People spitting on the street

Nermal · 13-02-2007 07:21PM

brianthebard wrote:

Sometimes my asthma causes a build up of phlegm and I have to spit...I'm sorry if I've offended anyone's delicate victorian morals....

Do it in a loo or swallow it or something, spitting in public makes you look like a retard.

Tar.Aldarion · 13-02-2007 07:38PM

Meh, don't do it but don't care for it. Seems a bad habit to me. Why spit at all, let alone in the street?

brianthebard · 13-02-2007 07:51PM

Nermal wrote:

Do it in a loo or swallow it or something, spitting in public makes you look like a retard.

I'll make sure to spit even more often to piss off people like you. Honestly there are worse things in the world than some bodily fluids.

connundrum · 13-02-2007 08:04PM

Nermal wrote:

Do it in a loo or swallow it or something, spitting in public makes you look like a retard.

Comment of the month, or wait, non.

By phlegm coming up from your chest, surely it is your body telling you that it isn't wanted. At least with the need to urinate you can hold it until the time is right, couching your guts up is a different situation.

I try not to spit in front of others as I don't find it particularly attractive either, but I do spit. Unlucky.

shamblertine · 13-02-2007 08:04PM

I've recently moved to Dublin and I must say I'm shocked by the amount of spitting. No where else I've been has been anything like this. I can't go to the end of my park without some filthy bastard spitting. And theres no reason why there should be any more spitting in dublin. Its never cold, these people aren't running or rushing or anything, yet they feel the constant need to spew their germs all around the place.

connundrum · 13-02-2007 08:26PM

shamblertine wrote:

Its never cold

When did this become the 'Lets say random stupid stuff' thread?

ferdi · 13-02-2007 08:29PM

Terry wrote:

I stand by what I wrote.
If it offends you in any way, feel free to PM me.

lol, nothing you said was offensive, it just disappointed me.

Terry · 13-02-2007 08:30PM

shamblertine wrote:

I've recently moved to Dublin and I must say I'm shocked by the amount of spitting. No where else I've been has been anything like this. I can't go to the end of my park without some filthy bastard spitting. And theres no reason why there should be any more spitting in dublin. Its never cold, these people aren't running or rushing or anything, yet they feel the constant need to spew their germs all around the place.

What's next?
involuntary sneezing?
Talking on the street?
Breathing?

You can't see me, but I'm nodding my head in disapproval of this thread.
Nation of whining pussies.

shamblertine · 13-02-2007 08:33PM

connundrum wrote:

When did this become the 'Lets say random stupid stuff' thread?

theres about 1 cold day every month, the weather this winter has been great. And the reason I said it is because people with lung conditions such as asthma often produce more phlegm when the weather is cold.

InFront · 13-02-2007 08:38PM

No not terribly important, but this forum is hardly established to solve the world's greatest problems in top-down order. Spitting happens to be pretty sick, it's bad manners. It's unpleasant.

One thing that is far worse though is vomit. Anybody who has the misfortune of walking through Dublin on a Sunday morning (not exclusively Sundays, not exclusively Dublin) will be very familiar with this.

brianthebard · 13-02-2007 08:39PM

Terry wrote:

What's next?
involuntary sneezing?
Talking on the street?
Breathing?

You can't see me, but I'm nodding my head in disapproval of this thread.
Nation of whining pussies.

I

Terry. Teh voice of reason and angry anger jumbled up together.

shamblertine · 13-02-2007 08:44PM

Terry wrote:

What's next?
involuntary sneezing?
Talking on the street?
Breathing?

You can't see me, but I'm nodding my head in disapproval of this thread.
Nation of whining pussies.

No because involuntary sneezing can't be helped and the vast majority of people at least have the decency to cover their nose or sneeze into a tissue.

Also I must point out that you have done nothing but whinge in this thread.

Nehpets · 13-02-2007 08:48PM

Terry wrote:

What's next?
involuntary sneezing?
Talking on the street?
Breathing?

