Thursday, July 29, 2010

By Gum!

So today I purchased Stride's new gum that supposedly shifts flavors. I went with berry/mint.

I'm sad to say I was quite disappointed. While there are two distinct flavors, it doesn't really shift from one to the other...it was pretty much a minty berry flavor. Or Berry-y mint. Or whatever. Also, the flavor didn't last long. Sad. I had high hopes.

So it's back to my old standby, Extra classic bubble gum:

I chew this virtually every day, pretty much every waking hour. But not full sticks. Generally just a quarter stick per day. I have done that since before high school. Lately I have been wondering whether this is painfully obvious to everyone that I'm always chewing gum and I have been oblivious to that fact.

I mean, I even *gulp* go into Court with gum...usually I just stick it in the corner of my mouth and it doesn't bother me at all there, unchewed, whilst I address the Court and make brilliant legal arguments. For those of you still reading, when you recall seeing me, do you think of me chonking gum? Am I constantly, unconsciously chewing? Or is my small quarter stick subtle enough that it's generally unnoticed?

4 comments:

Amanda Nemelka said...

You are hilarious. This is intriguing, Gary because I can't recall a single time of you chewing gum. You must disguise it well.

Unknown said...

You're the person who taught me it was ok to only chew half a stick at a time.

I'm bummed that Extra stopped making cinnamon as one of their stand-by flavors. :(

And try the Orbit Strawberry Mint. It changes flavors without even advertising it. It's not my favorite, but an interesting experience. I'll stick to my sweet mint.

Jenni said...

Wow, just a quarter stick? I'm a half-stick kind of girl. And no, I've never thought of you as chewing gum all the time. Don't recall ever noticing, actually.

Rachael said...

I had no idea that you were such a fastidious gum chewer! You had me fooled!