Is gum food? I would argue that it is.
Gum is not designed to be swallowed whole, and you can blow bubbles with it. But the flavoring is inevitably swallowed. Therefore, gum is food.
It is a food, but it is also a toy. People sit there for hours on end blowing bubs with it like a boss.
Also, in high school, the teacher gave us all a list of rules that prohibited "gum or other food" in the classroom. Thus, gum was characterized as food. But she mentioned gum specifically because she was tired of people blowing bubbles and spitting bubble gum on the floor.
Yes, it digests and has caloric value.
No, because you spit it out.
How is it not? Gum isn't the only food designed to be spit out, and you don't even have to do that.
Quote from: kenarmy on May 26, 2021, 07:11:50 PM
How is it not? Gum isn't the only food designed to be spit out, and you don't even have to do that.
What other food is designed to be spit out?
Didn't we already have this thread?
Quote from: Rothman on May 26, 2021, 07:17:57 PM
Didn't we already have this thread?
Can't find it, but Bandit has done hundreds of threads on gum.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 26, 2021, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 26, 2021, 07:17:57 PM
Didn't we already have this thread?
Can't find it, but Bandit has done hundreds of threads on gum.
Hundreds? I would be interested to know exactly how many it really has been.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 26, 2021, 07:33:59 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 26, 2021, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 26, 2021, 07:17:57 PM
Didn't we already have this thread?
Can't find it, but Bandit has done hundreds of threads on gum.
Hundreds? I would be interested to know exactly how many it really has been.
If I counted correctly, 46 of his OPs mention gum, excluding the photo catalog threads.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;sa=topics;u=10958 (15 pages)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 26, 2021, 07:33:59 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 26, 2021, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 26, 2021, 07:17:57 PM
Didn't we already have this thread?
Can't find it, but Bandit has done hundreds of threads on gum.
Hundreds? I would be interested to know exactly how many it really has been.
Not hundreds, but a lot.
The FDA says it is. See the Nutrition (food) facts label on it! By the way so is candy. The FDA views MOST cough drops and antacids (Maalox, Tums, etc.) as candy (food) as well.
For all intents and purposes, gum is food, however I see how some may say it isn't.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 28, 2021, 11:50:58 AM
For all intents and purposes, gum is food, however I see how some may say it isn't.
It won't fill you up if you are hungry.
It's food if you swallow it.
It's a toy if you spit it out.
Quote from: kphoger on May 28, 2021, 04:15:49 PM
It's food if you swallow it.
It's a toy if you spit it out.
Toy?
Quote from: kphoger on May 28, 2021, 04:36:39 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 28, 2021, 04:19:26 PM
Quote from: kphoger on May 28, 2021, 04:15:49 PM
It's food if you swallow it.
It's a toy if you spit it out.
Toy?
Did you even read the OP?
Yes, but I wouldn't call it a toy. I guess it is kind of a toy for the mouth.
We should follow Singapore's lead and ban chewing gum. Hate seeing it all over sidewalks, especially since I've stepped in some more than once.
Quote from: Bruce on May 28, 2021, 06:02:41 PM
We should follow Singapore's lead and ban chewing gum. Hate seeing it all over sidewalks, especially since I've stepped in some more than once.
Now
that would be an Allowed Cloud, for sure!
Quote from: Bruce on May 28, 2021, 06:02:41 PM
We should follow Singapore's lead and ban chewing gum. Hate seeing it all over sidewalks, especially since I've stepped in some more than once.
We should not ban a near-harmless substance merely because it's mildly annoying when not disposed of properly.
Is food gum?
Little kids test this theory often.
Quote from: GCrites80s on May 29, 2021, 03:20:59 PM
Is food gum?
Little kids test this theory often.
It was possible to blow a bubble with the bun of an Arby's roast beef sandwich.
Arguments about meaningless nomenclature even in Off-Topic. Never change, AARoads forum.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 04, 2021, 02:24:04 PM
Arguments about meaningless nomenclature ...
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Aww, see now, you hurt his feelings!
Quote from: GCrites80s on May 29, 2021, 03:20:59 PM
Is food gum?
Little kids test this theory often.
Only bad food is gum.
Peanut butter is gum to dogs.
Quote from: GCrites80s on June 05, 2021, 10:52:40 AM
Peanut butter is gum to dogs.
Dogs like gum. One day, my dog chewed a piece of bubble gum. He chewed it for about 15 minutes and then spit it out on the carpet. But he didn't bubble.
How do they know not to swallow it?