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Ever heard of tissues? |
 | By Jeff Sherman   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published June 16, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. |
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Here's the deal. It was a wonderful, Milwaukee weekend so I took an early morning walk to grab a cup of coffee on Saturday.
I'm minding my own business, walking east over the brand new Kilbourn Avenue Bridge when some dude about 20 feet in front of me stops, turns to his left, puts his index finger aside his right nostril and blasts a steady stream of snot onto Kilbourn Avenue (and, of course, into our public air stream). Nice farmer's blow, city-style, dude. Not.
I kept walking, shaking my mind as he went into to the Intercontinental Hotel. Frickin' tourist. Probably a White Sox fan, I thought.
But I continued to think. Come on, can't you wait to blow your damn nose? What's the deal? Seriously, that was just gross. I don't need some dude's snot all over my streets, much less my shoes. I can see a farmer's blow while camping or farming (of course), but while walking a city street?!
There's really no more to say here, other than I do feel bad for the housekeepers who had to clean this dude's room. Because if he's fine with the urban farmer's blow, Lord knows what he was doing in that hotel room.
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Posted by BVMG on June 17, 2009 at 7:27 p.m. (report)
so what are you going to take aim at next? public flatulence???
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Posted by devidia on June 17, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. (report)
I thought "farmer's blow" was a town in Texas. Oh, wait, that's "Farmer's Branch"....
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Posted by jeffmke on June 16, 2009 at 2:53 p.m. (report)
I got blasted by snotrockets by passing cyclists on the Miller Arts Ride. I've shot some off myself, usually stopped when I don't have kleenex, but not when I'm in a pack of riders. Yuck.
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Posted by sandstorm on June 16, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. (report)
ahhh c'mon dude, use logic. are people really gonna stop blogging? did you really take my response literally? did you not read it as a critique of the blog topic? are you even able to fill out a job application without asking silly questions? my job allows for some free time between tasks and i happen to spend those minutes here reading blogs, commenting when i see something stupid, etc. did you ever consider not reading my talkbacks? i bet you can't help yourself.
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Posted by Bassplr19 on June 16, 2009 at 2:35 p.m. (report)
Do you have allergies? Bad allergies? More snot than you thought would even be possible? Blew your nose ten times and five minutes later you were completely stuffed up again? I think the guys being green (no pun intended) by not wasting a kleenex. Personally, I try to avoid the farmer's blow, but I bet you'd have a problem with me hawking a loogie as well.
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