Xena said:Moomum said:People who blow their noses at the dinner table I really do NOT want to hear the contents of their head piling into a tissue whilst I'm eating
Sorry, but I can never understand this. Would you rather that somebody who has a runny nose just sits there with it dripping into their dinner? If someone has a cold, their nose is going to run a lot - it's not practical to expect them to leave the table every time they feel it running - they'd never get to eat their dinner!
Hot soup or spicy food makes my nose run - so I blow my nose if it's running - I'm not ashamed I'd rather blow it than eat my own snot.
Surely a discreet wipe is all that is needed, not a full head emptying blow out!! urghhhh!! I wouldn't dream of putting my fellow diners through that!! Baked beans might give me wind too, but there's no way I'd sit there, fart, and expect everyone else to breath in the fumes from my guts!!