The Official Rules for "Nose Goes"
If your friend says, "Well, someone should clean up this mess," and quickly puts his finger to his nose, you should too, as he is playing the popular game of "nose goes". The last person to touch the tip of his or her nose is the person does the outlined task.

What tasks are too extreme, or what happens if two people don't play? This page will try to answer all of your questions and make the fair game for all.

The Golden Rules:

  1. The Nosegozer must present a topic which he believes is undesirable to the entire party. For example, even though people may enjoy seeing a dry-ice bomb go off, no one wants to be the one who caps it. This is a nose goes situation.
  2. The maximum time limit for the activity is 30min for only the most extreme cases. the average nose goes may take 2 or 3 minutes to complete, if not less. An extreme case usually involves clean-up (ie. after a massive party or explosion of household appliances).
  3. The task must be relevant to the entire nose goes group. If necessary, the nose goes group can be reduced in size to encompass only those that the task applies to. For the task to be considered relevant, it must satisfy the following conditions:
    • Everyone in the group must be capable of performing the task. If someone does not have the equipment necessary or is physically incapable of performing a task, they are exempt.
    • Everyone must have been similarly involved in the events that led up to the nose goes proposition. Although a person may longer be participating in the original conversation, if they are are still part of the larger group, they are still subject to the rules of nose goes.
  4. The task must be something that everyone in the group wants to see happen.
  5. The task cannot pose an unacceptable risk to your, nor anyone else's well-being.
  6. No money or personal property can be taken without the owners consent through nose goes.

Rules Regarding Participants:

  • All persons must hold some level of participation, whether it be in the discussion, activity, or group interest. Even though a person may have started another conversation, if they are are still considered part of the larger group, they are still subject to the rules of nose goes. For example
  • Each task can only be tried once, unless the topic is deemed to be in violation of the rules. in which case a revised statement can be immediately posed again.
  • If a person's hands are bound or otherwise obstructed from reaching their nose, the rules still apply. In addition, your own finger must touch your own nose - touching another person's nose does not count for you or them.
  • There must be more than two people involved.
  • 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.
  • An optional extension used in many advanced nose goes communities is the reload round. If more than one person touches their nose at the same time, or in the event that there is no clear loser to nose goes, the Reload Round commences. Someone, usually the clear winner from the previous round, shouts "Reload!" or "Banana!". Then the remaining challengers must quickly tap their foot and then touch their nose with the same hand, essentially creating a new nose goes round.

    • Typically, nosegoes is started with one of the following phrases: "Someone should...", "Nose goes for...", "Who is going to...". Often, just 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."

    • Only small personal favors

    If you think it is too extreme, check the platinum rules

    The nosegozer is usually exempt from the topic at hand, unless he misses the touch or violates another rule of nose goes.

    A person who chronically refuses to play nose goes, also known as the "Carpetbagger"(cheese-eating snot monkeys), is shunned by all of his peers. The (CESM)Carpetbagger frequently is pushed into exile after loosing all of his friends and

    A person who abuses Nose Goes (Danny)

    All persons involved must be physically capable of hearing the nose goes (ie. in audible and visual range).

    A person who senses a nose goes and vacates the area to escape eye contact is called a

    At any point in time, an individual in a group may state,
    "Well, someone should..."
    From the moment when the statement begins, the last person to put their finger to the tip of their nose must do the outlined task. For example, "Well, someone should ask her how old she is."
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