In Singapore chewing gum is banned. It is not allowed to be sold in any shop, and anyone found chewing it is liable to a fine !! Looking down at pavements and walkways and the utter mess spit out chewing gum leaves...I am asking should we follow that lead. I can not see what use or good chewing gum is. It may refresh your mouth and breath...but so does a polo mint. I know the actually answer is that we dispose of gum responsably.....but fact is people don't. I will be first to vote for the banning of chewing gum.
Me too. You start the political party and I'll join.
There is a gum that breaks down fairly quickly but it costs too much so doen't get made.
And, to be honest, the sight of someone chewing gum is generally unpleasant. And people often chew mouth-open or talk to you while manouvering it around in their open mouth - vomitworthy.
I'm all in favour of banning anything I don't enjoy. Chewing gum is a very timid starting point.
It's not the gum itself that is the problem, it's how folks dispose of it! Strange the US is a country that probably invented and made it cool to chew gum, but you don't see the streets paved with the damn stuff. Probably a British thing to go with our love of litter.
I propose a tax on chewing gums to fund the deployment of additional street cleaners where appropriate. I confess until this thread appeared I had never bothered to look for it in the street but now that I have I agree that its a problem.
I have to agree, wen it's stuck all over the pavements, it looks a right mess, if it's disposed of properly i dont see a problem with it......
infact i chew all the time, and have been known to wrap it round a cock or two, never had any complaints there :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
I chew gum all the time but i wrap it and throw it away properly.....gum is the tip of the iceberg where strewn rubbish is concerned, i hate to see people walking down ther street and just flinging their rubbish aside
If you ban chewing gum what happens to all the people who've stopped smoking ??? just think of all the dental bills with all that tooth grinding ...the british dental profession would become an international figure of fun....for gods sake have pity and leave us something
ugh hate the stuff at the moment, cos we went to a club recently and some asshole must have just left their leftovers on a seat, only for my other half to sit in it, subsequently ruining a good pair of trousers and then because it wasnt noticed ended up all over the car seats and sofa at home...grrrr.
saying that we chew the stuff but dispose of it thoughtfully :P