Spit: nature's solvent, nature's lubricant. Discuss.

[Fridays Child]

Or not. I'm taking a nap, now.

[RedCloud]

1. I am voting for solvent.

Right now 100% agree with me. Lubricant is a risky path to tread today.

[Fridays Child]

15. But, if spit were synthesized, I wonder if we could...

... reduce our dependence on oil.

Hmm. Time to take my car in and get the spit changed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. For me, spit is .......

an aid for digestion......







:hide:

[Fridays Child]

10. Could that be related to its solvent properties?

:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I suppose that you could say that......

I'm not sure, though...

I think it has more to do with chemical reactions than with dissolving things, but I could be mistaken...

:shrug:

[Fridays Child]

21. One thing is for sure: digestion would be difficult without it.

Maybe, impossible!

[Jed Dilligan]

3. Neither.

It's for decorating the plain, drab faces of Republican politicians.

[swimboy]

4. Welcome to DU, Jed Dilligan!

:hi:

[Jed Dilligan]

5. Thanks, glad to be here

I've been lurking for quite a while.

[swimboy]

6. I did that too.

Now my plan is to escape the 700 Club today or tomorrow.

[Fridays Child]

16. Ooh, good answer!

:thumbsup:

[catmandu57]

7. If you spit on your cinch knor

when tying whatever on fishing line, spit on the knot draw it tight and it won't come undone.

[Fridays Child]

9. We add a third category: nature's knot tightener!

Belly goot. Belly goot, indeed. :thumbsup:

[bertha katzenengel]

8. Mother's Facial Cleanser

mother's spit & a kleenex will take any grime off the face of any child.

[Fridays Child]

12. Time-honored grime removal--probably because of its dual properties...

...don't you think?

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. If you're gonna sing the praises of spit

y'gotta get chicken wire in there too.

:applause:

[Fridays Child]

13. Intriguing. Please tell us more.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. I dunno. I've just always heard about

stuff being built out of chicken wire and spit. :shrug:

Figured chicken wire oughta get equal time.

[Fridays Child]

17. Hmm. Must be a colloquialism. What region of the country are you from?

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Left Coast

But my folks were Arkies. :scared:

[Fridays Child]

20. The parents' roots probably explains it.

As an Okie, I can relate. But if "spit and chicken wire" is an Okie expression, too, I probably moved away at too young an age to have heard or remembered it.