Irrational fear of disgusting eaters
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I'll defend the 'slurpers'.
The Chinese call slurping sounds 'delicious noises', since the passage of air over the food enables the flavour molecules to be released. Same with wine tasting.
In a country where everyone slurps, nobody slurps. You rapidly get used to it.
Oh, and I'll freely admit that I lick my knife. Moreover, my plate.
Not at Le Gavroche obviously, but at home, and with impunity.
The Chinese call slurping sounds 'delicious noises', since the passage of air over the food enables the flavour molecules to be released. Same with wine tasting.
In a country where everyone slurps, nobody slurps. You rapidly get used to it.
Oh, and I'll freely admit that I lick my knife. Moreover, my plate.
Not at Le Gavroche obviously, but at home, and with impunity.
singlecoil said:
I went to a boarding school in Ireland, where it is customary (or it was at the time) for the other boys at my table to get a mouthful of food, chew it a bit, then take a big slug of tea and swallow it all down at once.
This is horrible, and one of my pet hates. How someone can half chew their food, then wash in a load of liquid is beyond me. Like swallowing a mouth full of vomit.I've had this phobia/condition for as long as I can remember - probably from childhood, from sharing the dinner table with various members of my family which has now carried over to my adulthood to the point where I have great difficulty sharing the dinner table with anyone! I even find myself mocking people that annoy me, either by trying to chew louder than them or swallow harder. All very childish but yes messy eaters are disgusting. People that also snort and swallow their snot very loudly, people that cough, sneeze and even breathe. The list is endless!
It even happens to me sometimes - chomping on a squelchy banana - I felt like punching myself in the neck!
It even happens to me sometimes - chomping on a squelchy banana - I felt like punching myself in the neck!
acd80 said:
singlecoil said:
Rockwell.
I've been there a few times playing rugby against your school (back in the early to mid 90's). I went to Garbally for my sins.BigJonMcQuimm said:
Slurping drinks drives me insane.
Also people who peel an orange whilst in the vicinity of others eating a meal - filthy.
WTF, you have some funny ideas. Also people who peel an orange whilst in the vicinity of others eating a meal - filthy.
'Slurping' is the correct way to drink tea for example.
What is 'filthy' about peeling oranges?
Martin4x4 said:
BigJonMcQuimm said:
Slurping drinks drives me insane.
Also people who peel an orange whilst in the vicinity of others eating a meal - filthy.
WTF, you have some funny ideas. Also people who peel an orange whilst in the vicinity of others eating a meal - filthy.
'Slurping' is the correct way to drink tea for example.
What is 'filthy' about peeling oranges?
People who push their food on to the back of the fork! Watching someone trying to force peas on to the back of a fork! Squashing them, chasing them around the plate, squashing so many on that they are spilling off, but still trying to push on more. Makes my piss boil! Just turn the f
king fork over and scoop the things up, or stab them with the sharp bits. FFS.
king fork over and scoop the things up, or stab them with the sharp bits. FFS.stevesingo said:
People who push their food on to the back of the fork! Watching someone trying to force peas on to the back of a fork! Squashing them, chasing them around the plate, squashing so many on that they are spilling off, but still trying to push on more. Makes my piss boil! Just turn the fking fork over and scoop the things up, or stab them with the sharp bits. FFS.
I eat my peas with honey;king fork over and scoop the things up, or stab them with the sharp bits. FFS.I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
Anon.
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
CasTiger7 said:
This and people that lick their knife, and the ones who whistle through their nose. Sounds like a kettle is boiling in their mouth somewhere.
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I'm glad it's not just me who hates this...noisy noses - I mean wtf? Can't they hear themselves? Clean the bogies out ffs..
I don't mind slurping but can't stand the sound of someone's lips smacking together and their food making that horrible squelchy noise in their mouth.
It gets so bad my girlfriend gets embarrassed in restaurants cause I sit there and glare at people. Once I've noticed them, I cannot ignore it. I'll even hear someone sat 20 feet away because I hate the noise that much I really pick up on it.
It gets so bad my girlfriend gets embarrassed in restaurants cause I sit there and glare at people. Once I've noticed them, I cannot ignore it. I'll even hear someone sat 20 feet away because I hate the noise that much I really pick up on it.
Lovely though the OHs family are mealtime with them is like joining the pigs at the trough. The noise is insane, nobody hold cutlery proprly. The other outsider, OHs sisters husband agrees with me.
how do you tell a family to eat properly?
I have told my OH and she is that conscious of it now that she eats really slowly and quietly around me. Still holds her cutlery like a child though which is a bit embarrassing when we go out.
how do you tell a family to eat properly?
I have told my OH and she is that conscious of it now that she eats really slowly and quietly around me. Still holds her cutlery like a child though which is a bit embarrassing when we go out.
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