[radio_flyer]

Just curious.. Where do you spit? Do you spit flem or spit on a paved driveway. Or on the sidewalk? Or on a cement patio floor?

Well for me I get upset when I see someone spit on our patio floor or on out paved driveway... yes, even on the sidewalk.. I don't like seeing other folks "honkers" on sidewalks, driveways or patios..But that is me.
Maybe I am odd. or not cool.... I say spit if you have to in the grass or get a Kleenex... Just curious what others think.. But then I also get irked when folks toss their cigarette butts in on the driveway or flower garden or even the grass.... But that is just me....

[Nicks_Nose]

I don't spit at all and it has always baffled me at how other people have felt the need to spit. I do accept that it is a human phenomenon with some people, but I don't do it myself. Never understood the need to unless I have a cold and I am coughing up congestion from a cold, then, it is in a tissue.

[bronzeowl]

I don't spit often. When I do, I tend to find a sink. I hate the thought of just... spitting anywhere. So, I go to a sink and quickly rinse it away.

[lynn P.]

I agree with the others - the only time I have to spit is if I'm sick and do it in the garbage or tissue. Bathroom sink is fine too but my pet peeve is someone who spits in the sink but doesn't bother to wash it down. Then it sticks like crazy glue and I don't want to have the job of scraping it off. I think most women wouldn't spit on the sidewalk in public.

[radio_flyer]

Thanks Nicks Nose, bronzeowl and Lynn.....

As for me, I'd never spit flem on a sidewalk, paved driveway or patio... I'd use a Kleenex or the toilet.

Was just asking, because it seems I am impossible to the folks around here. I mean some things really irk me, other things I can turn my head. BUT when I see someone spitting flem on our driveway, I had to say something. The guy didn't even have to walk to the grass, all he had to do was turn his back, lol...

BUT NO, he stood there and spit flem and then let the rest just drool out of his mouth, omg, lol.... maybe watching to see if it made a splash...

I was taking the trash out and the Oh geesh "the poor renter" was coughing and spitting flem and letting the rest drool on the driveway. I said "don't spit on the driveway"....spit in the grass...geesh..........

AJ got made at me and said who cares.. I said I guess no one cares...and let it at that...

I don't like seeing big wads of coughed up flem on sidewalks, or driveways. SO I wanted to know if again that "I'm an impossible type of person" to be around..

I don't know if women spit on sidewalks.. I've never seen a woman do that.. And I of course would never do that.. but that is just me..

OH God this renter is going to start hating me.. lol Here we go again.. I must turn my head more often...Gosh, folks make fun of the Honey Boo Boo show. I think folks around here could beat those folks with lack of manners big time .. And thse are 30 plus year olds...

I do enjoy the show, "sometimes" Honey Boo Boo.. Although my tummy did turn when on a I think it was Thanksgiving Dinner one of the daughters put a blanket that had doggie poo stains on it and turned the blanket over so you could not see the stains on the picnic table... Made me gag infact.. lol

OH DEAR ME

[unaluna]

Omg omg omg. There is probably a city ordinance against this, I would google it. They were having this problem in China for the Olympics cuz they didnt want to gross out the visitors but everybody spits there. I only spit when I'm exercising really hard outside and yes I make sure it lands in the grass. I think there is something Freudian about these men wanting women or even other men to see their spit.

Not to mention how easily it spreads diseases such as Tuberculosis, as well as viruses and colds, etc.

[Travelinglady]

I know some people spit to show disrespect. Or to spit out chewing tobacco or whatever.

If I do have to spit--such as when I'm choking or have coughed up phlegm--then I try to use a tissue or go into a restroom.

I agree that spitting in other places is uncouth and unsanitary.

[chumchum]

Depends on what it is I am spitting.

[Travelinglady]

Come to think of it, I would spit gum out into a trash can......

[radio_flyer]

Originally Posted by hankster

Omg omg omg. There is probably a city ordinance against this, I would google it. They were having this problem in China for the Olympics cuz they didnt want to gross out the visitors but everybody spits there. I only spit when I'm exercising really hard outside and yes I make sure it lands in the grass. I think there is something Freudian about these men wanting women or even other men to see their spit.

Will have to do some research on that Freudian you mentioned. If I find anything I will post it... But doubt I will do it tonight...Hope I remember tomorrow..

[radio_flyer]

Originally Posted by PAYNE1

Come to think of it, I would spit gum out into a trash can......

Me too. If a trash can isn't near by I either keep the gum in my mouth till I find a trash can.. or if I had Kleenex or paper I 'd roll the gum in it and hold it till I found a trash can..

I can't even toss gum on the ground.. I used to find AJ's gum everywhere when he was a little boy. LOL.... Under the table.. On his bed post... under kitchen chairs.. what can I say.. he was just little then.. Even had to cut it out of his hair a few times... Now he is a daddy. Talk about being off topic.. I am old..

[radio_flyer]

I lied.. I searched and found this... interesting

Spitting - Why Do Men Spit?

So Why Do Guys Practice that Disgusting Kind of Spitting?

It may be just because they can. From the viewpoint of some sociologists, the act of hanging out and spitting just for the hell of it may be a sign of males establishing territory, much like what happens when dogs pee on hydrants or bears scratch their butts against trees

Says sociologist Robert S. McCarl, "Spitting is more than just something coming out of the mouth. It's a way to appear stronger and mark your space…Males are more concerned about turf than women are. You get a group of males together, and there is a lot of posturing going on…It's basically them throwing down a challenge."

Unfortunately, there seems to be no universally accepted reason for guys spitting. They've been doing it for thousands of years, and despite laws against spitting as well as negative public opinion, they'll probably be doing it for thousands more

[Ladyzero]

Oh my ! Simply can't imagine. Never seen anyone spit, in public. Why would they ? Sure conjures up, an image. Yuk. I think, I'd say something really loud ,so others around heard...., ' I think you dropped something ! Now pick it up !'
I'd have to, just would have to.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Eew. Preferably, if I'm not in public, and I absolutely must get rid of phlegm or something, then I'd just.. you know.. wherever, but preferably somewhere like a bush or something. I generally do that kinda thing as discreetly as possible, because it's pretty gross. I once had a friend that actually had the audacity to snot all over a plate on my floor. As you can imagine, I kicked him out, and that friendship didn't last.

[IndieVisible]

Depends where I am. Inside, trash can at work or sink or toilet. Outside, street, grass. Only time I spit is when I cough up flem.

Now u wanna talk gross? In the winder when I'm shoveling the snow and my nose runs, I just blow it out on to the snow

[jadzea]

I read somewhere that some younger males have stared spitting because they see baseball players do it. It seems the ball playesr chew snuff to keep their mouths moist while they are playing ball. They spit as a result and they show them doing it on TV. The boys spit to look like the ball players.

[Nicks_Nose]

There are many coworkers (males) of mine who spit and it is gross to see the remnants of it around the staff picnic table outside

Fortunately, not all males do it.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Ergh, gross. Yes, I second that - not all males do it.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

If I were to read this thread often enough, I'd probably feel kinda sick and start getting images of countless people spitting phlegm, left, right, and center. xD Bodies are gross, but that doesn't mean we need to be all up in our grills with it, all phlegm spittin', tootin', burpin', slurpin', with absolutely no dignity what-so-ever - after-all, we are, to some extent, evolved, ... right?