SPIT

[2Paw]

Ok, I turned 70 this year, grew up and lived in Suthurn, Ahia (Portmouth, Ohio at the Ohio River... where I might be considered as borderline Southerner by some) ) through my high school years and this post brought the definition below to my mind immediately...

But finding this definition was a real pain in my Yankee (Coumbus, Ohio) *ss!! Guess you could call it a kind of cousin to 'finders keepers' - an old children's adage "finders keepers, losers weepers",which basically asserts that anything found or discovered by someone automatically entitles them to ownership of that property.


Buried in the link below:

(12) -- out, to spit on anything found or taken possession of, to mark ownership


https://books.google.com/books?id=v...en possession of, to mark ownership ;&f=false

Had a guy tell me when I bought my first house I should pee on the survey markers at the corners of my lot to mark it as mine. I was stupid enough to ask my Dad about that and his response was "don't believe everything your Grandpa tells you".:roflblack: It wasn't Grandpa who told me that, but it was good advice because Grandpa was a joker.

 

[lou49]

That's it! Goin to open up a spit business! Then I'll be a sponsor on SL. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:!!!

 

[thehawk]

What if the "Spitter", also chews tobacco? :shocked:


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Poor man's sun shade :dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

It also keeps the "Groupies" off at a safe distance! :shocked:

 

[ruralgirl]

What if the "Spitter", also chews tobacco? :shocked:

When I ran a tack shop (saddlery) years ago, I discovered that selling spittoons was a pretty good business with the local horseman. I'd never heard of chewing tobacco nor seen anyone chew until moving to Michigan. Not much grosses me out, but horsebacking with these guys and watching them sling their dyed spit from the saddle came pretty close.

 

[Bob Denman]

But it does keep the bugs away... :thumbup:

 

[PrairieSpyder]

It also keeps the "Groupies" off at a safe distance! :shocked:

How would you know, Bob? :dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

I've heard stories... :roflblack: