Snot in Prince GeorgeThe skill

The skill with which a pedestrian we passed in Prince George could propel a bolus of snot through the air and onto the sidewalk without a dangling sticky element clinging to the finger or face filled Joan with awe, the first and possibly the only time she had never seen such an act. The mechanics;  blocking one nostril completely with the index finger, the thumb and rest of the fingers out of the way of the projectile  in an almost graceful fashion, the shotgun violence produced by harmony of the gun-barrel nasopharynx and the explosive chest wall and diaphagm gave rise to a new form of artistry.
    We were passing through Prince George in 1958 for the first time on our way west to Vanderhoof, naive and untested in the north, our Keenex at the ready. but the consummate skill of the pedestrian's naked finger nose romance has always remained as her lasting vivid and sole recall of Prince George. The skillful management of naked nose blowing without contamination of nose and hand, is not, if you will pardon the expression, to be sneezed at.
       I don't say this skill is probably confined to Prince George but it was impressive. There were a lot of lesser towns in the area but at that time they may have only perfected low level projectile spitting without getting remnants on the chin.There is a lot to be admired about in the North