Spitting on the street

Molly007 · 02-02-2008 08:09PM #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 08:13PM

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

mukki · 02-02-2008 08:22PM

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 08:27PM

Troll

spinandscribble · 02-02-2008 08:29PM

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

Molly007 · 02-02-2008 08:32PM

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 08:36PM

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

Dave! · 02-02-2008 08:49PM

Go travelling

Preferably to Singapore

m83 · 02-02-2008 09:30PM

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

Marksie · 02-02-2008 09:36PM

Use the report post function please.

Thius is not a pi

AlmightyCushion · 02-02-2008 09:41PM

Molly007 wrote: »

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

I take it you swallow?

Chong · 02-02-2008 09:58PM

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.:)

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 02:16PM

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

Mr. CooL ICE · 03-02-2008 03:48PM

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 04:09PM

Spitting on the street...

Absolutely disgusting.

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

slipss · 03-02-2008 04:37PM

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 05:34PM

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 06:50PM

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 06:54PM

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 06:55PM

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 07:32PM

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

Spitting on the street

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