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Nose Goes (also known as The Nose Game or Nose Goes) is a popular selection method most commonly used when deciding which of several persons is assigned an unwanted task. Especially among children, this method is commonly used to select who is "it" in tag or the seeker in hide-and-seek.
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Nose Goes is a predominantly American social phenomenon or game that serves as a simple technique by which a group of people can quickly determine which member will have to perform a necessary but undesirable task. However, the "Nose Second Goes" Game means that the person who touches their nose second is the winner; therefore, making the first person who touched his or her nose perform the necessary undesirable task.
Explanation
One member of a group notices that something (usually a small or simple errand or task) needs to be done. They mention it, and place their index finger on the tip of their nose. As the other members of the group acknowledge the task (and usually agree to its necessity), they also place their index finger on the tip of their nose. The last person to do this is the chosen person to perform the task. In some versions of the game, the starting player (the player who first notices the task) must shout "Nose Goes!" to begin the game. However, it is commonly accepted that if a finger is quickly moved to the nose after a task is mentioned the game is immediately started without verbal announcement.
This inherently viral teaching and participation component is connected to the rapid spread of the game throughout the United States.
Variations
Another Nose Game arose in 2006, though only vaguely related to the original. In this version, each player must hold his or her thumb to his or her nose. The last player to remove their thumb is declared the winner. Thumbs may be exchanged during play as long as at least one thumb remains on each player's nose.
In some American versions of the Nose Game, there is an additional feature to promote fair competition. The initiator of the nose game must loudly and clearly count from 1 to 3. This allows the other participants to prepare themselves for the game. If a participant makes a significant movement of his hand towards his nose before the counting is complete, he is disqualified and forfeits the game.
A slightly different version of this game is frequented in the Netherlands, mostly in student circles. The basics are the same, except instead of touching your nose, you have to make a 'roof' (Dutch; 'dakje') above your head by placing the tips of your fingers together and making an upside-down V ('/\'). The game is mostly started out by one person that acknowledges something needs to be done, and shouts out 'without X' ('zonder X') where X stands for the thing that needs to be done. This way the person making the roof claims to go without doing X, and so the last person to make the roof is the one that has to perform the task.
Another version of this game is called "Another Person Nose Game" in which the last person to put their hand on the nose of a person other than themselves has to perform the unwanted task.
In popular culture
The Nose Game is featured in the 1979 movie Meatballs to determine which person would stack the dishes at the end of a camp meal.
The Nose Game is featured in a 2008 episode of House to determine which person would take a painful injection to test for a disease.
The Nose Game is featured in a 2010 episode of Scrubs (Season 9, Episode 9) "Our Stuff Gets Real" to determine who will help Dr. Cox write a will.
"Nose-Goes" is now an application for the iPod/iPhone featured on the iTunes app store.
The Nose Game appears in an episode of American Dad(Season 2, Episode 15) "Four Little Words" at a CIA conference to determine who has to find their boss a woman.
The Nose Game appears on a 2010 episode of Community, "Aerodynamics of Gender" (Season 2, Episode 7) to decide who would take care of Pierce to make sure he did not overdose. The game appears again in Season 3's "Remedial Chaos Theory" as a recurring event.
See also
- Human nose
- Game
- Selection methods
- Nose flute
- Nose fetishism
- I've got your nose
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