc. I still do this to this day when I'm working in my kitchen for meal prep/doing dishes. This is another 'rag fashion' that I feel needs to become more mainstream. Just wear a towel everywhere basically is what I'm constantly screaming.
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Sep 29, 2019 13:51
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gary oldmans diary posted:the yankerchief is for yanking it
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Sep 29, 2019 13:53
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I carry around an old fitted sheet that I perform all of my bodily excretions into while out and about. I keep it on a stick like a hobo.
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Sep 29, 2019 13:56
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It's called a bindle you loving fascist
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Sep 29, 2019 13:58
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The answer is tuberculosis. There was a concerted effort in the early 20th century to cut down on TB and to a lesser extent influenza. It's why older buildings often have incinerators and partly the reason HVAC systems were developed and installed in homes. There were flyers and poo poo instructing people to stop using handkerchiefs and instead use disposable kleenex type things, and also to make sure to throw them into garbage cans with lids.
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Sep 29, 2019 14:10
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they were imprisoned
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Sep 29, 2019 14:14
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autism ZX spectrum posted:The answer is tuberculosis. There was a concerted effort in the early 20th century to cut down on TB and to a lesser extent influenza. It's why older buildings often have incinerators and partly the reason HVAC systems were developed and installed in homes. There were flyers and poo poo instructing people to stop using handkerchiefs and instead use disposable kleenex type things, and also to make sure to throw them into garbage cans with lids. Well we vaccinated that so it's starting to look a lot like hankie season
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The non-snot hanky is where it's at. Get a little corner stickin' out of your jacket pocket and all of sudden you're all classy. Just a warning this doesn't work with wolf or dragon t-shirts.
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