Chewing Gum

When I last went round to my local shops, I couldn't help noticing the amount of chewing gum that had been trodden into the pavement area around the shops.

It looks vile, is a complete eyesore and youngsters who are caught carrying out this despicable and disgusting act should be dealt with accordingly and made to clean their mess up.

Why dont they swallow it?

Or have we been here before?

AFAIK it is not poisonous - certainly never did me any harm, have swallowed it for 30 years

Isnt it an old wives tale?

Echoes of an old thread methinks

Only the other day I was sat waiting at a juction in the car, and I noticed the amount of chewing gum on the floor.

All that day I couldnt help but notice, it is literally everywhere. Anywhere you look on the floor in any reasonably built up area, you will see chewing gum.

It remains where it was dropped for ever, so if a peice has been dropped there in the past, it will be visible forever.

Go outside onto the street now, wherever you are, and I bet you will see gum on the floor.

But doesn't it seem to be more populous outside shop dooways for some reason?

Yeah, it is more popular outside shop doorways.

Smokers who have run out of fags chew gum as a substitute, and discard it as they enter the shop so they can spark up as soon as they come out with more fags.

It's like you say, once you notice it you can't help seeing it everywhere.

Maybe i've put too much thought into that

It'll just be the kids hanging around wont it? Or maxing, as I believe it's called.

Threads merged.

Originally posted by Belle

Why dont they swallow it?

 

Or have we been here before?

 

AFAIK it is not poisonous - certainly never did me any harm, have swallowed it for 30 years

 

Isnt it an old wives tale?

 

Echoes of an old thread methinks

That was me being not emotive for once

Does anyone have anything to say about what I said???

I also think that it's an old wives tale.