At some point during the summer, one of our many guests left a bucket full of Dubble Bubble gum at our house. I’m pretty sure it was intentional.
But as everyone knows, you can’t just have a bucket of 380 pieces of gum without doing something about it. So Kyra and I decided to have a challenge. Who can eat the most pieces of gum at a time?
As we prepared for the challenge, everyone was in good spirits.
But then the chewing began. We learned why someone had left the bucket: the gum was horribly stale. It was like chewing on gravel.
Once we got past the broken teeth, we were able to work the gum into some semblance of mushiness. The contest continued.
It’s important to note the ingredient list for this gum starts with dextrose, sugar, corn syrup, gum base. So the first three ingredients are literally sugars, followed immediately by rubber. And let’s not forget the titanium dioxide! Several times, both Kyra and I gagged on our sugary pink slobber.
After a while, we both sort of gave up. We had huge wads of pink mush in our mouths, and our jaws were getting tired.
Oh, and of course I won. Kyra claims it’s because my mouth is bigger, but a victory is a victory.