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***Mummmo*** - you'll never make it as a Market Gardener. The horse wins it hands down!! No better fertiliser.

as said spitting on can form assault, spiting at is not

but I have to ask is this not a generation fault who thought that plonking their children down to watch Spit The Dog was okay ?

Hi Jen. I haven't read the thread, but yes, it is a criminal offence.
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Dermot.....won't be using any as l don't grow Rhubarb.
Which one do you use........

***Mummmo*** - one is very good for growing rhubarb; the other isn't. Which one will you use?

I hate people spitting, if l see someone do it l usually ask them if they would like one of my tissues, won't tell you some of the replies l've got , lol.
Also another one of my bug bearers is that when your dog does his business you have to pick it up but when a horse does it right over the pavement thats ok. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone who gets rid of their chewing gum by propelling it from their mouth onto the pavement is also spitting!!
Another disgusting habit - recently chewed & spat gum is awful to step in, and a pain if a dog steps in it, and dried chewing gum is extremelly slippery in the rain - I should know, I tore the cartilage in my knee slipping on the stuff!

Thank you all for your answers
Jenxx

They are just disgusting eejits!!!!!!!! Spitting is my biggest hate.

No, it's not an offence per se. At the most, common assault (CJA s 39) but unless you could prove injury, it would go nowhere.

It would all depend on the circumstances surrounding the incident as to whether it could be considered a breach of one of the public order acts.

hit them with your crutch Sue.

lol you know me Daff, can't keep my temper when someone is being antisocial and disgusting to boot!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4226938.stm

During the Beijing Olympics, the locals were encouraged by the authorities to desist from spitting in public - a common occurrence in that region.

*starts decorating baseball bats*



You being gentle again, Sue????

Love

Daff xxxxxx

i detest spitting i think its disgusting!!!

and yes footballers are a very bad example

From a Times article:

Spitting on someone is an offence. But spitting at someone is not, if the spit lands merely on the pavement. There is no piece of legislation that deals specifically with spitting. True, a fixed penalty notice of £100 from the police for loutish behaviour may follow a spitting incident. But how many of those are there likely to be? How many police will catch people in the act?

A bloody good club around their ear with a baseball bat would be a better deterrent.

Sue

Oh and dogs should wear nappies in public!

If it is not an offence it should be. By us if you are not dodging dog muck it is flem filled spit, yuck! I have to tell my son keep your eyes to the floor so you don't stand in something.
I am not violent but if someone spat on me I think I would knock their disgusting head off!

Also kiddies can fall down in it and dogs bring it in the house on their paws. Years ago you would see signs up saying No Spitting. Footballers don't set a very good example on the pitch do they. Boys copy them.