Is chewing gum rude?

[Mad Doug Biker]

All chewing in public should be banned.

Along with saying 'Nom' as you do it!

 

[swee'pea99]

I have plenty of better things to talk about. Or at least think about. Such as, can an Englishman be an Anglophile?

 

[hobbitonabike]

Along with saying 'Nom' as you do it!

Are you still on with the 'nom' thing?? You really really don't like it, do you!!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You really really don't like it, do you!!!

No(m)

 

[hobbitonabike]

No(m)

Aw thanks Doug. Had a rough morning and that gave me a much needed smile.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Aw thanks Doug. Had a rough morning and that gave me a much needed smile.

Relying on my jokes to cheer you up? Ye gads! It must have been bad!! I just hope you have a better afternoon!!

 

[goo_mason]

It's the slow-witted, bovine look given off by the open-mouthed chuggy chewers. As my late granny said, the chewer "looks like a coo hingin' o'er a dyke".

 

[Amanda P]

Never seen a giraffe chewing gum though.

I have seen giraffes chewing lots of times; they spend a lot of time at it, and there are quite a few that hang around near where my brother-in-law used to live, in Richard's Bay, South Africa.

I always assumed they were chewing the cud, but perhaps I was wrong?

(I wonder how they get the wrappers open? Although, having the stomachs they do, perhaps they don't bother, just eat it wrapper and all. And they could probably get it by just levering it up off the ground with their tongues).

 

[hobbitonabike]

Relying on my jokes to cheer you up? Ye gads! It must have been bad!! I just hope you have a better afternoon!!

Or maybe I have the same tragic humour?? ;-)

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I have seen giraffes chewing lots of times; they spend a lot of time at it, and there are quite a few that hang around near where my brother-in-law used to live, in Richard's Bay, South Africa.

I always assumed they were chewing the cud, but perhaps I was wrong?

(I wonder how they get the wrappers open? Although, having the stomachs they do, perhaps they don't bother, just eat it wrapper and all. And they could probably get it by just levering it up off the ground with their tongues).

They do what dogs do - one foot on the wrapper to hold it whilst opening it with their mouth/tongue, and then lick the gum off once its open enough. Simple!

They are quite bad at littering are those Giraffes though.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Or maybe I have the same tragic humour?? ;-)

My commiserations, seriously!!

There must be a self help group or something out there for you!

 

[hobbitonabike]

My commiserations, seriously!!

There must be a self help group or something out there for you!

Most people tell me I am beyond help!! I don't see the provlem personally...I think it's everyone else!!!

 

[pawl]

It drives me nuts.

Depends where you stick it when you have finished chewing.Do you include Nicorette in the rude catorgary.

 

[asterix]

Isn't all saliva mildly antiseptic? Which is why dogs and other beasties literally 'lick their wounds'?

Probably. I have found that licking a mozzie bite soothes it. The bite not the mozzie. Talking of mozzies, I have been told that burning dried elephant dung is good insect repellent altho it is possible that enduring the insects might be preferable.

 

[citybabe]

Disgusting stuff.
There's a woman serving customers in our local supermarket that chews gum all the time. I will always go through another checkout when I see her on shift