Calling all medical personages.
Having been laid up with flu all week and with too much time on my hands I thought I'd ask the question.....what use is there for snot?
I've produced bucket loads of the stuff in this last week, there must be a reason for it!!!
Is there such a thing as a snot gland?
One minute its running freely the next its clogging up the system and you can't get shot of it.
Am I missing something - does it serve any function?

Its purpose in life is to block dust, germs & pollen to stop them getting into your lungs, we actually produce a cupful of nasal mucus every day and much of it ends up getting swallowed!

Hope that helps.

I demand a second opinion

A cupful.......more like a bucketful atm

I feel sick

So at what point does it decide to turn solid instead of running like a tap?

I seem to do well avoiding coughs and colds because of all the spicy food I eat, along with loads of garlic and chilli and stuff...
however I still seem to produce loads of nose puke

The curry theory is a good one and I have subsribed to it for many a long year, I usually attack a cold with a rogan josh and sweat the germs from my system. The flu is different tho and sweating don't cure it.
I've been stuck in the house for a week now and haven't been able to get to the chemist, the paracetamol have run out, I'm down to my last lemsip, I just raided the bairns calpol melts (they are truly discusting) am gonna lamb buna a takeaway tonight as a kill or cure last resort.

It's sole purpose at the Tech was to wipe it on the First Year's jackets.

lamb bhuna?

yep thats the feller....usually I have a keema bhuna but gonna try the lamb tonight.

our kid always had a snotty nose when he was younger,he used to use it as a glue to stick things in a scrapbook or make things out of paper