Nope, that wasn't a figurative thing; it was quite literal. I use a neti pot, and in case you don't know what that is it's a teapot sort of thing that you fill with a warm saline solution then stick up your nose and run the solution through your nasal passages. Once you've rinsed you have to expel the rest of the solution, along with any mucus, by blowing vigorously over the sink and then, as flow slows down, into a tissue. Usually it doesn't take that long. A few blows, a wipe, a few more blows and voila! clear nasal passages. (Amazingly clear. If you don't use one I highly recommend that you at least give it a shot.) So I finish up blowing and wiping and breathing and wiping and one last blow just to be sure. I then made myself a cup of tea and went back into the living room. As I sat down in my chair, leaning to the left to set down my tea, my nose drained at least an ounce of fluid out. So here I am, tea still in one hand, half poised over the chair, and trying not to drop myself or my tea as I desperately try to cup my other hand under my nose before saline and snot not only puddle on the arm of my chair, but dribble destructively into the vents of my laptop.
Well, I guess I didn't say I had important things to say.
