Spitting on the street

Molly007 · 02-02-2008 8:09pm #1

Is it just me or does anyone else find it disgusting the way people (Sorry, MEN) spit all the time on the street? I cant walk through the street/pavements of the town where I live without having to avoid disgusting splats of phleghm coughed up and spat out every few yards. Its bad enough having to by-step the dog poo and the vomit around pubs but surely people dont have to spit all the time? I mean.... what do women do with the secretions in their mouths?????

DemocAnarchis · 02-02-2008 8:13pm

I think we should just do away with men altogether, good for nothing layabouts.

mukki · 02-02-2008 8:22pm

hi molly sorry to hear about your "personal issue",not sure that there is a whole lot of advice i can offer you!

can you answer this

how long has it bothered you?,
is it since childhood?
would you consider seeing a shrink?
do you know anyone else that is upset by this that you can confide in

AngryBadger · 02-02-2008 8:27pm

Troll

spinandscribble · 02-02-2008 8:29pm

i find it disgusting as well tbh. it isnt really a personal question though lol

Molly007 · 02-02-2008 8:32pm

OK! Point taken. Maybe I'm a bit of a crank!! Perhaps if I cant beat them I should join them?????....... Maybe this spitting could turn into a whole new outlet for me!

SarahSassy · 02-02-2008 8:36pm

In my book, its not far off p'ing in the street. Nasty habit.

Dave! · 02-02-2008 8:49pm

Go travelling

Preferably to Singapore

m83 · 02-02-2008 9:30pm

Is this what qualifies as a PI these days???

Marksie · 02-02-2008 9:36pm

Use the report post function please.

Thius is not a pi

AlmightyCushion · 02-02-2008 9:41pm

Molly007 wrote: »

what do women do with the secretions in their mouths?????

I take it you swallow?

Chong · 02-02-2008 9:58pm

I just laughed out loud , +1 for Almighty Cushion's post.

Molly007 · 02-02-2008 10:01pm

Yea, - nice one Almighty, - I asked for that!!!!!!

Mossy Monk · 02-02-2008 10:08pm

Molly007 wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else find it disgusting the way people (Sorry, MEN) spit all the time on the street?

Interesting how you follow men around all day and witness this spitting on the street.

FX Meister · 02-02-2008 10:13pm

Molly007 wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else find it disgusting the way people (Sorry, MEN) spit all the time on the street?

No need to apologise love, as a MAN I take no offence to your question. Why feel the need to say sorry to just the men though?

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2008 10:25pm

Hanging's too good

Should be possible to prosecute them under the litter laws, though they'd have to pick it up and put it back where it came from first.

EamonnKeane · 02-02-2008 10:56pm

Men produce more saliva than women. Also, i feel sick for about half an hour if i ever do swallow saliva, so why should i?

Bob in Belfast · 02-02-2008 11:02pm

It's a disgusting habit, i blame professional footballers their always at it,spitting every two minutes.:)

Black Swan · 02-02-2008 11:50pm

Visited Texas once. They have spitoons in many of their bars, where blokes take aim with tobacco spit and often miss, hitting the floor, walls, and sometimes a customer (YUK!).

Rb · 03-02-2008 12:20am

Overreact much?

It's not often I've found vomit or dog poo walking through Dublin City centre, wouldn't even notice spit but it's also not often I've seen someone spitting in public, so I guess you must just be hanging around an absolutely horrid part of the country?

Also, fwiw, the last time I saw someone spitting in a public place was a teenage girl.

Molly007 · 03-02-2008 12:32am

Yea you're right rb, I dont think it is a problem in Dublin. I'm talking about a large provincial town. People dont tend to walk their dogs on the streets in dublin, but they do in the smaller towns, and maybe the street cleaning services are more frequent in Dublin too. Yes we do have vomit on the streets in my town, - on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings its in the alleyways and carparks and shop doorways particularly near the clubbing spots. And the smell of pee is noticable in those places as well. So throw in the spit on the footpaths and yea, it is pretty YUK at times. We see letters to our local newspaper from time to time from tourists who comment on it.

