Why Do You Spit Or Blow Snot Rockets...
11-25-09, 09:43 PM
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Why Do You Spit Or Blow Snot Rockets...
I have ridden with many who blow snot rockets and spit...
Even women...
I have never felt the need...
Happy Thanksgiving...
Even women...
I have never felt the need...
Happy Thanksgiving...
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11-25-09, 09:54 PM
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Sometimes I get some drip from the nasal cavity into my mouth..weird, unpleasantly thick texture.
I just look down at my front wheel and spit. I've never had a problem of having it be remotely close to hitting anyone
I just look down at my front wheel and spit. I've never had a problem of having it be remotely close to hitting anyone
11-25-09, 09:56 PM
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Bad sinuses. Snot's gotta go somewhere, can only swallow so much of it. 
Poor source of protein.
Poor source of protein.
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11-25-09, 10:09 PM
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11-25-09, 10:26 PM
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In colder weather I've been known to blow a few snot rockets.
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11-25-09, 10:29 PM
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Then you don't produce the amount of mucus that I do.
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11-25-09, 10:36 PM
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11-25-09, 10:39 PM
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I get snotty when I exercise, especially in the cooler months.
11-25-09, 10:44 PM
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Because it's better than sniffing it up until you give yourself a sinus infection.
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11-25-09, 10:48 PM
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Atmospheric allergies cause my sinuses to go into overdrive. It's either snot rockets or the back of my riding gloves.
11-25-09, 10:49 PM
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Because it seems a reasonable alternative to swallowing it.
11-26-09, 12:03 AM
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I don't. I've got a nice soft - and consequently extremely gross - pad on the back of my thumb and forefinger for that.
11-26-09, 12:15 AM
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Always fun to spit and have your saliva so oxygen deprived it kind of just comes out as a string that lands on your right sleeve.
11-26-09, 12:49 AM
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to clear the air ways for the oxygen my body needs to produce 400 watts. duh. later.
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Because it is simpler to blow a snot rocket than to try to dig out a tissue and blow your nose while riding.
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11-26-09, 04:56 AM
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Because I have something wrong with me, don't know what it is, but my nasal passages clog up real badly and if I don't get it out I choke on the mucus and vomit....but I'm getting better.
11-26-09, 05:22 AM
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it's not fun to have gooey gloves.
11-26-09, 06:50 AM
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I just blow my nose into my cycling gloves when no one is around to hear it. Otherwise, If someone is around to hear my vile action, I just wipe under the nose with the terry cloth part of the glove. Same with spitting: If no one is around, I just expectorate in the direction of my front wheel. If people are around (especially other riders), I spit into the glove.
