tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462448487058680376.post7149991496192324158..comments2023-05-31T06:03:05.037-05:00Comments on Idiot Flags: Spit...it...out!Stephen Banhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13655660012623628384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462448487058680376.post-76482378044709437672009-03-05T21:45:00.000-06:002009-03-05T21:45:00.000-06:00I agree wholeheartedly (and “I ain’t no crotchety ...I agree wholeheartedly (and “I ain’t no crotchety old man” either).<BR/><BR/>I’m still recovering from being told, just a few years ago, after years of blissful ignorance, that all those silver-dollar-sized black spots covering the sidewalks and subway platforms of our great cities are actually spit-out GUM wads that have been flatted under foot and darkened by dirt and soot. They are disgusting, and far more so than cigarette butts (that ALSO have no place on our streets) because at least butts can be swept up.<BR/><BR/>But back to the disgusting act of CHEWING gum in public. How delicious it was that, among the many things Dave Letterman slammed the crazed and disheveled Joaquin Phoenix for recently was his gum-chewing! Phoenix was the perfect poster boy for gum chewing because he looked like a cross between Charlie Manson and a ZZ Top band member (sorry, guys... I DO appreciate your music). And Joaquin punctuated his chewing gaffe by removing his wad and sticking it on the underside of Dave’s desk! (Stay classy, dude.)Diefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924867561177265472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462448487058680376.post-57558194906000961472009-03-04T13:58:00.000-06:002009-03-04T13:58:00.000-06:00ooh - watch it, Ban. There's a fine line between ...ooh - watch it, Ban. There's a fine line between artful commentator on the inanities of life and crotchey old man...JFLYAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068065507956994236noreply@blogger.com