Chewing the Cud

It amazes me how many seemingly normal looking adults I run into these days who insist on chewing gum with as much open-mouth, chomping and slurping and cracking gusto as a nine year old kid. This morning it was the well-dressed woman sitting next to me on the train. Slurping & chomping away, practically in my ear. Must have been the slowest train ride ever. Disgusting.