Worried for your safety

velocity boy [quote]Soweto888 When I got to my accommodation on Monday, I shut the door behind me and put on the kettle. I was pretty sure I was safe from the traffic, but then I discovered that I could make my hanky go black by blowing my nose... Now that can't be good, can it?

That wasn't the traffic. You went on the tube too didn't you. Northern Line by any chance?

The black snot is the dirt and grime that you breathe in travelling underground, not the stuff that you breathe in when you're on the streets above.[/quote]

Mostly the Central Line, to be honest, although I was on the Northern Line on the first and worst day. By Wednesday I'd had quite enough of the tube's spacious carriages and friendly, polite passengers. I opted to wear out some shoe leather and walked about for the whole day instead. I still had the black hanky at the end of it. I dunno, maybe I need to clip my nasal hair less. :-P