With all of the advancements we still can’t invent gum that keeps it’s taste for more than 5 minutes? —Unhappy Chewer
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Fuck flavor,; can’t we make gum that dissolves on contact with concrete? Singapore looks like a better bet with each year that I get older.
I agree with you ivan, i hate standing on gum more than dogshit.
I’d love all the scientists and researchers to go, you know fuck discovering the god particle, curing cancer and realistic sex bots (i can dream), lets invent long lasting gum.
(if you could work on the flying car, hover board and the self tying shoelaces that would also be great)
Stride Gum lasts forever, and you can’t tell what it tastes like.
LOL. If not for you…I was just thinking the same thing.
“chew my rubber bum”
Anyone want some ABC gum? ^_^
Back in 1947 an inventor by the name of Carl Dents invented a flavourful gum one stick of which could reportedly last for at least a month.
The U.S. government barred the commercial release of the gum and classified the associated gum research for national security reasons.
Carl Dents was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee as being a possible Communist agent.
The authorities thought his durable gum, which he called “Everlasting Red”, was part of an organized effort of Communist subversion directed at the U.S. chewing gum industry.
Carl Dents disappeared in June of 1950. His wife waited for him to call home for ten years before finally giving up and filing for divorce. She subsequently disappeared under suspicious circumstances while vacationing in Mexico City.
Ew no way PK :D!
A certain science-y douche on the talk radio station was talking about this story he heard about. I don’t know if it’s a true story, but there was this chemist who liked to chew gum. He too hated how easily the flavour went away for he would dip it in a little bowl of citric acid or some flavoury thing every now and then. He was once working with a high combustible chemical while chewing his gum. The next thing anyone knew, he was splattered all over the walls! The theory was that he dipped his gum into the combustible chemical instead of the citric acid but I dunnnoo, the story seems a little too dumb to believe!
http://newsflavor.com/world/europe/a-ukrai…
That would be one hell of a movie c.e
Oh look it’s story hour on LTWWB 🙂
Ask Willy Wonka.
i don’t know o.p., does your chewing gum, lost it’s flavor on the bed post overnight? do you swallow, just in spite? recognize that ivan, from an old lonnie donnigan song.
and because you wanna hear the song,
http://www.last.fm/music/Lonnie+Donegan/_/…
THere is one gum on the market where the ‘flavor’ lasts for hours.
That’s one of the quitting smoking gums.
Unfortunately the ‘flavor’ leaves a lot to be desired !
Indeed I do Lifer. In the novel “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” McMurphy sings it to Chief Bromden.
awesome & SO TRUE
http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/eco-friendl…
I have many stories to tell and some of them are even true.
I chew cinnamon gum and the taste stays in for awhile.
cinnamon gum make my mouth go numb after awhile. yuk!
ivan, check out the ears bleeding bitch for a message, gotta split.
Forget flavour when you can get gum that acts like Viagra, makes boobs bigger and change your body smell:
http://inventorspot.com/articles/top_ten_s…
The Japanese think of everything = p
Check out Gum Alley sometime – the whole block on Sackville Street in front of Reflections – Jesus H. nailed to a girder, it’s a virtual paradise of worn wads and broken dreams. Maybe if gum could retain its fucking flavour, we wouldn’t have this sea of spittle spots.
I, for one, don’t wish for another chemical in my food…
I agree. I always try these new “Longest Lasting” gums that last an even shorter amount of time than the kind before that. But if they had a gum that lasted a long time, they wouldn’t sell as much, would they? Because people would be chewing the same piece longer than we normally chew on a whole pack.
But I also agree with Ivan, that would be nice.