TS: nose picking vs farting vs spitting

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They're all disgusting but we all do them. Whats worse or worst? What will you tolerate and what revolts you?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Why did I start this thread?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Because you don't want to go into town and see your sister-in-law.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

Depends on the circumstances. If you're in the privacy of your own home, I'd say all are perfectly fine (well, so long as you're not just randomly spitting on the carpet).

In mixed company, I think farting is the worst.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:19 (twenty years ago)

Spitting is gross but I can stand it. Farting is unacceptable if there are others around, even if you know them well. Nose-picking...well it doesn't hurt anyone but if I need to escavate, I usually head to a toilet cubicle or something, certainly not out in the open like the person sitting next to me.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

Hahah estela :D

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

farting leaves the least residue

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Farting I'll go to the loo to do if in company. I mean you just dont fart around anyone except your familiar family/partner types do you? I admit I fart at Nick all the time though, much to his chagrin I'm sure.

Spitting is filthy and grosses me out. I also see it as a male act of aggression when done in a certain way.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

It certainly says something about the person doing it, although I guess it says something about me for judging someone on something like that.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:25 (twenty years ago)

True but I dunno - theres something about spitting I find far more revolting and aggresive than a fart. It is an act that can be contemptuous. Some people probably need to spit, but the skanky boy who spits at your feet as you pass by? Thats just horrible.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

I think a big smelly fart can be a sign of contempt for those around you. It's like, "I think you're so worthless that you should have to sit in the foul gasses that spring forth from my murky depths".

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

You forgot belching, Trayce.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

:) I wouldn't go into town either if I was you, Trayce. I hate those kinds of impositions.

On-topic: I am very prim about the above unmentionables.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

Hell yeah. But again (and I'm sorry to be stereotyping the menfolk here), guys see farts as a joke - "hahaha pull my finger! oh man, something crawled up me and DIED!". But spitting is like some "hah! you scum, I spit at you!" thing.

I clearly have issues. heh.

xpost... Hmm I did yeah Alex. But I dunno, I like burps. Theyre funny and they can say "hey great meal!".

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

When we were little, all my sister had to do to annoy me was either burp or recite 'Jabberwocky'.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

i don't spit. except when i'm cleaning my teeth i guess. ew. like estela, i am very prim about all of the above too. i think i would die of embarrassment if someone caught me farting. it's silly but i think it's the only thing i'm really prudish about.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

'twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did... *runs away*

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

It's not prudish, it's buttstink, from your butt! Ewwww...nobody should have to smell that.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

*outgrabes*

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Are we womenfolk more careful/embarrased about farts then? Guys seem proud of them!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Maybe I just grew up with two very toilet humour brothers.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

the last guy that broke my heart used to light his own farts! for laughs!!! and i was upset when he dumped me!!!!! *shakes head*

― gem (trisk), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear gem ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)

http://metropolis.japantoday.com/xmg/498/Thunderpants.jpg

― Frogm@n henry, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:36 (twenty years ago)

i can't believe it when i look back on it now. surely i didn't laugh?

― gem (trisk), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)

My wife tells me her father called farts "a high wind off of Dumpling Island."

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

Yo frogman, you mess my thread up with fart pictures, I break you face!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

conversation heard right outside my sliding glass door tonight:

him: so am i gonna see you on sunday?
her: i dunno. you gonna behave yourself?
him: i'm gonna make you some dinner.
him: i'm gonna cook you some roast.
him: and some potatoes. and some bread to go with your food.
her: (giggles.)
him: i will ROOT YOU girl. i will ROOT YOU.
her: (laughing.)
him: fuck with me, girl! fuck with me.
her: we'll see.
him: what kinda car is that? a nissan?
her: what? next to mine?
him: yeah.
her: no, that's an acura. fool, you know that.
him: i'll make some beans too. wait til you taste my beans.
her: oh, they know they won't wanna be in the same room with me!
him: (guffaws.)
her: i'll be fartin up a storm. i'll be fartin like a motherfucker!
him: alright, so i'll see you sunday?
her: we'll see.
him: (blows kisses.)

i would put both their ages around 60+.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

Farting as act of familiarity with partner: classic?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

omgwtf Jess!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:41 (twenty years ago)

you don't have to tell me, woman

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

I hate those people in that script so much.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

I am proud of my belching ability btw. I put Barney to shame.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

BETTER IN THAN OUT.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

HELL YEAH *BURRRP*

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

Man, I am so procrastinating on this see the sister in law shit.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

IN, NOT OUT!