Capt'n Midnight · 03-02-2008 12:32pm

On purely medical grounds I'll add another two letters.

TB

FunkZ · 03-02-2008 2:16pm

Nope it's just you, everybody else loves walking on other peoples spit.

Mr. CooL ICE · 03-02-2008 3:48pm

First they can't smoke in bars, now they can't spit on the street. Won't somebody please think of the smokers??!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-02-2008 4:09pm

Spitting on the street...

Absolutely disgusting.

First thing which enter's my head when I see it "Fvcking scumbag".

slipss · 03-02-2008 4:37pm

Yeah it's pretty sick alright. But then again if I have a lung infection when I'm out walking and my body decides to expel some flem there is not a chance in hell I'm swallowing that stuff.

dSTAR · 03-02-2008 5:34pm

mukki wrote: »

hi molly sorry to hear about your "personal issue",not sure that there is a whole lot of advice i can offer you!

can you answer this

how long has it bothered you?,
is it since childhood?
would you consider seeing a shrink?
do you know anyone else that is upset by this that you can confide in

Typical fuken PI response. Get the fuk over it an move on. There are much bigger issues.

FX Meister · 03-02-2008 6:50pm

slipss wrote: »

Yeah it's pretty sick alright. But then again if I have a lung infection when I'm out walking and my body decides to expel some flem there is not a chance in hell I'm swallowing that stuff.

Why not, I love the way phlegm fells sliding down my throat. What's it gonna do to you?

Jimbo · 03-02-2008 6:54pm

dSTAR wrote: »

Typical fuken PI response. Get the fuk over it an move on. There are much bigger issues.

:rolleyes:
He was taking the piss.

You might want to take your gullability problem into PI

connundrum · 03-02-2008 6:55pm

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Interesting how you follow men around all day and witness this spitting on the street.

Not all day. The other 2/3 of her day is spent following people who puke and dogs who shit. How do you find time for work/college?

Capt'n Midnight · 03-02-2008 7:32pm

Mairt wrote: »

Spitting on the street...

Absolutely disgusting.

First thing which enter's my head when I see it "Fvcking scumbag".

not always but there is a 99% correlation

Niamho! · 03-02-2008 7:49pm

Molly007 wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else find it disgusting the way people (Sorry, MEN) spit all the time on the street? I cant walk through the street/pavements of the town where I live without having to avoid disgusting splats of phleghm coughed up and spat out every few yards. Its bad enough having to by-step the dog poo and the vomit around pubs but surely people dont have to spit all the time? I mean.... what do women do with the secretions in their mouths?????

Rotten!! I try my best to let them see me looking at them with a look of Sheer disgust!
on the way out of Blanch today and some Little Scang bag in front of me was hocking from the back of his nose.....ugh!!
I see it alot when im out walking in the evenings. Its Horrible!! :mad:

Bob in Belfast · 03-02-2008 8:33pm

It could be worse.

I'd much prefer people to spit on the ground than spit at me.:)

JoeSchmoe · 03-02-2008 8:41pm

Don't ever go to China

meathstevie · 03-02-2008 8:48pm

I spit, fart, scratch my balls and snore...and you know what : I LOVE IT:D

The Chessplayer · 03-02-2008 8:59pm

The Chessplayer was chastised only yesterday by a female companion for absentmindedly spitting in the street. Must be an old habit from my smoking days - I remember spending alot of time standing around smoking and spitting when I was a teenager. Admittedly, there's nothing more disgusting than an almighty chest-clearing hogger, but I have no beef with a harmless spit. Women do, though, generally find it fairly repugnant so i certainly wouldn't go spitting on the ground in polite company.

