The Official Rules for "Nose Goes"

If your friend says, "Well, someone should clean up this mess," then quickly puts his finger to his nose he is likely playing the popular game of "nose goes". The last person to touch the tip of his or her nose must do the task at hand.

What tasks are too extreme, or what happens in the event of a tie? This page will try to answer all of your questions and make the game fair for all.

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The Golden Rules:

  1. The last member of the group to touch their finger to the tip of their nose must perform the task at hand.
  2. Three is the minimum group size for a regulation game.
  3. All parties involved must be within visual and audible range.
  4. The topic at hand must be undesirable to the entire party.
  5. No money or personal property may exchange hands as a result of nose goes.
  6. If a person's hands are bound or otherwise obstructed from reaching their nose, the rules still apply.
  7. Your own finger must touch your own nose.
  8. Everyone in the group must be capable of performing the task.

In the Event of a Tie:

An optional extension used in many advanced nose goes communities is the reload round. In the event that there is no clear loser to nose goes, the Reload Round commences. Someone shouts "Reload!" and the entire group must quickly tap their foot then touch their nose with the same hand creating a new nose goes round. Additional reload rounds may be required in the event of multiple complications or ties.

Embarrassing Failures:


Invalid Move
If you miss the tip of your nose, or touch any other body part instead of your nose, you lose. Your finger must touch the tip of your nose.

Starting the Game:

Although there is no need for any verbal communication to start a round, typically nosegoes is started with one of the following phrases: "Someone should...", "Nose goes for...", "Who is going to...". Often, the statement of the problem is enough to start a game of nose goes, "Boy, this kitchen is dirty."

History:

Not a lot is known about the history of nosegoes. We know there is a drinking game in which the rules read, "touch your nose, last person that does has to drink one." Most likely a genius transformed the drinking game into a game of everyday use.

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