Chew On This!

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH.

               CHEW ON THIS!

          OK gang! It's the last day of September.
 So let's send the  month out with a bang! Well...
let's make it a Pop! You see September 30th is
Chewing Gum Day!
       Nobody seem to know the origin of this unique
 "holiday." But chewing has been around for a very
 long time. The  first chewing gum making machine
was patented by Thomas  Adams in 1871.
       He's the guy who came up a licorice flavored
gum called Black Jack!
       Of course there's all kinds of flavored gum these
days in addition to sugar free chewing and bubble
gum. I still get in trouble when I chew my gum
around my wife. She says I chew "too loud" and
sometimes "like a cow."
       It  doesn't sound that loud inside my head and,
anyway, cows don't chew gum!
       I began chewing gum to avoid waste. It came
in my pack of Baseball Cards.
       I think chewing gum is good for people. It keeps
some from smoking or eating too much. And think
of all its other features!
       Gum can be used to plug leaks (temporally of
course).
       Some gum still comes wrapped in tin foil. That
wrapping can complete electrical connections! In the
days before circuit breakers gum wrappers used in
place of a dead fuse have kept the lights on in some
houses (usually just before they burned to the
ground!).
       And there's always some gum around. Always
in stores and often under the seats in stadiums!
      Gum has only three natural enemies. Mothers,
wives, and  teachers! Chewers should try to avoid all
three and never get caught blowing a bubble in the
vicinity of any of them!
      You might want to celebrate the day with some
Double Mint or, perhaps, some Double Bubble!
      Remember, though, should you come across a
Mom, Wife, or a teacher try to dispose of your gum
properly and avoid swallowing it!
       Hope your chewing gum keeps its flavor on the
bed post  overnight and that all your NEWS is good!