Where, typically, do you pick your nose (bathroom, ear, kitchen...)?

Fortunately, only one person, a 22-year-old woman who writes that she "revels" in bodily functions, mentions "kitchen" as one of her favorite hunting grounds. The rest of us favor, in descending order, the bathroom, the car, the bedroom, bed itself, our homes, our desks at work, the living room, the shower, in front of the television, and on public transportation, the library, outside, the elevator, and on bicycle. 18% answer that they'll pick anywhere at all, 10% say they'll do it anywhere they have privacy, and a thrill-seeking 4% do it anywhere they feel no one is looking. Women and men tend to pick different places. Women more often favor bedrooms and bathrooms, while men are more likely to pick in cars or anywhere at all.

Several respondents say they pick their noses in bed before going to sleep, and one undoubtedly large-boogered woman explains that she has trouble breathing if she doesn't. A polite but troubled 26 year-old man who seeks privacy when picking writes, "Sometimes, in the presence of others, the feeling in my nose makes me wonder whether I have picked in public." A 35 year-old male musician explains that he picks his nose "when pretty girls aren't looking." Meanwhile, with refreshingly pure consumerist zeal, a mother of two writes, "I pick my nose in the bathroom--my brand of toilet paper is softer than most Kleenex." 4% of the sample claim they don't pick their noses at all.