when people scrape their teeth on silverware.

[Reads with Scotch]

Honestly, that sound just drives right into my Abdulla oblongata. Don’t you people know what you are doing to your teeth, and my ears! I find that these are the same people that also enjoy, slapping their gums when eating, using the fork as a ram rod to plow more food into their mouths. Really folks see a shrink, and eat like you have a couple of brain cells in your head, savor the flavor.

[Carlie]

you are eating around the WRONG people sweetie.

[Lisa]

Hee! I'm mentally savoring the idea of a little devout Muslim in my brain! Much more fun than the medulla oblongata!

(I love words put together in a way that leads to a totally unexpected image!)

Certain people + certain foods = horrible noises. Careless people eating sloppy fast food always gets to me. I can hear from here how mushy that hamburger bun must be. Ew.

[Reads with Scotch]

I can not eat AT a fast food for that very reason.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I drive Chris crazy when I eat pumpkin seeds, with all the little cracking noises.

[Chloe]

Sarah, your description almost made me throw up in my mouth. That is one of my biggest pet peeves and churns my stomach just thinking about it.

[Carlie]

sarah, I really didnt need that description.

[Tesse]

I have a friend who eats so quickly he actually makes noises, kind of like cookie monster but not endearing at all.

Graum maum muam raum graum *big throaty gulp* GRAUM maum maum...raum...aum...burp.

I can't handle it, it makes my flesh crawl.

He does work as a nifty appetite suppressant, though.

[Dave]

There's this guy at this coffee shop I go to that hums when he eats.

[Tesse]

I've heard people do that before!

Is it aimless or does he carry a recognizable tune?

[Carlie]

Isn't that dangerous?

[Tesse]

Carlie,

How?

Choking hazard?

Running the risk a fellow diner, friend or spouse is going to bludgeon you with flatware?

[Dave]

No tune, just a single note. A flat, I think.

[Tesse]

Ah.

I don't have "Talking in Your Sleep" stuck in my head, I have a single flat note with chewing noises.

Terrific.

[Carlie]

Choking hazard Tesse

[Lisa]

I can handle slurping. It's gooey chewing noises (most often related to gummy, mushy fast food) that I can't stand. The sound of a big mac and the sound of a decent slab of meat at a restaurant are entirely different.