My Grandma...

...has a favourite past time. She doesn't do much in a day. Most of the time, she sits in front of the tv watching any Astro chinese channel. When she does, she'll pick her nose. She starts picking with her last finger of one hand, and then will change to the other. It's like how some of us tend to get restless just idling in front of the teevee and we may file our nails, check our emails, etc. while the 3rd repeat episode of CSI plays on tv. She picks her nose. 

This started in one of her earlier stays at our place. I think she saw the maid cleaning her nose during one of those afternoons in front of the tv and decided to give it a try herself. She's been unstoppable ever since and it's now a bad habit. We've all tried different methods to get her to stop - threatening  her with a visit to the doctor's, buying her a nasal spray, telling her that she'll damage her nose have all been to no avail. 

And watching her do it, is strangely addictive. It's hard to avert my eyes from her when she's doing it.... somewhat akin to watching a freak show. 

The other day, someone caught her putting what she dug out of her nose into her mouth.