........ until such time as they come up with a biodegradable version?
I was walking from my home town centre up towards the station at the weekend, and suddenly I was aware of the amount of chewing gum squashed flat underfoot. There was literally so much of it along the whole walk that there was no gap more that 8 inches between and two bits. Once I'd seen it, it looked rather disgusting. Likewise, I noticed that the entrance to the sports centre that I go to daily has tons of the stuff on the floor. I'm not sure why people feel the need to just gob it out anywhere, in the dim and distant past when I used to chew gum I would always drop it in a bin. I've heard before that in London it is VERY expensive to clear up, maybe we need a big tax levy on it for clean up expense.
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I'm not sure we should ban it, but I would certainly be in favour of a heavy tax being put on it to pay for the cleaning.
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This.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/s/408793/nonstick-chewing-gum/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317777/The-non-stick-chewing-gum-promises-clean-streets.html
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But the people who chew gum (like myself) who don't throw it on the floor and dispose of it properly can't go out in public with gum because of the idiots. Now the introvert within me is thrilled at this thought, it's an excellent bottlejob reason not to go anywhere, but it seems harsh.
I feel my nervous habit of chewing gum is not as smelly as cigarette smokers and not as cringingly offensive as a fidget spinner, though happy to told I'm wrong if it's justified.
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It's not too bad in Stockport, it's usually covered by blood and vomit.
Take DNA samples of any gum not disposed of properly, and string up the culprits.
If stringing them up is deemed a bit un-PC then give them 50 hours of community service cleaning up the streets.
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Sorted!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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