chewing gum
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
25 Dec 22
A lot is being discussed about a successful married life with challenges that one faces.
Some compare it to chewing gum that loses its sweetness as one chews it and some to a sticky sugar balls that stays sweet till the end....
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Bill McAlpine
@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
25 Oct 20
I didn't notice it until I got into my car and my foot stuck to the carpet. A lump of chewing gum I must have picked up crossing the car park was firmly fixed to the sole of my shoe and the carpet of my car! I realise that some...
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Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
11 Apr 19
I'm sitting here thinking about the pack of gum that I'm just about to open. I am trying to keep it down to 2 sticks a day, but it runs out of flavor so fast that it's easy to go through twice that many sticks. I really like the...
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waflay
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 May 17
Imagine knowing something but you are defiant to try it out just because it looks so simple and ordinary. You feel that a remedy to your watery eyes has to be complicated. 'No thanks' being your best choice of words when someone...
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Vyacheslav Kuchinsky
@aktivnyj100 (86)
30 Mar 17
The history of chewing gum began on September 23, 1848, when the world's first factory for its production appeared. The founder of the factory, John Curtis, made a chewing mix of resin from coniferous trees with the addition of...
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
12 Feb 17
In all my years on this earth (too many to count) I never watched that show. It wasn't my thing and it was on way beyond my bed time. Now the plot has thickened!
Since we can record things quite easily with Direct TV there is...
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Sue H.
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
29 Aug 16
Does anyone chew chewing gum anymore? I don't cause I'm afraid for my teeth. But my favorites used to be Dubble Bubble and Spearmint. I loved blowing bubbles and I'd chew huge wads of it when I was a kid. Oh, I liked the...
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marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 16
Today, while I waited for the rice to cook (I invited some friends I haven´t seen for a long time), I thought I´d listen to oldies. I got some of the earliest rock as it is the music that is played at the serial I´m watching (a...
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
9 Jun 16
Though the chewing-gum is not free of it's flaws there are many advantages one can derive out of chewing-gum
it improves concentration and memory
Combats stress and anxiety
protects teeth
Reduces Acid Reflux
Improves...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Jun 16
I was walking through Manchester city centre and cut down some steps near the main Arndale shopping centre, and held on to a safety rail there only to get some skroat's chewing / bubble gum stuck to my fingers where they had just...
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117244)
• El Paso, Texas
14 May 16
This alcohol based sweetener is lethal to dogs as well as other wildlife, there are birds who have died because of it and now there are dogs dying because of it. It can be found in chewing gum and other sweet candies like mints....
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 16
Most of the time, when a person suffers from occasional heartburn, they reach for an antacid. But, here is a better idea. My brother, who is a retired Physician’s Assistant told me this.
Chew a stick of gum for about a half an...
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John Welford
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
20 Oct 15
A campaign group has recently been busy on the pavements in London's Oxford Street, marking every piece of discarded chewing gum with a yellow circle. The result is startling, with the pavement looking as though it has developed a...
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Lady_Justice
@Lady_Justice (969)
• United States
19 Sep 15
I started chewing a lot of gum when I decided to quit smoking. I decided that I like it. I always chew sugar free gum. Yes, I'm one of those annoying people that loves to blow bubbles. I don't snap and pop my gum thought, so it's...
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Dec 12
Just now from the TV I learned that you shouldn't chew the gums over 15 inutes. Otherwise it is not good for your fixed decay teeth. And it is possible to lead to the stomache and so on. Now I don't chew gums at all since I think...
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Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
2 Oct 12
Personally, I cannot stand the stuff. The very idea of chewing something and your stomach thinks, "Right, am I about to get some food in here now? No? Well, I shall carry on rumbling then!" is crazy to me.
Oh,...
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