SPIT

[SPYD3R]

OK, this is gona sound weird, but i'd like to hear from others if they have done this, or know of anyone that has....
SPIT INTO A NEW HELMET....
i'm knocking of 69, and waaaaaaaay back when, probably around 1955, my best friends dad was a motorcycle rider. my friend and i were in his dad's garage watching him work on his Harley. while there, a friend of his came by and gave him a new helmet. when he took the helmet, he said "thanks" then proceeded to 'spit in it'... not a biggy, but just a little... YUK... :wrong: i asked "why" and the answer has stuck with me ever since, answer: "because nobody will steal it"...
was this an isolated incidence, or has anyone else ever hear of this practice...? i've had a couple dozen helmets over the years, and NEVER once have i spit in any of them....
Dan P
SPYD3R

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

how does the thief know he spit in it?

 

[SPYD3R]

how does the thief know he spit in it?

i suspect that was the practice of all riders back then....
SPYD3R

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked:
I think that I'd rather just let my "Frunk Monkey" guard it for me.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

This only works if you do it every time you put your helmet down ............ pretty disgusting imho ...... Mike :thumbup:

 

[d.o.spyder-rts]

Never heard of it and that's a good thing. Dale

 

[ruralgirl]

No wonder so many states repealed their helmet laws. (Take note, ladies ... never borrow a guy's helmet again.)

 

[JimVonBaden]

I've been riding 35+ years, and been on lots of clubs, and NO. Never even heard of such a thing.

 

[ARtraveler]

That's a new one on me too. I will pass. :thumbup:

 

[Bfromla]

Not what I thought I knew

I have seen this done(never closely watched or questioned) & understood it completely different than that. :shocked: The spit was directed at the inside of visor as anti fog, much like I saw divers do to their mask before diving in:dontknow: Granted the riders I witnessed were on the ruff & questionable backgrounds side & I kept my distance :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[ruralgirl]

I have seen this done(never closely watched or questioned) & understood it completely different than that. :shocked: The spit was directed at the inside of visor as anti fog, much like I saw divers do to their mask before diving in:dontknow: Granted the riders I witnessed were on the ruff & questionable backgrounds side & I kept my distance :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

At least that makes some sense. My husband used to do that to his mask in his scuba days.

 

[JimVonBaden]

I have seen this done(never closely watched or questioned) & understood it completely different than that. :shocked: The spit was directed at the inside of visor as anti fog, much like I saw divers do to their mask before diving in:dontknow: Granted the riders I witnessed were on the ruff & questionable backgrounds side & I kept my distance :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

I've seen goggles for divers done like that to limit fogging.

 

[Bandit]

WAY back when: Always took my new helmet and "spun" it across the parking lot! That way I NEVER worried about getting it scratched!!:doorag:

 

[Chupaca]

Have to go with.....

The spit to keep from fogging..son did it for motocross goggles back when. :thumbup: there are other ways to keep them from stealing your helmet....:lecturef_smilie::roflblack:

 

[Bfromla]

I forgot to ask if there was any relation to the :doorag: du rag :dontknow: :dontknow:
At least hope there is:lecturef_smilie::shocked:

 

[Bob Denman]

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

 

[ingramwc]

Bob, that just ain't right!!!!! :yikes: Funny though!!!!!!:roflblack::roflblack:

 

[OJ UK]

OT WARNING!!

Off topic I know but this somewhat dubious sounding practice reminds me of a pub I used to frequent

many years ago. Some of the regulars there used to wait for a guy to go for a pee and then steal his beer,

replacing his glass with an empty one. I thought I had a cure for this so when I needed to go pee I put a

coaster over the glass and wrote on it " WARNING! I have spat in this glass! " It worked well too for about a week

then one time I returned to the bar and someone had added a further message to my Warning Sign. It read:

"So did I!!" :yikes: After that I didn't go there so often....

 

[Mick N]

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' - a[FONT=&quot]n 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.[/FONT]


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

 

[SPYD3R]

YIKES

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

HOLY CRAP...... I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE.......
I WAS ONLY ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME THAT I WITNESSED THIS, BUT I STILL REMEMBER MY PALS DAD DOING THAT... ALL I REMEMBER WAS THE HELMET WAS WHITE WITH A RED LOGO OF SOME KIND ON IT.... WE NOW WOULD CALL IT A 3/4 OPEN FACE HELMET... I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT HAD A WIND-SCREEN ON IT OR NOT... I NEVER HEAR NOR SEEN THAT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN AFTER THAT 1st TIME... IF IT WERE A REGIONAL PRACTICE, IT IS DEAD NOW BECAUSE I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE IN MASSACHUSETTS IF IT'S BEING DONE TODAY, AND IT GROSSED HIM OUT... HE SAID "NO"...
DAN P
SPYD3R