Nose-blowing description

[allergyboy2001]

From:

Genius without Genius: The Autobiography of John Franklin, Vol 1: Childhood Through 'The Music Days', June 22, 2008

P.27 Description of his father, an engineer:

He would complete his morning ablutions by blowing his nose, which he did in a manner that

was all business: instead of using just one hand, as I did, and squeezing the hanky around the nos-

trils, he used two hands, in a way that I could never duplicate, holding the sides of the hanky

against the side of his nose. Whenever I tried it that way, the snot would fall right through the

opening between the two sides. He would give a sharp blast, maybe some shorter ones, then

shake his head from side to side a few quick times in the handkerchief, then smartly remove the

handkerchief, wad it, and looking off into the distance put it into his back pocket.

[shy guy]

Perhaps the most beautifully written description of handkerchief use I have ever come across. Thanks for sharing!