Philol said:
disgusting, feels strange, and you go through tissues every few minutes.
Some people pay good money for websites that do this.
I much prefer blocked, because I'm a bit of a mouth-breather myself. This morning my nose was blocked + drippy, and I had no tissues, and the bus was quite crowded. I couldn't sniff it back up, because the nasal passage itself was blocked, and I got that cold, tickly sensation around my left nostril for half an hour. Previous experience has taught me that wiping your nose on the back of your hand when it does this is ill-advised, because then you get the 'string' as you withdraw your hand. I was trying to read my book, and had my palm ensconced 'pon th'offending nostril, terrified of withdrawing it in case the liquid nose juice decided to spider-thread between the nostril and anti-palm of my hand. I ended up fishing a receipt out of my wallet and quashing the damp foe with that. But still, very uncomfortable.
At least with a blocked nose it is the passage itself that has closed up, rather than proliferated snot, which can be very drippy and embarrassing in public places if you're not equipped to deal with it.