spongebob Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Watching back on some of the Glasto footage I recorded last weekend, I was a bit taken aback by a couple of incidents of on-stage spitting! Patti Smith hocked a sizeable loogie in her televised set (reviews said she did it 3 times, maybe once was gum), and I think it was Pharrell who did the same. Maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned, but there's really no need, is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It's pretty vile and unnecessary. I played football to a high standard for 18yrs and never once felt the need to spit so I get really annoyed watching pros do it on tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Spitting seems to have become 'a thing' again generally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Ah well, at least it's not snuff. It [i]is[/i] pretty vile though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hate it. When I see people do it in the street I think, "Thanks for that, but I really didn't want to share your body fluids or be paddling about in them, you selfish fecking cretin.' I suppose we should be grateful we don't live in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I saw wishbone ash at Hammersmith Odeon 30+ years ago and the image that sticks with me still is Martin Turner gobbling on the blue stage carpet throughout the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I work in Peckham. It isn't unusual for me to see even genteel old ladies noisily hawking and producing a sizeable grolly for all to behold. It's absolutely horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 [quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1435999160' post='2814224'] I saw wishbone ash at Hammersmith Odeon 30+ years ago and the image that sticks with me still is Martin Turner gobbling on the blue stage carpet throughout the gig. [/quote] Gobbing, not gobbling...........that was a different show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Is it still against the law ? When I were a lad you could be, and people were, fined for it. Part of the fight against TB dont you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hate it ! Should be cracked down on. Just thinking of the many times James Hatfield did it. Don't know if he still does. The annoying thing, is that y ou can hear the spiriting on some of their live recordings. Way too annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I worked for a while at one of the schools in Brum that were involved in the Trojan Horse cover up a few months ago. The caretaker was complaining that the kids are allowed to flob IN the school during Ramadam, but he was refusing to clean it up. Appy polly logies if its a stupid question, but why during Ramadam ? In most schools kids just gob on the playgrounds anyway these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNkShUi Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1435997355' post='2814204'] I suppose we should be grateful we don't live in China. [/quote] I've only been once. Won't be going again!! Could not believe what i was seeing/hearing, and could not believe no one had warned me about it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel36 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1435945225' post='2813921'] It's pretty vile and unnecessary. I played football to a high standard for 18yrs and never once felt the need to spit so I get really annoyed watching pros do it on tv. [/quote] Great comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1436093003' post='2814818'] Part of the fight against TB dont you know. [/quote] I'm not a fan of Talkbass, but that's a bit harsh! [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1436112537' post='2815045']The caretaker was complaining that the kids are allowed to flob IN the school during Ramadam, but he was refusing to clean it up. Appy polly logies if its a stupid question, but why during Ramadam ? [/quote] I think it's to do with fasting Muslims not being allowed to swallow anything during daylight hours - even their own saliva... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1436443723' post='2818178'] I'm not a fan of Talkbass, but that's a bit harsh! I think it's to do with fasting Muslims not being allowed to swallow anything during daylight hours - even their own saliva... [/quote] Make them carry their own spitoons and clean them out in the toilets in their own time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1436444736' post='2818185'] Make them carry their own spitoons and clean them out in the toilets in their own time. [/quote] Spitoon is a great word! Sadly underused these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1436443723' post='2818178'] I think it's to do with fasting Muslims not being allowed to swallow anything during daylight hours - even their own saliva... [/quote] Thanks. I honestly didnt know whether to believe him or if he was winding me up a bit as revenge for me telling him it was both Kilroy Silk and Enoch Powells old school. Half of which is true... But spitting out a bit of saliva is not the same as hawking up a green ernie is it ? Either way, spitting does help spread TB so I dont see why other arrangements couldnt be made. Edited July 9, 2015 by BILL POSTERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1436449875' post='2818250'] Spitoon is a great word! Sadly underused these days... [/quote] Not as underused as its synonym, 'cuspidor'. As in: [i]Toreador don't spit upon the floor[/i] [i]Use the cuspidor[/i] [i]That's what it's for.[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1436540272' post='2819021'] Not as underused as its synonym, 'cuspidor'. As in: [i]Toreador don't spit upon the floor[/i] [i]Use the cuspidor[/i] [i]That's what it's for.[/i] [/quote] Wot. For keeping cigars moist ? Someone told me the spitoon joke on my first day at work when I left school nearly 48 years ago. I still remember it, and it still makes me heave... Edited July 10, 2015 by BILL POSTERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I can kind of understand it with shouty music as sometimes the throat just needs to be cleared but in general I absolutely hate spitting & have had a few "discussions" with people in the street about it before (usually ending in the inevitable calamity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 The BBC presenters claimed local trees were putting out nasty pollen/fluff that caused 'Glastonbury Throat'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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