Can you close your nose without holding it ? i.e. block it without using your fingers or doing anything other than just...blocking it, so that you can't smell through it, breath through it etc. The same sort of action as swallowing or breathing, that you can't describe - you just DO it.
My whole family can do it as well as a couple of friends (that I know of) and I always thought everyone could until someone looked at me like I was talking craaaazy when I mentioned it somehow.
My boyfriend also thinks I'm loopy, so I said I'd do a survey.
Can most people do it or not?
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No, it's not just holding your breath - you can still breath through your mouth. And it definitely doesn't hurt!
2007-12-07 02:03:48 · 11 answers · asked by nectarine head 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Thanks all.
Results: 8 Yes
9 No
4 kindofs
I will have to pursue this further...
2007-12-07 02:14:41 · update #1
Make that 10 no and 9 yes.......iiiiiinteresting....
2007-12-07 02:20:16 · update #2
I can, but I have a few friends who claim they can't. I'm not sure if it's because they physically can't, or they just don't know how. It is exactly as you described. Most useful when underwater, but don't turn upside down!
2007-12-07 02:06:59 · answer #1 · answered by Nénuphar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it's like you just close it off, it kinda feels like you do it from the top (inside) of your mouth. I just realized that if you put the tip of your tongue all the way back in the top of your mouth as far back as you can, when you close your nose off you can feel the top of your pallet go up...never noticed before.
I think everyone can do it...you have to do it to scratch your throat don't you?? Most ppl do it when they laugh at someone (make that Khmmmm sound)
2007-12-07 02:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by buckshotbullies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just breathe through my mouth and not out my nose so smells don't bother me. It's not really "closing" it though.
2007-12-07 02:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can do it if I inhale through my nose, because it brings my nostrils further in..but then again, thats part of breathing..so..no
2007-12-07 02:06:52 · answer #4 · answered by mrr86 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I can do that, and so can everyone else on my swim team. The odd thing is though, Nobody I know except my fellow swim-teamers can do it.
2007-12-07 02:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by :( 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i can, and I'm not part of any swim team or anything. I don't do it often but yeah, its definitely possible
2007-12-07 03:20:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I use this built in feature when taking medicine or avoiding an ordor ll!!!
2007-12-07 02:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by char__c is a good cooker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-12-07 02:06:51 · answer #8 · answered by flikapotamus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"loopy" doesn't even begin to adequately describe you
2007-12-07 02:06:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i could when i was a kid but i cant anymore
2007-12-07 02:07:48 · answer #10 · answered by lily m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