a description of a 'big nose' is often the clincher

yes! and you know, i've never understood that. honestly, mulder's nose doesn't seem that big to me. it's not a 'beak', and it's not mountainous. i'm not arguing it isn't somewhat larger than average, but it's nothing i would personally use to describe him to someone who had never seen him. also, people always seem to be saying that scully's nose is also quite large, which i don't see either. scully's nose is certainly unusual. but her nose is wonderfully narrow and even when i see her in profile, i don't find myself thinking about her nose being bigger than the usual. perhaps i have skewed nose expectations?

anyway, nose rant finished. *g*