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Umpire’s odd gum-throwing ritual: a salute to the game or a disrespectful gesture?
Yahoo Sports ^ | 5-5-13 | By Mike Oz | Big League Stew

Posted on 06/06/2013 2:51:59 AM PDT by rawhide

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To: pbmaltzman

Wow...I feel for you. It’s no wonder your angst against gum chewing is so pronounced...


21 posted on 06/07/2013 4:54:43 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly (Dim Logic: "Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed! Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed!")
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

If you had been tormented by somebody who deliberately did something because they knew it bothered you, you’d be pissed too. I don’t call it “angst,” I call it “hatred.” And if anybody else doesn’t like it, tough shit!! I really don’t care.


22 posted on 06/07/2013 5:03:03 AM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: pbmaltzman

If you didn’t notice, I was acknowledging your plight, not ridiculing it. My condolences for the hell you were put through.


23 posted on 06/07/2013 8:04:46 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly (Dim Logic: "Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed! Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed!")
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To: pbmaltzman

I can see why after that post.


24 posted on 06/07/2013 11:56:51 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

Thanks. Didn’t mean to come across as so pissy.


25 posted on 06/07/2013 5:22:10 PM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: caver
OK........ now I’ve heard everything.

No you haven't.

I was eating my grits at a Cracker Barrel restaurant and I mixed a little packet of grape jelly in it. I knew the waitress saw me do it, so I asked her if she thought that strange. She said "no, I have two women customers, both adults, mother and daughter, who come in here and order pan cakes and douse them with tartar sauce".

Now, you've heard everything.

26 posted on 06/08/2013 6:46:35 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Graybeard58

Now, you’ve heard everything.

I am sure that if we wanted to we could pursue this further. But some things are best unpursued. Mayonnaise can be pretty gross.


27 posted on 06/08/2013 6:54:53 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (A bad hair day is not a mental issue, or is it?)
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To: rawhide

That’s not a tradition, it’s being a douche. Especially chucking it in the field of play.


28 posted on 06/08/2013 7:00:09 PM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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To: pbmaltzman

Forgot to mention... I can’t stomach the stench of gum chewing either. It’s not a refreshing scent. It’s about as welcome as a pile of hot, steaming feces, if you ask me.


29 posted on 06/08/2013 7:24:24 PM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: Graybeard58

I think putting grape jelly on grits is just as odd as tartar sauce on pancakes, but... I haven’t tried either that way, so both of them may be just fine!


30 posted on 06/08/2013 7:32:48 PM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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Geez, I wasn’t really into revisiting this thread but I got another response from another poster and then read your further replies to an earlier one!

If your mother wasn’t wasn’t dumb enough to marry your bastard father, and if you didn’t have a twin, then we wouldn’t be reading your pitiful rant.

I can’t believe the stuff I read on here.


31 posted on 06/08/2013 7:42:12 PM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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Whatever. Hey, maybe I should move to Singapore. They disapprove strongly of gum chewing there...


32 posted on 06/08/2013 9:20:33 PM PDT by pbmaltzman
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly
Part of the reason is that, in my experience, there are *very few* if any "respectful" gum chewers. That is, people who chew with their mouth closed and avoid making noise, etc.

When I was attempting to date off the internet, I put in my profile that I wouldn't date alkies, drug addicts, or gum chewers. Yes, I got some crappy responses. But I didn't want to meet those guys anyway.

Their loss. I don't need people like them in my life.

33 posted on 06/09/2013 1:23:55 AM PDT by pbmaltzman
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