Comments on: Noise pollution, or natural behaviour?

By: Ladies and gentlemen, nicotine has left the body. « Coffee Helps

Ladies and gentlemen, nicotine has left the body. « Coffee Helps — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:37:11 +0000

[...] by the smoke. At that exact moment, a guy in the men’s toilets did that horrible hacking, throat-clearing thing that turns my stomach. He kept right on going, to the point where I couldn’t bear it any [...]

By: Hails

Hails — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:03:06 +0000

Grannymar – a gollier! I’ve never heard of that before. I hate discarded gum too, but I’d much rather someone spat out their gum in front of me than did this!
McBouncy – Haha… I’d like to, but the act discusses me so much that I think even the sound of myself doing it might make me sick!

By: McBouncy

McBouncy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:02:36 +0000

Why dont you join them but make sure your aim is slightly off and it lands on the feet of the last person you saw doing it…..

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:59:46 +0000

That carry on was rampant in Dublin when I was young. So was TB. The term used for the offensive deposit was ‘a gollier’! Old men in particular were past masters at sending the deposits around corners. I learned to give corners a wide berth.

Nowadays the practice seems to be to dispose of chewing gum, how I hate to get that stuff on the soles of my shoes. I always want to rub the owners nose in it. See I am not such a sweet old lady after all!