:smack: you got me. my apologies.
Wow, I gotta move to China. I’d be a freaking KING to them
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What is this “need to spit”? I never have a need to spit unless I’m brushing my teeth.
I feel for ya, simple homer. My grandma’s one of those who smacks her lips and chews with her mouth open (and yes, she still has all her own teeth.) I love the woman, I really really do, but I can’t be near her at mealtimes because it makes my throat close up. We’ll be sitting there at Thanksgiving, all glowing with family love, and the next thing I know I’m having an extremely vivid fantasy of overturning the table and stabbing Grandma repeatedly with a fork.
And y’all don’t tell Grandma I said that, because it would just hurt her feelings and she’s not one of those people who change.
Why is it that it’s nearly always men who “need” to spit? Do men have more salivary glands than women, or are they defective in some way? Why don’t women “need” to spit every block or so?
Spitting in public is not only disgusting, it’s unsanitary and may even be against the law (laws against it tended to be put on the books as a way of stopping the spread of tuberculosis, which I think is still very common in China). If you want to spit in public go ahead, just don’t be suprised when people are grossed out by it and think you’re a jerk.
As to the guy picking his nose and doing all the other nasty things mentioned in the OP, I’d recommend telling him, politely as possible, that it’s disturbing or, in the alternative, carry a small pack of Kleenex and the next time he starts to stick his finger up his nose offer him a tissue, saying, “Here, I happen to have some tissues.” Perhaps he’ll get the hint. If not, be direct (always the best policy). “Would you please not pick your nose/spit/talk with food in your mouth in front of me?”