On 2021-04-16 1:47 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 12:59:20 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:

>> I remember getting hankerchiefs for Christmas from my father's old maid
>> aunts. It was nice of them to remember us, but paper tissue had been
>> invemted. The idea of blowing my nose and then wadding it up in a snotty
>> old rag was repulsive to me even when I was a kid. Once in a while I
>> see someone using one in public and I have to admit that it grosses me
>> out.... not using the hankie, but shoving it back into their pocket.
>
> My husband uses handkerchiefs (bandannas, actually). It's just snot. We're
> not talking nuclear waste or anything.
>
>

Oh, like there is a difference?