Want to know what's peeving me today? People who make noises with their mouths other than vocal. Mostly I'm talking about gum chomping, but also drink slurping. I just came out of a staff meeting. What was it about? Yeah, I don't know, 'cause the guy next to me was making so much friggin' noise I couldn't hear or concentrate on what was being said! This is how it went,
"The research foc*chomp*chomp*squish*chomp*sluuurp*what we want*swish*sluuuuurp*chomp*squish*chomp* best methods *snarg*chomp*!!"
Eeeeew! Naaaasty! Seriously, for an hour and a half! How do you make that much noise with just one piece of gum and a cup of tea?! Two days ago I took Linus to the library and ran into a similar problem. We're sitting there at one of the toddler tables scribbling away on a squirrel picture when another kid, Zeke, and his mom join us. Zeke's mom is working over a piece of gum so loudly, vigorously, and publicly, that I had to get up and leave. That's right - two toddler boys with their runny noses, drooly faces, god-knows-what-encrusted hands, and poopy britches, and it's the grown lady icking me out.
What's the deal?! Don't get me wrong, I like gum. No, I LOVE gum. I chew gum all day long, every day. If it wasn't for gum, I'd probably smoke a pipe, or gnaw on pencils. I appreciate the desire, Nay! the NEED, to chew gum. But I know how to keep my mouth shut. I bet no one around me is aware I'm even chewing gum, let alone annoyed by it. And, I have manners. Mostly.
So, quit it! Quit grossing me out and quit giving gum chewers a bad name!
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AMEN TO THAT! (And those are the same people who sneeze without covering their mouths.)
It just makes me want to stick some gum in their hair as I walk by.
Hahahahahaha!
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