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Chewing gum ban in Singapore

The chewing gum ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore. Since 2004, only chewing gum of therapeutic value are allowed into Singapore following the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA).


Chewing gum was causing serious maintenance problems in high-rise public housing flats, with vandals disposing of spent gum in mailboxes, inside keyholes and even on elevator buttons. Chewing gum left on floors, stairways and pavements in public areas increased the cost of cleaning and damaged cleaning equipment. Gum stuck on the seats of public buses was also considered a problem.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum_ban_in_Singapore


personally i think the punishments were way to mild. i'd introduce public beheadings of people who inappropriately disposed chewing gums. and everyone who chews them must wear a yellow arm band at all times on public propriety.

i'm not ****ing kidding...i hate chewing gums...well not the gums but the way people dispose of them. i almost feel like puking when people play with it using their hands and putting it back in their mouth...or when people take it out during a meal only to continue chewing later. ****ing disgusting maggots!

yeah i know...i'd be an awesome dictator.
 
I seriously hate gum. I can't remember the last time I chewed it, but I do remember the last time I got it stuck on my ****ING SHOE
 
I seriously hate gum. I can't remember the last time I chewed it, but I do remember the last time I got it stuck on my ****ING SHOE

oh...i got an even better punishment for people who throw gums on the floor.
beating them up till they're a bit bloody and then throwing them into a pool with 3 piranhas. slowly being eaten alive.
 
i chew gum about 3 times a week. i usually grab the garbage and spit it into the garbage can because to be honest its more hygienic than me grabbing it out of my mouth and touching it. i also do it when no one is looking, so it doesn't bother anyone
 
i chew gum about 3 times a week. i usually grab the garbage and spit it into the garbage can because to be honest its more hygienic than me grabbing it out of my mouth and touching it. i also do it when no one is looking, so it doesn't bother anyone

you have been documented
 
I just swallow gum. Been doing it since I was a kid, and I'm still OK.

Also, I agree with beheading someone who disposes of gum incorrectly.
 
I just swallow gum. Been doing it since I was a kid, and I'm still OK.

Also, I agree with beheading someone who disposes of gum incorrectly.

i remember someone saying that gum takes 7 years to digest. i bet your stomach acid breaks it down in 7 hrs

EDIT: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060815152716AAUSxLz
You can't digest the gum part - just the flavorings and sugar mixed in with it. The gum will pass through your body in 24-48 hours normally.
i have actually asked a doctor that question, and they answered up to 3 days. Not 7 years like the well known rumor.
 
Wow, I feel all ready for a round of General Ignorance.
 
I just swallow gum. Been doing it since I was a kid, and I'm still OK.

Also, I agree with beheading someone who disposes of gum incorrectly.

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I seriously hate gum. I can't remember the last time I chewed it, but I do remember the last time I got it stuck on my ****ING SHOE

Pretty much this, with a bit less passion.
 
I chew gum quite often, but only mint-flavored gums like Dentyne Ice or Stride. I hate that stupid BubbleYum crap that comes in a thousand different rainbow flavors. You can smell whoever is chewing it has pineapple-kiwi-whatever breath from across the room.

*edit* I don't stick mine under tables or anything like that, that's gross.
 
I just swallow gum. Been doing it since I was a kid, and I'm still OK.

Also, I agree with beheading someone who disposes of gum incorrectly.

Same here, although no ill effects have occurred. I read somewhere that gum doesn't even stay in your stomach, it takes some valve to the "void."

Playing with gum when it's been in your mouth is utterly disgusting, and improper disposal of gum is even more sickening.
 
I just swallow gum. Been doing it since I was a kid, and I'm still OK.

Also, I agree with beheading someone who disposes of gum incorrectly.

I had to stop eating gum too because I keep swallowing it.

The urge to swallow the gum rather than chew it is far greater.
 
I started chewing softmints at some point in my early teens. I started spending 40p faster and faster.
 
Its a nasty habit.
 
i usually grab the garbage and spit it into the garbage can because to be honest its more hygienic than me grabbing it out of my mouth and touching it.

... It's in your mouth. How is touching it unhygienic?
 
Isn't singapore an awesome country! (oh look, I spelled it without Capitals, silly me..)

trust me the laws are the least of your problems. The government forcefully takes 20 percent of your salary as CPF, which you have no control over. There is a 300+ percent tax for imported cars, then there's tons of other taxes ( 7 percent tax for all goods) and shit. I could go on.
 
I only chew gum when I'm having problems with my ears, it always goes in the bin after I'm done.
 
Out buying illegal chewing gum.
 
Singapore is ****ed up, they put you away for life if you jaywalk three times.
 
I don't mind chewing gum, but there is so much of the shit around my school disposed of improperly.
The sidewalk has black spots all over it, and street signs near the place are the same. It really ****ing urks me when I step in some of the shit with the nice shoes I've bought, or when the desk is too small and my jeans end up with gum stains all over it.
If I had the budget, I would happily use dna testing to find the ****ers who do this shit in order to report them, sue them, and force them to swallow the shit after its been on my shoe/pants. In no particular order.
 
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