I used to hate blowing my nose, so in order to get me to do it, my mom told me that my boogers were alive and screaming to get out. That explained the whistle sound my nose had when it was stuffed.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- One day i told my mom that i wouldnt pick my nose until the boogers made it look like i was a walrus— Lotta Thang
- I used to think there were little booger factories in your nose that made boogers.— Melith
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- Boogers came from magical booger fairies that mined them over night and put them in your nose in the morning.— Vivian
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf