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  • I’m a big fan of South African comic strip The Western Nostril, which is unapologetic in its punniness and use of wordplay.

    The Western Nostril: Now in Book Form « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog 2008

  • A Nostril Audience Three years ago, Dr. Solomon retired from her Columbia, Mo., practice and wanted to grow the side business, but wouldn't be able to do it without taking her message public through commercials and Web videos.

    The Art of Selling a Yucky Product Colleen DeBaise 2011

  • Nostril Bird by John Kessel feels surreal at first but it soon develops into a philosophical rollercoaster where abstract concepts are given concrete shape and form as only science fiction can accomplish.

    REVIEW: The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel 2009

  • Just imagine the timelessness of a book entitled, "Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets."

    Mature Audiences Only 2007

  • Hey … OMG i was terrified when Eton road were in the bottom three, i really thought Simon would keep Nostril Singing Robert, but thank God he got rid of him … I dont like ben, good singer though!!!

    X Factor Betting Odds: Eton Road, Leona & Ben 2006

  • Once in a while, ole Nostril would take it in his teeny brain and toss another one of you into the snake pit and that was about it.

    Undead and Unworthy Davidson, MaryJanice 2008

  • In this sixth volume of Dav Pilkey's bestselling and subversive kids series (some libraries have banned it), "Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part I: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets," fourth graders George and Harold are once again in big trouble.

    Books: This Ain't Harry P! 2008

  • It is my fervent desire that my grandchildren shall never have to suffer the debilitating effects of such afflictions as Penny Farthing Knee, Ocular Monocle-Spasm, Pantaloon Fever, Magillicutty's Syndrome, Whistler's Nostril, Gentleman's Deflation, Whooping Moustache, and Wind.

    Bunsen's Balderdash! 2008

  • It is my fervent desire that my grandchildren shall never have to suffer the debilitating effects of such afflictions as Penny Farthing Knee, Ocular Monocle-Spasm, Pantaloon Fever, Magillicutty's Syndrome, Whistler's Nostril, Gentleman's Deflation, Whooping Moustache, and Wind.

    Bunsen's Balderdash! 2008

  • I stared after the girl until she had disappeared through the back door of Pemberly, the tiff with Missy the Nostril Girl forgotten.

    INNER CIRCLE KATE BRAIN 2007

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