The Chessplayer · 03-02-2008 9:02pm

Niamho! wrote: »

Rotten!! I try my best to let them see me looking at them with a look of Sheer disgust!
on the way out of Blanch today and some Little Scang bag in front of me was hocking from the back of his nose.....ugh!!
I see it alot when im out walking in the evenings. Its Horrible!! :mad:

They probably do that stuff at the dinner table in Blanchardstown.

Jimbo · 03-02-2008 9:03pm

The Chessplayer wrote: »

The Chessplayer was chastised only yesterday by a female companion for absentmindedly spitting in the street. Must be an old habit from my smoking days - I remember spending alot of time standing around smoking and spitting when I was a teenager. Admittedly, there's nothing more disgusting than an almighty chest-clearing hogger, but I have no beef with a harmless spit. Women do, though, generally find it fairly repugnant so i certainly wouldn't go spitting on the ground in polite company.

:rolleyes: Not another Pighead wannabe

Irishpimpdude · 03-02-2008 9:13pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

:rolleyes: Not another Pighead wannabe

Exactly what i was thinking

I spit in peoples faces when they say hello to me, its my special way of greeting them, and if its not a big green one im not satisfied with the greeting so i have another go, so girls are actually really into it

but the fellas not so much...

The Chessplayer · 03-02-2008 9:24pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

:rolleyes: Not another Pighead wannabe

I just read some of this lad's posts to check the reference. He's got that whole "i wear a pink t-shirt" thing going on. Sat-nav in his car etc. Polar opposites I would say.

Jimbo · 03-02-2008 9:32pm

The Chessplayer wrote: »

I just read some of this lad's posts to check the reference. He's got that whole "i wear a pink t-shirt" thing going on. Sat-nav in his car etc. Polar opposites I would say.

NO, no, no, no.
Pighead always speaks in the third person. Jimbo78 thinks you need to concentrate harder

Latchy · 03-02-2008 9:36pm

What i would like to know is what is it that produces the phlegm in the first place ? Is it polution in the air /the food we eat drink ?

Molly007 · 03-02-2008 9:42pm

Dunno. I always thought phlegm was produced by infection. - To judge by the pavements there must be a lot of sick people out there!!!:eek:

Bob in Belfast · 03-02-2008 9:55pm

The Chessplayer wrote: »

I just read some of this lad's posts to check the reference. He's got that whole "i wear a pink t-shirt" thing going on. Sat-nav in his car etc. Polar opposites I would say.

What's wrong with having 'sat-nav' in your car?
Although i do agree about the pink t-shirts.

AckwelFoley · 03-02-2008 10:01pm

This is all teh Islamz fault.

Kold · 04-02-2008 12:37am

If I get phlegm, I spit. I'll usually aim at a drain or the side of the road but I'm not bloody swallowing it.

MajorMax · 04-02-2008 12:09pm

I agree it is a disgusting habit, it was frowned upon during the 50's as it was seen as a contributry factor in the spread of TB, I can't help feeling that as drug resistant strains of TB are common now, it is only a matter of time before it becomes an issue again

Dinter · 04-02-2008 12:39pm

Carry a bit of tissue with you if you're the sort who gobs all over the place.

It's scumbags spitting that really bothers me. Can't say I've ever seen someone in a suit hawking his lungs out.

There's lots of people who don't spit so I hardly think it counts as an emergency.

FunkyChicken · 04-02-2008 12:52pm

I do this occasionally. I always feel like a knacker doing it but sometimes it's very necessary. Like when you're having a smoke and have a cold or something and you cough and get a massive clump of it. Pretty simple decision on what to do now. It's awful though when it's really bad, you cough and it comes out by its own accord. It's happened to me on two seperate occasions in crowded places. Not cool

Ninja_scrotum · 04-02-2008 12:55pm

It's usually smokers who hock up and spit out the browney green stuff innit?

I should know, I smoke.

Zulu · 04-02-2008 1:10pm

Scumbags spit. Enough said.

Spitting on the street

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