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In India, for most Hindu religious functions, we keep dung balls representing a particular God of ours. In the ancient days, the floors used to be first coated with mud and then with dung paste and then allowed to dry. We consider dung as a good disinfectant. I am not sure if this spitting hobby or some version of it exists somewhere in our place. Cheers, Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote: In the ancient days, the floors used to be first coated with mud and then with dung paste and then allowed to dry. This is actually still practiced by many SA's - pretty good flooring actually :)
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Do you take part in the "Dung Spitting" competition ? For the uninitiated : http://www.google.co.in/search?q=dung+spitting+south+africa&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= ---------------------- He who laughs last thinks slowest.
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Megan Forbes wrote: No wonder urine testing was brought into our beloved sport! Leagues and urine testing... sure must be a really serious and popular sport. Cheers, Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
As with anything that involves serious amounts of money people try and cheat. The yearly championship runs up to a cool 500k for the champion dung spitter. It is a source of great pride amongst those who can. Mongoose dung is only viewed as illegal by the minor amateur leagues. They cannot handle it like the masters and so look for ways to cripple us rather than rise to our level. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
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In India, for most Hindu religious functions, we keep dung balls representing a particular God of ours. In the ancient days, the floors used to be first coated with mud and then with dung paste and then allowed to dry. We consider dung as a good disinfectant. I am not sure if this spitting hobby or some version of it exists somewhere in our place. Cheers, Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
As Meg mentions many homes floors are still layed with the ancient Zulu and Xhosa recipes. Cow blood is also mixed in though I suspect Indians will not do the same. A well done floor of this nature has an amazing lustre to it that can surpass hardwood. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Ashwin Chaugule wrote: Do you take part in the "Dung Spitting" competition ? Oooh, yes! You Googled for my favourite sport! One of the main reasons it's my favourite is I'm so good at it. Let me tell you my secret to success - you must use warthog[^] dung. You must roll it into a ball with your tongue - I find that pressing it against my upper lip with my top teeth also helps to give it a firmer consistency. If you ever make it to Mpumalanga I'll teach you the art if you like.
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Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: I find that pressing it against my upper lip with my top teeth also helps to give it a firmer consistency. Explains the lack of Megan on the dating scene. I'm off my feed now, skipping lunch, must sandpaper visual cortex...
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Megan Forbes wrote: I find that pressing it against my upper lip with my top teeth also helps to give it a firmer consistency. Explains the lack of Megan on the dating scene. I'm off my feed now, skipping lunch, must sandpaper visual cortex...
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Todd C. Wilson wrote: Explains the lack of Megan on the dating scene. I'm off my feed now, skipping lunch, must sandpaper visual cortex... :laugh: Actually, as a champion dung spitter, I was snapped up and have been happily married for a while now :-D.
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Do you take part in the "Dung Spitting" competition ? For the uninitiated : http://www.google.co.in/search?q=dung+spitting+south+africa&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= ---------------------- He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Everyone on this thread is full of shit! :-D Jeremy Falcon
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Paul Watson wrote: Next time I am up in London we can have a go at seeing who can hit Blaine from the furthest. :laugh: Paul Watson wrote: But in what is undeniably the masters league, Die Boender Boere Bevolk League, mongoose dung is not illegal. We can handle the narcotic effects better than the amateurs. First mongoose dung, then admitting to being a member of the illegal Boender Boere Bevolk League? I'm shamed to admit I have laid eyes on you. Shamed to have this sort of dirty laundry brought out before our international friends. We of the Higher Assegai Dung Brigade don't need any stimulants to improve our performance and distance. No wonder urine testing was brought into our beloved sport!
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I prefer the term Faecal Projection, though most in South Africa do indeed just call it dung spitting. Meg is just an amateur if she still uses warthog dung. It is easy to roll and is a good way to learn this fine sport, but as you progress you find the projectile breaks up in mid flight with warthog dung. It's trajectory is also affected by the microfolicules which warthog dung contains. Warthog dung is the VB.NET of the faecal projection world. I prefer a complex concotion of one part hippo, two parts eland and 1/2 part mongoose. Hemp microfibres are mixed into provide high speed retention of moisture. This is all kept moist in a bed of banyan leaves. Banana leaves will also do. The projectiles are only prepared 15 minutes before ejection. Too early and they dry out, too late and they break apart in your mouth. The tongue roll flip is the preferred method of launching the projectile though some new age kids are using the reverse loogey hurl which admitedly is giving us masters a few scares. Next time you are in South Africa you must join us for a braai, some biltong, beer, boerewors and a bit of faecal projection. Fun for the whole family. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Do you take part in the "Dung Spitting" competition ? For the uninitiated : http://www.google.co.in/search?q=dung+spitting+south+africa&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= ---------------------- He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Ashwin Chaugule wrote: Do you take part in the "Dung Spitting" competition ? I use to, but now with a sporting injury my dung-spitting activities have been curtailed. :sigh: And, yes, we all see lions and elephants on the street too! :-D Cheers, Simon sig ::
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Everyone on this thread is full of shit! :-D Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Everyone on this thread is full of shit! Help me! I can't roll on the floor any more, my sides are splitting...
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You weren't talented then? :sigh:
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Indeed in the amateur and Federated South African Dung Spitting Association leagues it is. But in what is undeniably the masters league, Die Boender Boere Bevolk League, mongoose dung is not illegal. We can handle the narcotic effects better than the amateurs. Next time I am up in London we can have a go at seeing who can hit Blaine from the furthest. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
So, what part (if any) of that post is joking? Narcotic effects of mongoose dung?!? John
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: In the ancient days, the floors used to be first coated with mud and then with dung paste and then allowed to dry. This is actually still practiced by many SA's - pretty good flooring actually :)
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Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionThe flooring is really "cool", one will really feel the difference. As with all natural things, its really good for health too. But we donot have it nowadays in this part of the country, except in the remote villages. But I think its still in wide use in North Indian villages. Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
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As Meg mentions many homes floors are still layed with the ancient Zulu and Xhosa recipes. Cow blood is also mixed in though I suspect Indians will not do the same. A well done floor of this nature has an amazing lustre to it that can surpass hardwood. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
I donot think we use blood for the floor mixture. And I agree, the texture is amazing and it gives a "cool" feeling. Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
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Everyone on this thread is full of shit! :-D Jeremy Falcon
:-D indeed. But boy was that fun! regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Miszou wrote: I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was. Crikey! ain't life grand?
