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Q: If picking one's nose is acceptable in public, how do Chinese groom themselves at home?
Not five minutes goes by in a crowded subway without someone picking their nose, an acceptable public act. In that case, how do Chinese groom themselves at home? What happens in front of the bathroom mirror?
10 years 22 weeks ago in General - Other cities
I was buying some mantou the other day. The woman that took the order, screamed to some guy, who screamed to some guy to go out back get me my order. When the second guy emerges from the back room he has in one hand my mantou, the other hand was buried in his nasal region.
As I was handing the woman some super scruffy 1 rmb notes, the guy went to sit under a No Smoking sign to have a cigarette.
I didn't find this acceptable, but I see it so often. Just extra nasty when it is people handling food.
At home the first thing they do in the morning is hock a few big ones up in the sink, or toilet if you're lucky, next they take a shower and blow their nose with their hand into the stream of running water. Nice! 
happywanderer:
Don't forget the noise! The hawking up is vaguely like a rhinoceros, and the running-water sputum trick reminds me of murlocks.
After living with some Chinese people I can tell you it involves a lot of sound effects. Youi think the the hoarking and spitting in public is loud and gross, wait until you have to hear it through the bathroom wall and 7am. Worst alarm EVER!!!
diverdude1:
yeah,,, why when they sneeze do they try to be heard in the next province ???? drives me nutz.... weird futhermuckers~
Pretty regular stuff really, my in-laws are descent sorts, my father in-law wanders around in his boxers sometimes but generally keeps his personals personal, including whatever grooming he needs doing. My mother in-law is a little more rough around the edges, does the morning 'hawk-hawk-hawk' throat clearing ritual and occasionally shaves her minge at the dining room table, but otherwise there's nothing particularly note-worthy in their behaviour.
diverdude1:
darn it,,, I'm a bit lacking on my Brit' language,,, is 'minge' what I think it is ???? putannanay ?? (yeah, my spelling sux)
mArtiAn:
Well if putananny means bearded clam, which if i'm right means beef curtains, which correct me if i'm wrong means hairy axe cut, then yes, it is indeed what you think it is.
