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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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.