Recently, i gave a packet of Original Flavour bubble gum (My Favourite!) to my gf. I found out that she doesn't know how to blow bubbles and she did not know the difference between bubble gum and chewing gum...haha....She was so cute when i was teaching her how to blow bubbles, she once blew till the whole thing flew out of her mouth onto the floor...we both ended up laughing like mad...haha it was really damn funny!
hehe maybe oneday you will be a pro and blow a bubble this big!
Interesting Facts about bubble gum:
What happens if bubble gum gets into your hair? How to remove?
The best way to remove bubble gum from your hair is by rubbing a little peanut butter on the wad. The oils in peanut butter may soften the gum enough to pull the goo off with your fingers.
Ever wonder why the bubble gum is pink in color?
Walter Diemer invented the first bubble gum in December, 1928. He colored it pink because that was the only dye he had on hand.
Local Stuff!
For 12 years, the selling, importing, manufacturing and chewing of gum was illegal in Singapore. The ban was lifted in 2004 - - but the chewy stuff can only be bought at pharmacies. Customers must give their names and show an identity card before receiving their gum. Pharmacists who don’t follow these rules can be jailed for up to two years and fined $4,700!
Policeman overseas not allowed to eat gum while on duty!
At one time, English police officers received orders from Scotland Yard forbidding them to chew gum while on duty. The reason? Gum might get stuck in their whistles during an emergency!
Food for thought!
There are about 20 calories in each piece of bubble gum.
World's largest piece of bubble gum ever eaten?
On July 19, 1994, Susan Montgomery Williams holds the Guinness World Record for blowing the largest bubble gum bubble: a whoppin’ 23 inches in diameter! To see Susan in action, visit her website: http://come.to/bubblechamp
World's oldest piece of bubble gum?
Swedish archeologists discovered the world’s oldest piece of chewing gum in 1993: made from tree resin and sweetened with honey, the primitive wad bore the teeth marks of a Stone Age teenager - - and was calculated to be at least nine thousand years old.
Other use of bubble gum besides eating?
When a New York pre-schooler rammed a toy fire engine into a gas pie, causing a dangerous leak, his twelve-year-old baby-sitter kep her cool - -and plugged the leak with a wad of bubble gum!
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