Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?

[MrGongGong]

No idea- we don't do such things south of Watford Gap.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGPE_BBr9A

[Flosshilde]

Does wine lose its flavour in the glass overnight?

If I eat curry and chips at 01:00 hours, do I deserve to suffer later on?

Of course.

[kernelbogey]

Of course.

Flossie - I assume your OP was inspired by the razorblade thread, since I had exactly the same idea on reading it - hence my post no 3.

[Richard Tarleton]

Flossie - I assume your OP was inspired by the razorblade thread, since I had exactly the same idea on reading it - hence my post no 3.

I'm still coming to terms with the idea of a bearded Rhinemaiden

[Flosshilde]

Well, Alberich was well & truly tickled

[Flosshilde]

Flossie - I assume your OP was inspired by the razorblade thread, since I had exactly the same idea on reading it - hence my post no 3.

Actually, I wanted to post with just the title & nothing in the body of the post, but the software didn't like that - I had to put at least one character in. I should have just put in a ? or a . .

[umslopogaas]

Ha, a rare chance to show off some erudition.

Quote from Purseglove's Tropical Crops, vol. 1, entry under 'Chicle'.

"Manilkara achras (Mill.) Fosberg (syn. Achras sapota L.; Manilkara zapotilla (Jacq.) Gilly), [GOT THAT?] SAPODILLA or CHIKU, an evergreen forest tree to 20 m high, of Mexico and Central Mexico, is now widely grown throughout the tropics. It was cultivated in the West Indies in pre-Columbian times, and Oviedo, who was there from 1513 - 1525 [sea voyages took a bit of time in those days], considered it the best of all fruits. It was taken early by the Spaniards to the Philippines ... white latex in all parts. The mawkish [I'm not making this up] ripe fruits are much appreciated by many people as a dessert fruit: unripe fruits are astringent. ... Chicle, used in the manufacture of chewing gum, is made from the latex which is obtained by tapping the trunk every 2 - 3 years. The latex contains 20 -40% gum, which is made by boiling the hardened latex. ... [occurs wild in Central America] ... most is obtained from wild trees, which grow gregariously [hmm, I suppose chewing gum is a friendly passtime] in some places. Chicle, which becomes plastic at mouth temperature, was chewed by the Aztecs. In addition to chewing-gum [my hyphen added], so widely used in the United States, chicle is used in dentistry. The wood is very durable and was used in the construction of Mayan temples."

Handy thing to have in your back garden, but a couple of Manilkara achras would take a lot of space and I doubt they'd get through our winters.

[Flosshilde]

Handy thing to have in your back garden, but a couple of Manilkara achras would take a lot of space and I doubt they'd get through our winters.

Would a couple be enough? As they grow gregariously wouldn't they get lonely? Three might be OK, but then two might get particularly pally & cold-shoulder the third, so I think it would have to be five at least. Before you know where you were you'd have a fully-fledged gang hanging around & the police would be issuing ASBOs.

[umslopogaas]

#38 Flosshilde, I havent room for five huge Manilkara trees in my back garden, even assuming I had enough blankets to wrap them up in the winter, so I'll have to abandon the idea. Besides, think of the mess, they'd be handing around gum all the time and leaving it stuck all over their bedposts.

[3rd Viennese School]

Come on guys you know the song.

"Wriggley's Spearmint gummmmm
Stick it xx xxxx xxx ..."

3VS

[mangerton]

Come on guys you know the song.

"Wriggley's Spearmint gummmmm
Stick it xx xxxx xxx ..."

3VS

"on your thumb", surely. You seem to be missing two xs.

[Serial_Apologist]

"on your thumb", surely. You seem to be missing two xs.

In 3vs's world, "thumb" has only three letters, starting with "b".

[3rd Viennese School]

It is indeed thumb.

What else could it be?

3VS

(Disclaimer.This posting is not sponsered by Wriggleys)

[Beef Oven]

It is indeed thumb.

What else could it be?

3VS

(Disclaimer.This posting is not sponsered by Wriggleys)

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that Bazooka in your hand?
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[Flosshilde]

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?