You can't see me, but I'm nodding my head in disapproval of this thread.
Nation of whining pussies.

Stop whining about people whining you pussy:rolleyes:

That's not a whine, it's an order!

Spitting isn't a crime, just it's associated with scobes with hands down their trousers. lol, that is the image I get anyway.:eek:

Terry · 13-02-2007 09:05PM

From now on I will be wearing this whenever I leave the house.
I don't want to upset anyone by possibly breathing within 100 feet of them.
Who knows what sort of germs I could be carrying or passing.
It's a dangerous world out there.
Careful now.

shamblertine · 13-02-2007 09:12PM

Terry wrote:

From now on I will be wearing this whenever I leave the house.
I don't want to upset anyone by possibly breathing within 100 feet of them.
Who knows what sort of germs I could be carrying or passing.
It's a dangerous world out there.
Careful now.

That move is welcomed, but you don't have to go to such extreme measures. You can just carry a paper bag around with you to put your phlegm in.

Wertz · 13-02-2007 09:19PM

I think people really need to differentiate between the two "types" of spitting....there's the body induced form, where the mouth/lungs/sinuses need to be evacuated no matter if you're outside in the street, on the playing field, at home, or wherever...then there's the knacker passtime of seeing how much of a pool of saliva you can make whilst kicking your airmax heel off a wall.
I do the former at whatever stage I feel the need and I couldn't giove a flying f*ck what you or anyone else thinks of that....however the scumbags that make it their national pastime to just spit white saliv=a for no other good reason than that they can annoy me; pointless moronic behaviour and I see plenty of it where I live....as someone else said the girls seem to be the worst for it.

As for all you moaners going "ew it makes me dry wretch" or "OMG how horrid, call the gardaí"...jesus, grow a thicker skin. You're not going to catch anything, they're not spitting AT you or ON you....strikes me that you're probably thr same bunch of people who would only use a public toilet if your life depended on it but only after dousing the entire area in Oust first...

shamblertine · 13-02-2007 09:28PM

Wertz wrote:

I think people really need to differentiate between the two "types" of spitting....there's the body induced form, where the mouth/lungs/sinuses need to be evacuated no matter if you're outside in the street, on the playing field, at home, or wherever...then there's the knacker passtime of seeing how much of a pool of saliva you can make whilst kicking your airmax heel off a wall.
I do the former at whatever stage I feel the need and I couldn't giove a flying f*ck what you or anyone else thinks of that....however the scumbags that make it their national pastime to just spit white saliv=a for no other good reason than that they can annoy me; pointless moronic behaviour and I see plenty of it where I live....as someone else said the girls seem to be the worst for it.

As for all you moaners going "ew it makes me dry wretch" or "OMG how horrid, call the gardaí"...jesus, grow a thicker skin. You're not going to catch anything, they're not spitting AT you or ON you....strikes me that you're probably thr same bunch of people who would only use a public toilet if your life depended on it but only after dousing the entire area in Oust first...

Often these spitters are dopey ***** though, saw this one guy yesterday walking into a shop, a girl was behind him going in as well, the guy not looking to see if anyone was behind just turns round and spits out the door and the girl had to swerve to avoid getting a gobfull of phlegm on her clothes. I can't stand moronic scumbags like that.

Backtoblack · 13-02-2007 09:33PM

Terry wrote:

From now on I will be wearing this whenever I leave the house.
I don't want to upset anyone by possibly breathing within 100 feet of them.
Who knows what sort of germs I could be carrying or passing.
It's a dangerous world out there.
Careful now.

Get me one.. in black pretty please!
no.. wait.. get me two.. for when one is being washed.

In fairness, spitting is absolutely disgusting.
I mean, puleeeze, : tissue, spit silently into it, and put into the nearest bin.
:rolleyes:
yeah! :rolleyes:

Overheal · 13-02-2007 09:43PM

whats more disgusting: Walking past someone who spit onto the ground/gutter/drain/road/sidewalk or walking through a cloud of their nicotene saturated smoke freshly inhaled from their black, already diseased lungs?

