Runny nose? Allergies, or a head cold you can’t shake keeping you down? What do you do? Most of us can’t afford to run off to see a doctor for a case of the sniffles, and most of those who can don’t bother with doctors – not when they have their old granny’s home remedy.

Oh, of course you have home remedies. Everybody does. My mom used to stir yellow mustard into chicken broth to help clear sinuses, and I still use that one. It’s effective and tasty, even when you can’t taste much of anything. My great grandmother would put kerosene into a bleeding cut and light it to stop the bleeding. That one’s insane, and I do not use or endorse it. What can I say? Gramma Emma was hardcore.

Buster Brands nasal and allergy sprays are hosting a contest involving home remedies, and it’s Snot Your Average Contest. (That’s so not my fault, they actually call it that.)

Send them your wackiest, craziest home remedy, and you could win a 32gb iPod Touch – and everybody whose entry makes it to the consideration stage will get a free sample of Buster Brands nasal or allergy spray, just for entering!

The contest ends on August 3rd, so get to it!

Oh, one more thing. You can also browse through the other contestant’s entries, and see what sort of home remedies they use! Some of them are absolutely hilarious, and some of them are horrifying!