What do little girls who can't dig for worms at recess do for kicks?
They put snails up their noses.
And if they're REALLY lucky, one will get stuck in someone's adorable little nostril. And if they are even LUCKIER, the only girl in the class who can't speak English is elected to go and try to tell the teacher - using hand motions and a modified version of Chinese and English.
This works out well for the snail sniffing lass, however, because in the length of time it took to shock the teacher into action, the nose had sufficiently "run" enough to expel said snail.
Some lessons are best learned with no assistance.
Priceless!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteEwwww. I am horrified.
ReplyDeleteOMG! THAT is hysterical!! You gotta love it when kids make you laugh on a slow wednesday!
ReplyDeleteYou've snot to be kidding me!
ReplyDeleteAmazing. Even in my youth, I have never had the desire to shove something up my nose. Lot's of other bad habits, but no projectiles in the nose!
ReplyDeleteUrrrgh.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely sufficiently grossed out !
ReplyDeleteI can handle slimy things but never had the urge to stick anything in my nose .. nothing slimy anyway..lol
And I'm snot joking !
OH. MY. HELL!!!! Seriously???
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how that note to the parents went.....but wait, since it "expelled" itself I would guess no note was necessary.....
Again, another reason I could never be a teacher. I bow to you.
How would one pry a snail out of wee one's nose? I think the Snot Extraction Method is the way to goQ!
ReplyDeleteA live snail? I would faint! When I was younger, I put a bean up my nose and had to go to the ER! I was one of those children! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh, my! You know, there's a hidden message in here for all of us! Sometimes, you just have to stand back, remain calm, and let the snails work their way out!
ReplyDeleteGlad everything's OK!!
Um...I think you should go back to letting them dig for worms.
ReplyDeletePerhaps she was just conforming to this poem from my favorite childhood poet, Shel Silverstein:
ReplyDeleteWARNING
Inside everybody's nose
There lives a sharp-toothed snail.
So if you stick your finger in,
He may bite off your nail.
Stick it farther up inside,
And he may bite your ring off.
Stick it all the way, and he
May bite the whole darn thing off.
oh my...my sister got a magnetic ear ring stuck up her nose at school once...
ReplyDeleteHa! So you've got some snail-sniffing kindergarteners out there in Oregon! It must have been the new moon.
ReplyDeleteLawd have mercy! Hope you sent a note home with the lass to the parents. She's obviously been watching too many gardening shows.
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I adore these girls. When they win a Nobel Prize in biochemistry you can say you knew them when they were getting snails stuck up their noses on the playground.
ReplyDeleteA snail. In her nose. Must have been a small snail. Or a big nose!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Kids!
That's when the advice to sit back and blow is most handy. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteI stuck a bean up my nose once...lol
ReplyDeleteeewwwhheee!! i just hope that the said snails never make it to my yummy serving of escargot that i enjoy every once in a blue moon.
ReplyDeleteOne of my brothers got a tiny sweet tart stuck in his nose once. Being the wonderful big sister that I am, I NEVER let him forget it! Now I just have to remember which one it was! Little kids are AWESOME!! Its when they're teenagers they start being brats!
ReplyDeleteAck!
ReplyDeleteI had to take my kid to the ER once because she stuffed a mint leaf up her nose.
Ha! Too funny!
ReplyDeleteThat is nasty! I bet the little lass doesn't do THAT again.... at least I hope not.
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Oh yuck! but still LMAO!!!!
ReplyDeleteIn your line of work, every day is different that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteYeah... just another typical day on the playground!
ReplyDeleteA whole new meaning to escargot.
ReplyDeleteI stopped by for a drink.. but holy cow.. your bar has grown and is so full.. I can't wait.. I need a drink... and I would settle for vodka.. but I prefer gin..
ReplyDeleteWow.
ReplyDeleteDisgusto-rama! I could see this becoming a whole new "foodie fad"...runny escargot!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by our table!
It was nice to have you!
~kristin and chris ann
You just deal with it,though, don't you?
ReplyDeleteAnd then run home and post about it.
Now I am sufficiently grossed out too. Yuck!
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for the poor snail. Can you imagine how scared that poor creature must have been?
ReplyDeleteNo snails(my brother would collect them and put them in bed with me after I went to sleep. I'm sure Ma needed a LOT of valium for the screams that ensued.)
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the 70's and have to admit to putting a glass bead up my nose. (Remember the glass bead curtains?) My sister was babysitting and I thought she was going to lose her mind. Hee hee.
She called Mom(A nurse)and she rushed from work, had these long tweezers, and rolled her eyes at me. When she took out the bead she spanked me and sent me to my room :)
Years later came my nephews. Karma is truly evil. My nephews terrified me OFTEN with snail and nose situations.
They have creative minds the likes of which I have never seen. I feel your pain. (I was also a preschool teacher in another lifetime so...yep.)
Lol...ugh..snails...
Pfffft! Kids never change. I knew a boy who ate a slug. Just picked it up off the ground and ate it. Blah.
ReplyDeletekids are so gross. remind me never to have kids. crap. too late.
ReplyDeleteWild Child beat me to it!! Good one VodkaMom. Keep at it.
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