To the disgusting people who stand around the entrance to the college on Leeds St.: Why the hell do you nasty jerks need to spit so much? There’s only one entrance, everyone has to walk through your mucus to get to the door. Couldn’t you at least try to find a bush or something? You can’t take a step without walking in slime. Right some classy.
—Queasy
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.
Maybe they’re smokers who switched to chewing tobacco because they were bitched at for smoking too close to a building entrance. You can’t win!
… and if this is the case maybe snuff needs to make a comeback.
For some reason some people think spitting makes you look tough. Not exactly sure what the connection is.
It’s gross.
I never encountered the teenager spitting thing in the states. And when I went out west this year– Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver– didn’t see it there, either, although of course I didn’t like hang out at high schools or whatever. So, er, is this just a Halifax thing? And if so, what’s that all about?
I’m going to throw up.
I totally agree. This public gobbing that has become prevalent among our youth is obscene. I see not only guys but gals just heave-hoing where ever and when ever…
Maybe we should implement a $500. fine like they do in Singapore. Mmmm, now there’s an idea!
I recently got over a nasty head cold, and when you’ve got to spit, you’ve got to spit, but at least find a bush/garbage can/small dog.
Come to think of it, Tim… I don’t remember ever seeing squirrel while I was in Regina, Vancouver, and St. John’s… True I wasn’t watching the treetops focused on finding one at the time. It would be stupid of me to assume that since I didn’t encounter one they don’t exist at all in those places. It’s also quite possible that I might have seen but just didn’t notice one, or even that I forgot seeing such a small, insignificant creature.
But fuck all that… So, Er, are squirrels just a Halifax thing? And if so, what’s all that about?
dumbass.
What do we run a spittoon the length of the sidewalks?…erm , how’s that going to work. Besides these kids will spit right beside it. It’s all about aim…
Snuff? Huh! Ya, just want I want to see, brown tarry gobs all over the place.
was big in Ontario as well when I lived there many a year ago.
kids horkin’ all over the place.
btw, horkin’ on ice makes it twice as slippery.
This all comes back to the age-old question: spit or swallow? It’s only ironic that these same men expect their girlfriends to swallow.
eew
I spit, but I don’t do it to look cool. It’s for health reasons! It’s not healthy to always keep all that excess phlegm caught up in your system. I know it’s a social taboo, but fuck that. I do try to do it as discreetly as possible, though.
Same with peeing: when I gotta go, I go. Wouldn’t do it right in the middle of Spring Garden Road in broad daylight mind you, but if there’s a bush somewhere that needs watering and as few people as possible around, why should I sacrifice my health and comfort just because someone might be offended? Get over it!
Good way to help get over it: go to India. People pee, poop, and spit everywhere at any time over there. Go ahead, take a dump on the Taj Mahal.
‘sebastian_’, there was a girl I went to school with whose last name was “Swallow.” You can bet she was a favourite target for high school bullies. I never got to find out if she lived up to her name, but as far as I know, it hasn’t been changed to “Spit.”
Asking only workman’s wages I come lookin’ for a job,
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the smokers’on Barrington.
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome,
I took some comfort there.
hack, spit, snorth and pffffttttt….