Times like these to remember piss is cleaner than saliva, but you still manage to stick your tongue in/on both at some stage (man or woman...think about it). When do you ever Shotgun someone's second hand smoke (unless your some hippie college student...)

Look theyre all disgusting habits. Kinda like burbing and farting and that annoying bitch on the train who doesnt mind talking about her last gaenocology exam on the phone for the 3 hours.

At least have the sense to see people arent stupid and all/most of these habits are either done candidly outdoors and that the same people have sense to control themselves indoors.

As for annoying phone lady; she must be stopped at all costs.

Wertz · 13-02-2007 10:05PM

Wertz wrote:

As for all you moaners going "ew it makes me dry wretch" or "OMG how horrid, call the gardaí"...jesus, grow a thicker skin. You're not going to catch anything, they're not spitting AT you or ON you....strikes me that you're probably thr same bunch of people who would only use a public toilet if your life depended on it but only after dousing the entire area in Oust first...

Additionally, I'll wager that if someone dragged up the "Do you piss in the shower" thread, then the self same moaners in this one would be exclaiming EWW and calling for people to be banished from the land for this crime against humanity, in that thread...
Here's a thought for those people...the keyboard you're clacking away on is one of the biggest harbourers of germs in the home and chances are ythat you DON'T wash your hands every single time after you use it.
Similarly, the mobile phone you just spent the last hour nattering into is probably even dirtier than your keyboard...the dirtiest part was mere centimetres from your mouth and will be again.
If you want to be a complete bloody obsessive about being hygenic then time to start closer to home than whinging about a few people spitting in the street...

gonker · 13-02-2007 10:28PM

Its disgusting. My daughters and their friends and myself were just talking about it today

dame · 13-02-2007 10:50PM

If you've asthma or any other excuse for excess phlegm you can still spit it into a tissue/bag/empty wrapper or something or you could always swallow it. The sport excuse is a load of crap. You can swallow it, of course you can. I've run the Dublin Marathon and not needed to spit once. There is no excuse. As for urine being cleaner than saliva - it is only sterile until it leaves the body and hits the air. Bacteria then immediately start breeding on it. If you really need to clear your mouth then carry a bottle of water with you and take a good slug whenever you feel the need.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 13-02-2007 11:06PM

or, I will just spit on the ground. If dogs can piss on it, I can spit on it.

Plug · 13-02-2007 11:10PM

DaveMcG wrote:

Do women not find it sexy...???

Now that was a clever post:D

super_furry · 13-02-2007 11:10PM

It's cool and makes me look cool - increasingly so the more I do it.

Nermal · 13-02-2007 11:16PM

Terry wrote:

Who knows what sort of germs I could be carrying or passing.

True, but not particularly relevant. It's not germs, it's just offensive-looking. Manners maketh man, or in this case, maketh skobe.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 13-02-2007 11:20PM

manners are a load of toss, good mannered high society types would have us all using three different forks, four spoons and seven knives at dinner. Do whatever feels right. Spit on the ground, eat soup with a fork.

Mossy Monk · 13-02-2007 11:55PM

Nermal wrote:

It's not germs, it's just offensive-looking

what a load of crap

Goldfinger · 13-02-2007 11:59PM

Mordeth wrote:

manners are a load of toss, good mannered high society types would have us all using three different forks, four spoons and seven knives at dinner. Do whatever feels right. Spit on the ground, eat soup with a fork.

That's silly.
"Manners" just means not making other people feel uncomfortable without being ridiculous. Usually comes from a good upbringing.

Overheal · 14-02-2007 12:26AM

A person can be driven crazy by self conciousness: which is why I'll continue to fart and spit in public all I want. Granted, Im not going to do it in an elevator if it can be at all avoided

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