Do you chew gum? If so, what brand and why?

[oxcoug]

If not - are you a Leninist or a Trotskyite?

I chew Trident because I'm buying the hype on Xylitol and feel like I actually get some dental benefits chewing it.

[YOhio]

Extra Winterfresh.

[Surfah]

Big Red. It became my favorite in school because I discovered most other kids hated it. I could pull out a pack of Big Red and not have to worry about giving out a piece to everyone around me. I am a cheap, stingy, bastard.

[Donuthole]

This thread reminded me of the most entertaining phone survey I ever took. It was about 10 years ago, and they called on a Sunday afternoon in the summer. Having already taken a nap, I had nothing better to do, so I took the survey.

It was about gum. The survey was benign enough, though amusing, and the surveyor was nice. Then she asked me "Have you ever purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included?" Something about that question pushed me to hysterics, and I and ended up in one of those laughing fits where I found myself unable to talk because every time I tried to talk, I ended up laughing again. I must have laughed for 5 minutes straight before finally composing myself enough to answer the question. The her credit, she was still there, taking my answers and thanking me politely for my responses (though I could tell she was talking through a smile).

FTR, I have never purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included. I accomplish that with my chap-stick brand lip balm.

[TripletDaddy]

This thread reminded me of the most entertaining phone survey I ever took. It was about 10 years ago, and they called on a Sunday afternoon in the summer. Having already taken a nap, I had nothing better to do, so I took the survey.

It was about gum. The survey was benign enough, though amusing, and the surveyor was nice. Then she asked me "Have you ever purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included?" Something about that question pushed me to hysterics, and I and ended up in one of those laughing fits where I found myself unable to talk because every time I tried to talk, I ended up laughing again. I must have laughed for 5 minutes straight before finally composing myself enough to answer the question. The her credit, she was still there, taking my answers and thanking me politely for my responses (though I could tell she was talking through a smile).

FTR, I have never purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included. I accomplish that with my chap-stick brand lip balm.

I definitely bought some in junior high because it was the cool gum.

Tidal Wave Sour Apple was the must have gum for a few months. First, it was this wild neon green color and each piece of gum was filled with some sort of flavored goo. Second, it made your breath smell like pot. And of course, having breath that smelled like pot was pretty clutch back in seventh grade.

I distantly remember stopping by the pharmacy or whoever it was that we bought candy on the way home from school and being so excited to buy a pack.

The gum itself stood on its own merits. It was good chewin'

[Surfah]

This thread reminded me of the most entertaining phone survey I ever took. It was about 10 years ago, and they called on a Sunday afternoon in the summer. Having already taken a nap, I had nothing better to do, so I took the survey.

It was about gum. The survey was benign enough, though amusing, and the surveyor was nice. Then she asked me "Have you ever purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included?" Something about that question pushed me to hysterics, and I and ended up in one of those laughing fits where I found myself unable to talk because every time I tried to talk, I ended up laughing again. I must have laughed for 5 minutes straight before finally composing myself enough to answer the question. The her credit, she was still there, taking my answers and thanking me politely for my responses (though I could tell she was talking through a smile).

FTR, I have never purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included. I accomplish that with my chap-stick brand lip balm.

Burt's Bees?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I have about 2 pieces of gum a week, post bread and water at church as a precaution against offensive breath for the remainder of church.

Any other time I end up chewing gum, my jaw hurts.

[oxcoug]

This thread reminded me of the most entertaining phone survey I ever took. It was about 10 years ago, and they called on a Sunday afternoon in the summer. Having already taken a nap, I had nothing better to do, so I took the survey.

It was about gum. The survey was benign enough, though amusing, and the surveyor was nice. Then she asked me "Have you ever purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included?" Something about that question pushed me to hysterics, and I and ended up in one of those laughing fits where I found myself unable to talk because every time I tried to talk, I ended up laughing again. I must have laughed for 5 minutes straight before finally composing myself enough to answer the question. The her credit, she was still there, taking my answers and thanking me politely for my responses (though I could tell she was talking through a smile).

FTR, I have never purchased a certain brand of gum to feel popular or included. I accomplish that with my chap-stick brand lip balm.

That's hysterical.

I see Triple D is fessing up to hoping for social benefits from chewing gum and... well I might vaguely recall Bubbalicious being kind of cool to whip out of the pocket when I was in like 5th grade. I guess for early teens and pre-teens there might be a little hip factor associated w/ things like that. Hell I remember thinking I had upgraded my image when my Mom started giving me Capri Suns in my bag lunches (box drinks were pretty passe when Capri Sun was at its peak).

[Chachi]

Big Red. It became my favorite in school because I discovered most other kids hated it. I could pull out a pack of Big Red and not have to worry about giving out a piece to everyone around me. I am a cheap, stingy, bastard.

yeah and you could make me lick the wrapper and stick it to my forehead until it turned bright red and started burning my skin.

[wuapinmon]

Bubble Yum and Hubba Bubba do not generally stick to your face. Bubbalicious tastes the best, but almost always stuck to your face. I was an accomplished bubble blower, among the most revered in Oak Grove Elementary, until that upstart Steven Saturday moved in from Roswell and could blow bubbles inside his bubbles.

[hostile]

Gatorgum-I miss that stuff. The local pharmacy sold it for a nickel a piece and I would stock up before every baseball game.

[DrumNFeather]

I haven't chewed gum since i was like 10 and chewing Big League Chew. I find gum and gum chewing to be one of the more gross things people do...specifically what many do with their gum when they are done, which is often not throwing it away like a sane person might do.

[Surfah]

Gatorgum-I miss that stuff. The local pharmacy sold it for a nickel a piece and I would stock up before every baseball game.

What is that? Is it like Quench Gum? That stuff was the bomb diggity. I remember the only place you could buy it as a kid was Big 5 or Sports Chalet.

[Moliere]

5 gum. It's seriously very, very good. I like the Cobalt (peppermint) and Flare (cinnamon) kinds. I chew at least one piece a day, usually after lunch at work. The cinnamon has a very distinct flavor which is kind of honeyish.

[pellegrino]

I'm waiting for this product to go through. Then I'll be set.

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4317837.html

A tobacco-flavored chewing gum is provided which does not decrease in viscosity upon chewing inasmuch as it is preferably essentially free of water-solubles, and includes gum base containing high levels of inert fillers, such as calcium carbonate or talc in amounts of at least about 50% by weight, softeners, such as lecithin, synthetic non-caloric sweeteners, such as aspartame, saccharin or cyclamates, and tobacco flavors and/or natural tobacco. The chewing gum includes at least about 10% air voids entrapped in the gum base matrix which, upon chewing, become filled with moisture causing a dramatic increase in cud volume.