I'm enjoying you not going into town. I procrastinate terribly with stuff like that.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

Farting is unacceptable if there are others around, even if you know them well.

This has not been my experience. It is, I think, a good deal more acceptable (and amusing) than nose-picking. The sonic contribution alone is worth something.

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

Well unacceptable to me obv.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

I'll put it this way: most people are aware that you are not 100% in control of your anal gases, whereas you can make a conscious effort at curbing nose-picking and spitting. I'm not saying you won't get out of farting in mixed company without an apology (and, hopefully, a laugh), but there it is.

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

I think I have pretty damn good control.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

Get one irritable bowel then! Sometimes a fart jus' gotta escape.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh man. I hope my boss doesnt find ILX.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait he farts all the time. So maybe a PROMOTION!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Farting smells. Spitting is slippery. Picking nose is relatively contained within the person, until they start opening doors.

― Crankypants (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

If picking your nose opens doors, I want what youre having.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

all three of these increase with pregnancy!

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

They DO? Farting I can ken. But the others!?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

(I now have an image of pregnant teeny letting one rip politely at a ComiCon in front of some nerds. Wahey!)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

nose picking (well general nose stuff anyway) increases because of increased blood flow to all your mucous membrane, so increased congestion and drainage. Spitting could increase because you're producing more saliva, again with the mucous membrane stuff I think. I haven't noticed more saliva though, but they mention it in the books. I have been amazingly gassy, it's a little crazy.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

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....you can smell them in AUSTRALIA?! I am so much better at this than I thought!

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

So THAT explains that dodgy smell I always get in the IKEA.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

i dont think i've ever spit for any other reason

― 371 calories, Friday, 17 June 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

I have skipped all the answers.

But do people need to spit? I've never had to spit in my whole, dismal life.

I have done the other things.

It is strange for me to see spitting included.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 17 June 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

Ew. Go to the fucking dentist, dude.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

I included it cause I have seen guys (never girls, sorry) spit on the pavement for no reason. Huge gooey gobs usually too. uurrrghh.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

So you're telling me that never--not once--have you just been walking along and had something from your nose show up uninvited in your mouth? Am I just really bad at maintaining oral/sinus relationships? Do I need a counselor?

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

I have never *had* to spit in public, no. Its not like vomming. Swallow it man!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)

Swallow it man!

omgbarf.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

wtf is coming out of yr sinuses then? GET ONE DOKTAR.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

wtf is coming out of yr sinuses then?

Boogers. Duh.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

Uhh.. blow yer nose?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

I would, except that it's all up in my mouth.

...we've been over this.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

The devil is in the details.

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:16 (twenty years ago)

i spit onto the subway tracks (NOT the platform!) all the time. haven't yet made the third rail, but a boy can dream!

and believe me, my spit is easily one of the LEAST disgusting things on the subway tracks.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

i tend to be the most squeamish when i either cough or sneeze up phlegm. THAT shit is nasty -- i've run across an office to get to the men's room just to wash my hands after sneezing.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

Hm, this doesnt happen to me, and I have wrecked sinuses! I blow my nose, man!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

I've excused myself to spit when I've got a cold about 10x more often than I have to just plain old fart.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:25 (twenty years ago)

CORRECTION: this is mathematically impossible, as I have never once excused myself to fart.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

Wow. You need to be a woman some time. Why d'you think we run off to the ladies so much?

(PS yeah I know I am exaggerating)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

You need a woman some time.

Yeah, you're probably right.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

As a kid, spitting was a popular pastime for boys my age. (you were the shit if you could do that "gleeking" thing, where you propel it a good 15 feet). My mom caught me spitting once, told me it was most uncouth, and so I stopped. I wasn't that big into it, anyway.
Now, if I'm doing something that requires a lot of exertion, eg basketball, spiting is oftentimes a necessity.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 06:26 (twenty years ago)

Ugh. If there're such things as "asparagus farts" I've got them this morning. And they are gag-worthy.

