Hoping to achieve the national obsession with pointy-shaped noses, a 3-year-old girl in Buriram province stuffed a squid shell she found on the dinner table up her nose.
The damage was discovered yesterday when the girl’s mother, Nongnapat Krajangsai, shined a light in her daughter’s nose after the child had been suffering from congestion and discovered the shell jammed in her nasal passage.
She used pliers to remove the blood-stained shell, which she believes her daughter must have found at a Jan. 10 house party when they barbecued squid.
Asked why she did it, the 3-year-old said she wanted to have a pointy nose. Nongnapat said she doesn’t know where the toddler got the idea, Thai News Agency reported.
Before they start earning grades, children in Thailand are routinely criticized about their noses. Many Thai parents squeeze their children’s noses in the belief the shape would be more pointy.
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