DON'T GUM IT UP!

   SUNDAY, JULY 15TH., 2018
        DON'T GUM IT UP!

 

   There's an old children's song (the

song is old, not the children) that

goes something like this......."Nobody

likes me, Everybody hates me, Guess

I'll go out an eat worms!"

    Well whether you're loved or

hated this is the day to live the song!

     It's July 15th! This is "Gummi

Worm Day!"

     Now so that we're completely

accurate here, Gummi Worms

were actually preceded by the

original Gummi Bears!

     This must have been a part of

childhood I missed. I do remember

all kinds of licorice, red, brown, and

black, and candy  like Dots and

Good & Plenty with a licorice type

substance inside.

     My two youngest grandkids are

always on the look out for Gummies

so we now keep, or try to keep, a 

supply on hand. I admit to sampling

it from time to time.

      Speaking of time, here is the

Gummi timeline!

      They first showed up in Germany

in 1922. It wasn't until 1981 that

the first Gummi Bears were

manufactured here in the United States!

That would explain the fact I never had

them. I was 39 when they finally

showed up here!

       The Gummi Worm was introduced that

same year. And the rest, as they say,

is history!

       These days manufactures have, in some

cases, added Vitamin C, to the worms, or

bears, or other creatures now offered to

hungry kid consumers.

       Of course these treats tend to stick to

the teeth and can lead to tooth decay!

Dentists love them!

        But wait! Gummi Bears and Worms

containing the cavity-fighting additive

xylitol, a type of wood sugar, are now

being tested. And one company has

developed a line of gummi candy which

is proved to help the immune system !

         Wow! These Worms are sounding

better and better all the time!

         So take some time to celebrate

today! Have a pack of Gummi Worms!

And if worms aren't your thing remember

that thanks to good old American

ingenuity we now have Gummi

rings, frogs, snakes, hamburgers, cherries,

sharks, penguins, hippos, lobsters,

octopuses, apples, peaches, oranges, and,

of course, the old standby Gummi Bear!

           Hope you can get the little pieces out

of your teeth and that all your NEWS

is good!