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

yeah i reckon asparagus is akin to brocoli in its gas-producingness.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

somehow i've become the in-house expert on farting

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

it's always nice to have a field of expertise though oops don't you think? gives you something to talk about at dinner parties.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:54 (twenty years ago)

It's a great relief to see my dainty friend gem back on this horrid thread:)

― estela (estela), Friday, 17 June 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

They are all good for you and yet socially unacceptable

― battlingspacemonkey (battlingspacemonkey), Friday, 17 June 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

All three are completely acceptable when I do them.

When others do them I can tolerate all, but when people hold one nostril and fire out a greeny, that’s just fucking wrong. I’ll never do that one.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 17 June 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I find that footballer-snotting thing completely amazing. How do they do that? If I tried it it wouldn't come out as a nice discrete bogey, it would splatter all over my hand and mouth and stuff. Not ladylike.

Anyway, farting in company is utterly wrong (esp. in enclosed spaces e.g. lifts, the Tube) but the other two aren't so egregious.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 17 June 2005 09:09 (twenty years ago)

I've seen the footballer snot ejection called a "bushman's hanky".

>As a kid, spitting was a popular pastime for boys my age.

It still is! The local youth seem to spend most of their spare time practising hawking up great gobbets of phlegm and then emitting these onto pavements, bus shelters etc.

I blame the footballers for setting a bad example; watch a match on TV and a close-up of any player will usually catch them mid-loogie. Is there a reason why other professional sportspeople aren't compelled to do this?

― Bill A (Bill A), Friday, 17 June 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

TS: picking your friends vs. picking your friends noses

― Amon (eman), Friday, 17 June 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

there isnt enough hustle involved in baseball, and you cant spit on the basketball court.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 17 June 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

when people hold one nostril and fire out a greeny

Farmer blow!

Also: Baseball players spit all the fucking time. ANd besides, sports shouldn't count AT ALL. It's totally fair game to spit, fart, piss your pants (ask a marathoner!) when you're playing sports.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

i like nose picking

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Friday, 17 June 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

baseball players spit cause most of them chew tobacco.
if i need to spit while playing b-ball, i always make sure to do it off the court. if i'm indoors, i'll just deal, cause spitting indoors on the floor is just wrong.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

They're all classic!

No, wait. This is TS not C/D. That's different. I could not possibly take sides. It would be like loving one of my children more than the others.

― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 17 June 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

haha i just remembered that my mum wouldnt let me go to the greenday concert after she found out that ppl would spit at one!

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Saturday, 18 June 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

I started some odd threads, back in the day.

― Trayce, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:19 (seventeen years ago)

i dunno this one is pretty good

― Surmounter, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:22 (seventeen years ago)

Hahah I thought you might like it =)

― Trayce, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:25 (seventeen years ago)

=) spitting is definitely the most acceptable, if not impressive, even in social situations.

― Surmounter, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:28 (seventeen years ago)

¿¿¿Spitting in pee = good luck???

― libcrypt, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)

i was going to make a post that changed 'started' to 'sharted' and then i lost the heart

― electricsound, Friday, 23 May 2008 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

ten years pass...

farting seems like the thing most people do

anywhere i'm at -- the streets, a concert, at work -- i sometimes get a whiff of some sulfuric-type odour

and before you say it, no, it's not my "upper lip"

― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:03 (seven years ago)

I'm glad this wasn't a poll because farting would win by a landslide and nose picking really deserves better than that imho

― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:27 (seven years ago)

I spit on the street whenever necessary but try to be a little discreet

― calstars, Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:49 (seven years ago)

Farting and picking are for the bathroom

― calstars, Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:49 (seven years ago)

I hate spitting, I live in a neighborhood where locals spit a LOT and I hate that. They even spit in my building’s elevator. I don’t get it.

― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 25 May 2018 09:40 (seven years ago)

I like the three places that infinity man goes to whiff farts

― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 May 2018 10:49 (seven years ago)

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