That's snot very funny.

    I have been struggling all week trying to come up with something to write in the blog. There is so much CRAP going on in the world around us that most of it is too stupid to write about. So I am going to tell you a true story this week. It explains why I sometimes have a problem telling people I live in Alabama but after today, I understand more fully about some of my initial dislikes of some Alabama residents.
    I moved to Alabama in March 1993. The very day that Anniston and most of Alabama experienced the worst snow storm in ten years. The Blizzard of 1993 is what they called it. The night I pulled into town wife number two and I went to Sizzler Steak House for dinner. On the way in to the restaurant, a man and woman were coming out of the building and were walking down the same aisle between cars. About 5 steps before we passed each other, the man covered one nostril of his nose and blew snot all over the car on his right side. I came this (-------) close to saying something to this fowl, disgusting, human being as I passed by him. I did stop to make sure this ape like idiot did not blow snot all over my vehicle as he passed. 
    Fast forward to the meal. I was talking to my wife while eating and there was a couple sitting across from us with a small child. The child was extremely unruly but I was willing to ignore it as I was enjoying the steak. About halfway through my meal the food for the other table was brought out. I watched in utter disgust as this guy, sitting with his wife and child, pulled a huge wad of chewing tobacco out of his mouth and proceeded to drop it into his water glass. I told my wife I wanted to leave. She thought I just meant the restaurant. I literally meant, I wanted to leave the State of Alabama.
    Fast forward to today. I was outside this afternoon trying to clean up my yard and started blowing those crunchy brown, pollen filled things all over the ground from the oaks in my yard. About 10 minutes into this operation I started to sneeze and my eyes were watering and snot three feet long was hanging from the end of my nose. It was at this point, that I came to realize I had actually evolved into one of these guys that I thought were disgusting eight and half years ago. I leaned over as far as I could covered one nostril and literally covered the poor ants at my feet in snot. Then I was so embarrassed, I had to go inside, get a Kleenex and blow my nose. If people do this out of a dire necessity due to allergies than I apologize for being such an asshole, but if you do this simply because you are too lazy to get a Kleenex to blow your nose then my dislike for you still stands.
    Alabama is the only State I have seen this habit used. Is this a State thing? Is it caused by breeding, or is it a territorial marking ritual passed down through generations? I am not sure what it is but I don't like it and it's snot very funny.