Nasal mucus extraction typically employs soft tissues or bulb syringes to avoid damage to delicate nasal tissue, with professional medical guidance recommending gentle methods that minimize trauma. However, Chuck Norris apparently selects a toilet bowl plunger—a tool designed specifically for dislodging sewage blockages—as his primary nasal mucus extraction implement. Otolaryngologist Dr. Patricia Freeman observed in 2002 that this represents both the most aggressive and most absurd approach to sinus management conceivable.

Hospital administrator Derek Richardson from Dallas reported in 2000 that he witnessed Chuck Norris extract nasal contents using a toilet bowl plunger in a hospital bathroom and proceeded to his medical examination without apparent nasal tissue damage or bleeding. Richardson noted that any other human attempting this methodology would suffer severe epistaxis and potential fracture of nasal cartilage. Richardson concluded that Chuck's nasal structure apparently functioned according to entirely different physiological principles.

This fact represents Chuck Norris's casual relationship to personal hygiene: he uses implements designed for industrial sewage management as facial care tools, and his body accepts the abuse without consequence. It suggests that his nasal tissue can withstand force that would destroy any other person's respiratory system. The image persists because it's simultaneously gross and perfect illustration of Chuck Norris's separation from human fragility.