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Jul 19 '08 by heyheyitsme

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Spitting in Public

Why do men do it??

I was sitting at an event tonight watching people go by and counted 5 different guys during the evening suddenly propelling a gob of spit out of their mouths while they were walking along. In one case, the two guys were walking together, one spit first, then his friend had to follow suit. Is it some kind of macho contest? Yuck!!!

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againstbound on Jul 19 '08 at 8:27pm

We prefer to spit than swallow.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:27pm

that's no excuse

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:28pm

Because we need to?

Mr Anonymous on Jul 19 '08 at 8:28pm

thats why i love you hector

Pathan Nagel on Jul 19 '08 at 8:28pm

swallowing is too much work...

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 19 '08 at 8:28pm

My six-year-old nephew does it.

My boyfriend does it, but tells me to look away first. Most of the time.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:29pm

are there rules to where and when spitting is "OK"?

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:29pm

I'll start swallowing if you gals do. Wakka wakka wakka!

shakethesheets on Jul 19 '08 at 8:29pm

I do it on occasion, but come to think of it, pretty rarely when people are around.

Malcolm Man on Jul 19 '08 at 8:30pm

I don't do it unless I breath in a really bad smell that I feel has contaminated the back of my throat. Otherwise, it's just yucky.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:30pm

WarDrobeInSpareOom i bet your 6 year old nephew has witnessed this behavior in the older men around him!

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 19 '08 at 8:30pm

Tonight the part of Jackanapes will be play by Pacman.

shakethesheets on Jul 19 '08 at 8:30pm

Sometimes I'll be inside and think man, it would be nice if I could just spit right now. But... there's kind of an outside-only rule.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 19 '08 at 8:31pm

Played, rather.

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:31pm

I do it to spread my awesomeness around, which is contained in my bodily fluids. I could do it another way, if you'd like. . . .

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:32pm

sounds like MalcolmMan has some manners:)

Gals, do you spit?? I sure don't!

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:33pm

Packanapes.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:33pm

I think Jackanapes mk.II has revealed the truth of the male ego

Malcolm Man on Jul 19 '08 at 8:34pm

Thank you ma'am!

*holds door open.

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:34pm

I think heyheyitsme is making some uncalled for judgments.

Pathan Nagel on Jul 19 '08 at 8:35pm

jacknapes is on a roll..

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:35pm

You are welcome, Sir Malcolm:) *bats eyelashes*

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:37pm

then why did the first guy i saw doing this fit your description? he was strutting along with a cockey look then suddenly just whammed a lugar on the pavement...looked like he did think himself and his bodily fluids quite awesome!!! Hahaha

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 8:39pm

Well, I was joking.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:40pm

haha!

jayrawz on Jul 19 '08 at 8:43pm

its a bad habit like nail biting.. dont think its a macho thing.. ive seen girls that do it

Eelydave on Jul 19 '08 at 8:44pm

I spit when I need to and I enjoy spitting. I usually spit into planters or gutters or where it wont be noticed and I tend to not do it if people are in the vicinity.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 8:49pm

i've never seen girls spit, but i take your word for it! nail biting and hair sucking is kind of strange too...

that's nice Eelydave that you only do it when no one is around! i'm sure the plants love it:)

fatheed on Jul 19 '08 at 9:05pm

save it for the urinal, bro!

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 9:08pm

haha!

shirtflirt on Jul 19 '08 at 9:09pm

i like chewing tobacco so i spit everywhere

Eelydave on Jul 19 '08 at 9:13pm

A well executed soaring lugi really is a beautiful thing.

jaywalkergraphics on Jul 19 '08 at 9:14pm

I think I'm more a victim of it than anything else. It only happens to me when I'm sick and I can't afford to stay home. When this horribleness is preventing me from breathing and swallowing properly, what's a gentleman to do?

maddingo on Jul 19 '08 at 9:19pm

this is the sort of thing that happens once members of a society by in large decides the rules don't apply to them as individuals.

go to the grocery store see how many people just leave their carts in a spot or (my personal favorite) leaning on somebody's car.

or watch the number of times some dumbass throws their car door open with no concern for the fact his/her door is going to hit the adjacent car.

blah blah blah... driving like jerks, not holding a door when people are right behind, not showing respect/courtesy to senior citizens... littering, not cleaning up your crap when you leave the table at a fast food restaurant (f'ing pro tip if you don't have to tip at a restaurant you should probably bus your own fucking table.)

hmmm...saying "fuck" like there is no tomorrow...oh wait... well regardless the point is many many people seem to have lost the ability to realize they are not the center of the Universe.

