"-I have a paranoid habit of drooling spit onto a blown-out match before throwing it away in the trash can. Did Smokey ever advocate this or did I make it up? More importantly, do bears spit?"

I do the same crap, only I do it in front of my friends and strangers... I'm sure they think I'm a freak for snuffing matches out on my tongue. Also, I really don't know if bears spit. That's a very curious inquiry. Let's go to the zoo and you get in the cage... have a spit off with the bear and see who wins... or run like hell while throwing raw meat in the other direction as to avoid said bears engorgeable need to devour nerds.