Gum Control

“Singapore lifts 12 year ban on chewing gum. Singapore has always been known for their clean public spaces and blamed gum for trashing their country. The ban is now lifted and you can go to the pharmacy and register to buy gum again. You must give your personal info including the number on you ID. Pharmacists who break the law face 2 years in jail and up to $2,000 in fines.

Remember, gum doesn’t kill people. People kill people.


http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/25/singapore.gum.ap/”

“they must put something in their gum that we don't have in ours....”

“My old third grade teacher used to make us stick our gum on our foreheads if we were caught chewing in class.

She could have caned us back then, I guess.”

“I want some gum”

“My old third grade teacher used to make us stick our gum on our foreheads if we were caught chewing in class

LOL. I don't know why, but this reminds me of my 7th grade English teacher (she was an old southern belle). She was allergic to cinnamon, so probably once a month or so, some ornery young prankster would hide cinnamon somewhere in the room. She'd have us all line up and would proceed to sniff each one of us for the offending substance. The best prank was when someone dumped some concentrated cinnamon oil in the heating duct vent. The classroom stunk for weeks! Oh well, she deserved it - she was a miserable old hag. Sorry to be off topic. Hadn't thought of that for a long time.”

“I think there should be a five day waiting period on all chewing gum purchases. If you have a history of chewing gum in class, it will come out in the wash. You can't hide from us, Mister!”

“If gum is outlawed, only outlaws will have gum.”

“Get your hands off my gum, you damned filthy ape!”

“I had a teacher in Eastern Literature in high school who lived all over Asia. She said people in many Eastern cultures found gum chewing to be disgusting.”

“Does this mean if I am out hiking with my unleashed dogs and someone feels threatened, they may spit gum in my hair? I hate that.”

“And what to do about high-capacity gum packs?



With these packs, offenders can chew and chew and chew, and they don't have to pause as often to open a new pack!”

“"They can take my gum when they pry my cold dead lips apart!"”

“Singaporean should be cautious, this may be just a government ploy to identify gum chewers.

You must give your personal info including the number on you ID.

Like Mao's 100 flowers campaign, encourage people to get gum and then use the registration to round them all up for re-education.

Pharmacists who break the law face 2 years in jail and up to $2,000 in fines.

This is to ensure that all gummers do get put on the doomsday list.”