Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum

January 7th, 2009 By MARK STEVENSON , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew.

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• MikeB - Jan 11, 2009
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  Why do they have to swallow it. Maybe the law should make them stick to their forehead or stick it in their ear...
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• Velanarris - Jan 12, 2009
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  He said swallowing gum isn't a good idea. It usually passes through the digestive system, but can ball up with other objects and cause an intestinal blockage.
  
  "It's nothing to get too upset about if it happens," Desai said. "But we shouldn't make a habit of it."
  
  Jaral shrugged off such concerns Wednesday: "I've always swallowed my gum, and it's never done me any harm."
  

  
  
  Really physorg, really? Arguments about swallowing gum now?
  
  And to Mexico, take a lesson from the far east. If you throw your gum on the ground you get caned. No one drops there gum out there.
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