Snot

It's not even winter yet, but my kids are producing enough snot right now that Kleenex had to hire an additional 200 employees to keep up with production. Who said the economy is bad?  Just apply at the Kleenex Corporation and I'll make sure you have a job for years to come.  BTW, if your easily rattled reading about snot, then please stop here - especially if you're eating.  I'm assuming if you're reading this blog, however, in the Family Ties group, then I'm sure you can relate.

After wiping my 2 year old son's and my 1 yr old daughter's nose for the, what seems like, 100th time today, I asked my wife,  "Why can't somebody come up with a way to use this stuff for something useful"?

My brilliant ideas:

1. Fuel - Just think if we could power vehicles and heat homes with the stuff.  Wow, I know we'd be rich (No more crawlspaces for me!).  We could set up snot pumps in the front yard and have our own station.  SUV's, no problem, the bigger the better, we have an endless surplus here.  Worried about gas prices this winter for heating?  If snot was used, I could heat every home in a 10 mile radius of our home at a fraction of the cost.  Heck, I'd even give it away.

2.  Laundry detergent - By the end of the day, there is so much snot on their clothes, they're already pre-treated for wash day. Just think, if you have kids, you never would have to buy Tide again. Imagine the savings. 

3.  Concrete - Once it hardens, it's almost as hard as concrete. We usually have to break it away from their faces with a hammer & chisel when it's there too long. I could probably supply enough in one winter for all the sidewalks in our city.

4.  WD-40 - The only hard part is the application part.  In our household, however, we already have that solved.  We just hold a kid up to that squeaky door hinge and make them sneeze, or to the bike chain, you get the drift.

O.k. I'll stop now.  If you have any other useful ideas for the stuff let me know.  Our suppliers:

BTW, No comments regarding the Wolverines, we're hurting enough, unless your a Wisconsin fan.