Cherry pit spitting

Cherry pit spitting is the act of spitting, or ejecting, the pit (the seed) of a cherry from one's mouth with great speed so as to send the pit a great distance. Spitting cherry pits is an amateur sport; there are no professional leagues of cherry spitters known, though this may change if enough people begin participating in this sport. A cherry pit, the pit of a cherry, is very small, about the size of a front tooth, and is very slippery when first removed from the cherry, making it easy to spit. According to the Guinness Bo ...

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Spitting is the act of forcibly ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth. In some cultures it is seen as offensive to spit in public, whereas it is widely tolerated in others. Spitting upon another person, especially onto their face, is a near-universal sign of anger, hatred or contempt. It is possible to transmit infectious diseases in this way. In London, bus drivers have recently been given equipment to collect saliva when they are spat upon by irate passengers. The p ...

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