Human bodies are not absolutely symmetrical, you can write whether with left or right hand (may be both) hands. Same thing I have with my nostrils. One of it is stronger and can take much more snuff than the weaker one. Have You guys ever had such a trouble? May be I can train it somehow?

I usually pinch with my right hand for both nostrils, but I can use my left. It takes some practice, but using your different hands for your different nostrils can help get it right. Experiment a bit!

I have a shattered left eye socket that enters the sinus (rugby injury) so i rarely snuff on my left side. probably nothing would happen, but i am hyper-paranoid that i will get a sinus infection that will eat my eyeball. My right side rarely burns no matter what the snuff is, but the left…oh the pain when i do!

I’ve had 3 broken noses and can lay my septum flat on it’s side. The only way I can get snuff into it is if I completely block the other nostril and sniff very, very hard. I can’t wait to get my nose fixed. It will change my entire snuffing experience.

@azopus Are you going to insufflate your left nostril with your right hand and the right with your left? Well, there are some Yoga techniques that would be useful training for snuff takers. I have also found that the circular breathing techniques as used in instruments such as the didgeridoo and the flute have also helped my snuffing as well as pipe smoking enjoyment. Just remember that whatever you do, how you do it IS your training.

My left nostril usually take snuff much easier than my right… But when I use a neti pot, the flow is better coming out of my right nostril than my left. As far as handedness, i use right hand for bringing pinches to both nostrils.

I’m ambidexterous. Well… technically, I’m a lefty who was forced to become a righty. As for the nostrils… To the best of my knowledge the nostrils trade off. One will have a greater intake capacity for a while and then the other will take over. For the most part my left nostril is freer but, my right nostril takes over as master for about 20% of the time. Let’s see if anybody else will confirm my observation.

I favor snuffing with my left box car and pinching with my right hand. the left side hole can take the finer snuff better and the right side is where my eye waters most often.Don’t know why the action is the same

This may be the answer you are looking for. Which is completely in-tune with what @howdydave is saying. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/03/about-85-of-people-only-breathe-out-of-one-nostril-at-a-time/

@oilmaster That is some valuable information. Can we say now, knowing about erectile tissue in the nose, that menthol snuffs give our noses boners?

@Juxtaposer Hahahahahaha! “Nose boners”…Hilarious!

i hate it when i get a nose boner while out in public!

Is that snuff in your nose, or are you just happy to see me?

nice!

It isn’t the nose boner what I’m worried about in public, it’s the climax.

So… That puts a whole new spin on picking our noses…

prana

@oilmaster That is some valuable information. Can we say now, knowing about erectile tissue in the nose, that menthol snuffs give our noses boners?

This explains why I get clogged up so violentily.

Just like @Dogwallast I have had my nose broken a few times but my dad taught me how to set it. One side might be able to snuff more but the other side can identify better if that makes sense

Political leanings have nothing to do with snuff. A snuffer not only is no more or less likeily to be liberal or conservative, neither is going to derive a greater pleasure from snuff.

I dunno what people are saying about taking snuff with different hands, but I definitely use my table and make lines and then snort it. It damn burns and after trying some Toque it blew my head, cuz german Poschl was much easier to take (due to its moisture I guess), after that accident when I sniffed same large line of Toque as I used to sniff Poschl, my nostrils changed and they can’t take same amount anymore.

@azopus Perhaps the change is a survival mechanism.

Buh… @azopus , i couldnt imagine doin lines of snuff … way to hardcore for me… i get a pinch or boxcar to far back in mah nose and my eyes feeks like its gona burst … but like many have said, to each his own lol :-bd

A boner every 4 hours. Yeah, that’s about right.

@dvsfaust It’s not really hard core, it’s just another method of taking snuff. You can get the same front-of-the-nose placement that you can with other methods. It takes some practice like it does with other methods, but I think it’s quite enjoyable. We accept him! We accept him! One of us! One of us! Gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble! Edit: Please tell me I’m not the only one that has seen Freaks (1932)

Dont think i could ever master that method :(|) i sometimes put my index and thumb together like im taking a pinch, but i tap the snuff on top of them, filling the little ditch thats formed, work great for me.

@Dogwalla but do you remember The Human Worm rolling his own smokes using only his lips? It was like in the first five seconds of the film!

@Zimobog That would be an awesome way to get free drinks at a bar. Hmmmm…I may have to study that little piece

I almost forgot about that film. I saw it when i was in my 20’s…didnt quite know what to think about it at the time hahaha! Is it on Netflix? I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.

Saddest thing about that movie: all the stars were gainfully employed (Hans was actually wealthy) despite their disadvantages. The movie raised such an awareness and made average folk so uncomfortable about public display of deformity that many locales outlawed “freak shows” and also outlawed the movie… The stars found themselves unable to find an such large crowds for their shows.

Just looked, not avail for streaming on netflix, but maybe if you have the dvd option…

I looked on Netflix before seeing your response, @Mr_O. I dont have the DVD option. Boo.

I do believe it’s public domain now. http://archive.org/details/freaks1932

Awesome! Great job @Dogwalla!

Cool! Thanks for finding that, @Dogwalla!

Neato! I like some vintage films now and then…“The Wasp Woman”~ anyone?

@Mr_O haven’t seen that one but it doesn’t suprise me that snuff takers might be into old films, right?

Yeah, you just might hear about some obscure stuff around here.