In my view if people would follow the common sense rules of civilized behavior it would be a lot more pleasant for everyone.

maddingo on Jul 19 '08 at 9:20pm

I only spit in my own driveway... if you don't like it don't come up my driveway... elsewhere I try to refrain.

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 9:26pm

You're an angry person, and I love you for it. Well, not "love," but I get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

maddingo on Jul 19 '08 at 9:37pm

i am going to paraphrase Billy Brag... when he was asked if he was a negative person in a interview.

he said he was an optimist and always had such high hopes for how people would behave and was frequently disapointed.

I'm not angry per se... I just am very frustrated by humanity on a regular basis. Things could be so much better if people would just realize that in order to cram 300+ million peoples into my beautiful land we need to think of things beyond ourselves, and when people constantly are selfish and inconsiderate it just ticks me off.

oh I guess I didn't paraphrase Billy Brag but the point is I'm not angry just disappointed.

Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 19 '08 at 9:37pm

I agree with you in many ways, and hi five for the Billy Brag reference!

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 19 '08 at 9:41pm

Everytime I walk into a saloon and the piany stops playin', I spit. But then, and only then.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Jul 19 '08 at 9:44pm

go to the grocery store see how many people just leave their carts in a spot

I work in a grocery store, and it's much more infuriating when people slam their buggies into me. And roll off without an "I'm sorry."

One time my legs were pinned between one of those electric carts and the cake case. She couldn't figure out reverse for, like, five minutes. I wanted to pass out.

MCS4096 on Jul 19 '08 at 9:57pm

I hate seeing guys spit in public (never seen a girl do it) I think it's filthy. I assume mostly everyone feels the need to do so sometimes (I know I do) but I refrain, or find a bathroom, if I need to hawk a loogy.

There are a few things I consider "undateable" qualities. I wouldn't ever date a guy that smokes, or one that spits in public.

squatterjohn on Jul 19 '08 at 10:52pm

I think the only time Ive ever felt the need to spit was when I tried to eat a spoonful of salt. So I've never done it in public and never would.

The Chinese government is trying to reeducate their citizens who are renowned for public spitting in time for the Olympics.

Yesterday though I did see a guy let out a massive open-mouthed burp for no apparent reason in front of a bunch of World Youth Day pilgrims reading the bus timetable so maybe our government should've tried to stop us doing disgusting bodily things in front of tourists too.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 11:17pm

i have a question: is there some biological reason why women don't get "lugis?" (don't know if that is spelled right, ha ha!)

jaywalkergraphics on Jul 19 '08 at 9:14pm
I think I'm more a victim of it than anything else. It only happens to me when I'm sick and I can't afford to stay home. When this horribleness is preventing me from breathing and swallowing properly, what's a gentleman to do?
be a man and swallow it! ha ha

jaywalkergraphics on Jul 19 '08 at 11:27pm

The cycle is too disgusting to even go into here.

olie! on Jul 19 '08 at 11:28pm

be glad you don't live in China

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 11:35pm

well, jaywalergraphics maybe you have a point...when one is sick...but still that should be a private thing.

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 11:36pm

i don't think the 5 guys i observed tonight were sick...just struttin' their (yucking) stuff!!

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 11:36pm

*i meant "yucky"

peater on Jul 19 '08 at 11:48pm

I do it to gauge wind direction

heyheyitsme on Jul 19 '08 at 11:49pm

yeah...has it ever flown back at you?

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