Deb: Why? Why? Will someone please for the love of all that’s holy, explain to me why people spit on the streets? Is it some rare incurable condition that I don’t know about? Do these spitters have a reservoir of saliva the rest of us don’t have? What would be the worst that could happen if the spitters, dare I suggest ... SWALLOW IT??? Would they pass out, or break out in boils? Are the sidewalks too dry for these people? Are they like dogs, marking their territory? Or are they fearful that they are being poisoned and must run to the streets to expel this offending toxin? What the hell? WHY? There is nothing that can set my gag reflex to dancing like a well-placed lugie in my path. And why (insert your gagging here) is it yellow? What the hell are spitters eating? If you spitters are ill and dying, please beat a path to your nearest health-care facility. Otherwise, save your spit to cool your soup!
Barbara: Oh god, I can hardly respond -- just this post was enough to "set my gag-reflexes to dancing" (and it's not the samba)! Thanks for that, Deb …
But in case anyone wants to know more about spit, what it is, and why we do it, you can click over to this very child-friendly explanation. Personally, I like my explanations child-friendly …
It really is disrespectful, no doubt. It sometimes almost seems confrontational, actually, and I have no regards for those who do this. I just look the other way and move on ...
ReplyDeleteIt really is so gross and nasty. People just need to stop spiting on the streets. I have a week stomach as it is and nothing says nasty like when I see someone do that.And another thing I hate is when people spit when you are eating or just getting ready to eat, if someone does that then I will lose my lunch all togther. People just need to keep it in there mouth and stop spiting. Its making me sick even thinking about it. Nasty!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMost of the bubba rednecks around here chew tobacco. You want your stomach turned? Try seeing men spitting brown, lumpy tobacco spit all over the place. The ones with "manners" carry around a plastic 20oz soda bottle and spit into the bottle. Problem is then there are see-through bottles half full of tobacco "juice" all over the place, and a lot of the time they don't make their way into trash cans. I do not understand how these men have women. I could never kiss a guy who'd been chewing tobacco!
ReplyDeleteAlmost everyone I've ever known has been a spitter, and no matter how many times I recoil in disgust when they do it in my presence, they never seem to hesitate, or even warn me so I can look away. I asked one of my friends once why she did it, and she seemed convinced that swallowing her saliva was wholly unsanitary. I wonder if she realized where exactly the spit was coming from. Hello, it's already part of you. It won't hurt you to hang onto it.
ReplyDeletePeople seem to spit more when their sick. Too lazy to actually blow their noses, I guess. That would probably explain yellow gobs.
Rigel... omg those tobacco spit bottles. I used to always get stuck sitting next to a tobacco chewer in high school (I'm not even from the south, mind you), and they didn't bother hiding their spit bottles. Not only that, but (squeamish people look away) they spit everything into those bottles. Nothing like chewed gum and sunflower seed shells swimming around in gooey brown liquid. *shudder*
As you can tell, spitters have been an annoyance of mine for quite some time. :P
One of my weaknesses is really clear childhood memories (always movin' forward, I guess!), but one of the most visceral memories I have is from when I was ten and went with my family to a movie and I was forced to sit beside an older man who chewed tobacco the whole time.
ReplyDeleteThe smell!!!! Oh my god. Stomach-turning.
Deb, please run for prime minister and have the laws of the land changed to reflect our disgust with the spitting epidemic. Off with their tongues, I say! if caught spitting in public.
ReplyDeleteBTW I just came across your home-tour video and jaysus girl, you are some funny! and Colin too. Made me laugh out loud several times, and I love that. And the house looks fabulous.
As a single college student from Texas, whenever I see a cute guy I immediatley check his back pocket for that telltale "Skoal can ring"...if it's there he's automatically crossed of the list no matter how cute he may be :D
ReplyDeleteMy fella was a snuff-chewer until he fell for my charms and quit, cold turkey. Thank god.
ReplyDeleteBefore that (the fall, when we were "just friends") I thought some cherry snuff he had smelled pretty good and I'd give it a try. Huge mistake -- it was horrible and the taste didn't leave my mouth for hours.
Like vanilla and coffee, I guess -- it smelled better than it tasted.
FYI, spitting in public is illegal in Singapore. I'm aghast at the rigid social controls and free speech suppression in that country, but I admit they may have something with that spitting thing. ;)
ReplyDeleteBTW, I, too, saw the home tour video. Deb's husband tweeted about it. (Yeah, I'm a fangirl. Sorry.) Such a gorgeous house and such a sweet (goofy) couple! (And, I think the kitchen is BY FAR the best room in the house. It's like a lovely culinary laboratory.)
How do you think I found this blog? Colin on Facebook mentioned it, and I'm sure glad he did ... nothing wrong with being a fangirl, I hope!
ReplyDeleteLOLOLOL That's how I got here, too! *hands head in shame* Oh, and Film Conscience is good stuff, too!
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is, it is via Colin Mochrie fangirldom that I discovered Deb, Little Mosque on the Prairie (I watch online), and lots of other really good stuff. So, yeah! :) *still embarrassed, though*
That's the same way I found this blog :D
ReplyDeleteKinda felt like a creeper for a bit, but I loved the blog to much to give it up...good to know I'm not the only one!
I know! I love this blog! If Colin's not careful, all his fans will end up becoming even bigger fans of his wife! :)
ReplyDeleteI find spitting disgusting too. I love hockey but all that spitting is a real turn-off. My worse spit-related memory was walking into Holt Renfrew once, as an old boy decided to hurl one. It landed right on my ankle.YUKKKK!
ReplyDeleteColin fangirls unite!!! :D That's also how I found FIlm Conscious. And I also loved the home tour. It was like... Canadian Cribs, lol.
ReplyDeleteDear 15 comments aka-Adrienne, Rosina at Middle Ageless, Rigel, Ruth, Rigel, and My Kateness. Thanks for all of your funny, anti spitting rants. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that no one was for it! As for being Colin fans, those of you who are-I love it! Both of our husbands have been so supportive, reading everything and commenting (in person damn them, they won't come out of their comment closets) on each blog. As far as finding us through him, I love the symmetry of it. The degree of separation always makes me sit back for a second and go "wow, the Internet!" I know it gets tons of flack but what a miracle in our lifetime to really connect this quickly and frankly with other people from all over the planet. Okay so Captain Obvious will sign off for now, but still, WOW INTERNET. I can remember "party" phone lines.
ReplyDeleteWe had party lines in Margo (my home town in Saskatchewan) until I was in my teens (and I'm "only" 51).
ReplyDeleteRings: two long, one short
That was ours!