The Perfect Pick for your Nose

remember when you were a kid and you loved shoving things up your nose? Well now you have a chance to relive those glorious days. I had no idea that there was a huge market for nose filter inserts! Just look at a couple of these different models!

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The people on the boxes look so happy with their nose plugged up with these nose "filters". The sad thing is, the plugs really aren't as inconspicuous as the packaging would have you think. You can never be too careful with things like pollen, smog, and toxic fumes, I guess. A Japanese company called Bio-Pit makes these next two models of nasal filters.

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In fact if you go to their website, they even have a delightful little instructional video about how to insert these little wonders. You can watch it at your own risk.

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Don't they look comfy? These filters made by SuperMask are like little screen doors that you put up your nose. They're made of really fine mesh that is supposed to be flexible enough that you can't feel it up your nose at all. Am I the only one that finds that hard to believe?

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These next nosal inserts were invented by David Foggia of Oregon in 2007. At the time they were sold as inserts designed to keep out stinky odors, but now the company is lobbying for approval from the FDA to put things like vaccines on the fluffy inserts. Can you imagine taking your H1N1 vaccine via mini pom poms connected to fishing line? Are you scared yet?

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I bet you had no idea you had so many options when it came to stuffing things up your nose!