What a job the council have removing chewing gum, there is a lot of it I noticed on the pavement around secondary schools. I love it and dispose of it, appropriately…it’s the bubble blowing ,I never grew out of it,
Ben Wilson does mini works of art on gum left on pavements etc. I belive the police once tried to prosecute him for graffiti, but thankfully the prosecution failed, as it’s the gum he paints & not what lies behind it.
Well - bubble gum and chewing gum were forbidden when I was growing up - so, naturally, I tried both anyway. Didn’t like either of them - didn’t see the point.
Don’t think I would want to ‘work’ with stuff that had been in someone else’s mouth and then left on a pavement to betrampled on or urinated on by dogs etc.,
I am with the Lee Kuan Yew school of though concerning chewing gum .
When he was president of Singapore he found it was costing thousands of dollars to clean up the streets and other public places of chewing gum .
He simply banned it ,for many years chewing gum was completely forbidden in Singapore.
I was going to say the same thing. It is still completely banned in Singapore and it is something like $1000 fine for possession. (Singapore dollars are about the same value as Australian dollars but not as colourful)
Personally I can’t see the point of chewing gum or bubble gum, it is tasteless after 30 seconds chewing. Thank goodness there does seem to be a lot less of it on the footpaths
I don’t believe in banning chewing gum, just because some are irresponsible on where they dump it…why should others who dispose of it sensibly,pay the price because of their irresponsibility…I love bubble gum and will continue to chew/ blow bubbles…
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Because those who don’t either chew gum or drop it anywhere still have to pay with there taxes to have it removed and it’s a filthy expensive job .
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We all pay taxes.for some filthy expensive jobs to be done ,not just gum…so if some people want to chew gum, that’s their right.as long as they dispose of it correctly…graffiti is another one, expensive job at removing.
Pauline it’s not a good look even on young kids but if you want to look a total prat and blow bubble gum be my guest I am not going to argue about it I still think it’s a disgusting filthy habit !
That’s just your opinion, if I want to look a “total prat” as you call it…chewing gum and blowing bubbles I can,…whose arguing, like you I’m voicing my opinion…the children make me laugh on YouTube blowing bubbles and bursting on their nose and face,
I’ve also been practicing for the Guinness Book Of Records…