I wouldn't reccomend spitting it on the sidewalk, as I have gotten the stuff on new shoes too often.

Put it in the trash can.

I used to swallow my gum all the time without ill effect. However, I stopped when I learned about all the chemicals that are present in chewing gum. Don't swallow your gum!

You mean telling my kids and grandkids that swallowing gum would make them have bubble farts is a bunch of hooey? Damn! Who'd'a thunk it?!

i always swallow my gum because sometimes it loses flavor! plus it slows down my poop! plus when i swallow alot of pink gum it makes my poop a pretty color!

My husband always swallows his gum and one day he pooped out a big wad of gum that got stuck in his butt hair. Dont swallow your gum!!

I swallow my gum ! I dont know why began as a habbit and Now I cant see gum because im tempted to swallow it haha now i know its not bad

I've been swallowing my gum since I remember chewing gum. I'm 26 now, so let's say for about 20 years?! I max out at about 10 pieces a day on my heavy gum use days. I'm happy to hear this advice, but I'm not sure I believe it fully. I've been in denial all my life that eating gum is bad for me, but I can't seem to stop eating every piece I chew (and I chew alot). I think that eating gum surely can't be good for me, but I just can't stop doing it. Does anyone know of any support groups for gum eating addicts? I'm truly concerned about my colorectal health and would like to try to get help. Thanks.

Just stop doing it! Damn!

I also eat tons of gum... sometimes especially like the last few days i can average up to 35 or more peices at a time... i wonder if thats bad

wow...i was all worried at school today
i accidently swallowed my gum, and quickly went to the bathroom try to get it out, by throwing up hahaha i'm happy to read this, knowing that gun is not bad for you, even though you should still not swallow your gum, it is meant to chew :-P

I'm 52 i no an oldy but ive been eating gum for countless years and i just cant seem to stop it HELP ME!!!!!!!!

i remember a time when i was kid, i had swallowed my gum, and then i saw it in a piece of my poop. it was weird.

To above coward: You don't sound like you're 52. More like 13 to me.

Certain gums won't change colour at all when being shit out, pretty cool, I'm no fashion maven but I don't think pink and brown go together. Ladies, any ideas on what colours go with pink, I'll give it a shot to have a matching shit.

i can't fuckin' stand pink. chew some minty gum instead. or perhaps some Fruit Stripe.

OMG i'm so happy i've been chewing gum since i was around 7 and i'm 14 now and i thought it tasted so good so i'd always swallow it thank god i'm not hurting myself for doing it

i've started too swallow more gum lately than usual, and i've notice that i get a strong pain in my stomach on the right side. When i swallow it, it feels minty in my esophagus, and my stomach hurts almost immediately.
so is swallowing gum bad or good?

In honor of 'Weird Al,' I parody-phrase the great big bandleader Glen Miller's Pennsylvania 65000: [Uh one, a two, uh one-two-three-four]....

'Pardon me boy, are you the wad that gummed my poop shoot?'

I've been swallowing my gum all my life. You don't know how happy i am to read this article..Lol.. now i know i don't have to feel guilty about myself when i swallow my gum!!

I still think that it's not a great idea. And this spitting thing. Why not just keep the wrapper and use that later? A tissue. A old receipt. A fast-food napkin. A deposit slip. Hey, those are all TP substitutes, too. Anyway, please don't spit it on the sidewalk or in the grass or anywhere else other people might have to come in contact with it. Kinda like poop, if you think of it.

Wait, so I'm not allowed to spit it out the car window or leave it in the parking lot anymore?

Some Austin cop might arrest me.

Anybody old enough to remember this one?

The nation rose as one, and sent its fav'rite son
To the White House, this mighty country's lighthouse
He saw the President; he said that "I've been sent
To solve the burning question that involves the continent."

CHORUS: Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
If you pull it out like rubber will it snap right back and bite?
If you paste it on the left side will you find it on the right?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?

Here comes the blushing bride; the "boob" right by her side
To the altar, as steady as Gibraltar
The bridegroom has the ring; it's such a pretty thing
He puts it on her finger and the choir begins to sing

CHORUS: Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Would you use it on your collar when your button's not in sight?
Put your hand beneath your seat and you will find it there all right
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?

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"Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose Volcano?"

Well.... I personally don't remember it, but my daddy sang it to me when I was but a wee lass--I think the original version came out in the 1930s or the 1940s. After reading the lyrics, the tune popped right back into my head.

Damn, you Dumpster Man! I'm going to be singing this shitty gum song all night now.

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"Odor in the court! The judge is eating beans--his wife is in the bathtub counting submarines." Author Unknown

Damn! The above post has led Dumpster to The Authentic History Center, which has gotta be the second-coolest web site on the net (next only to PR, of course)!

I'm off to spend the rest of the night "Over There." Y'all have fun!

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"Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose Volcano?"

I heard from a friend that swollowing gum makes ur boobs bigger. is this at all possible?

I once swallowed about 13 pieces for a whole week and pooped out a turd surronded in a bubblish type thing..?

Only if it is Double-Bubble.

ummm.. i wouldnt spit the gum out the window or on the side walk u could spit it on someones car than they would be pissed and tonzz of people step on gum everyday and the get mad spit it in the trash or in a paper towell!! k bye

Swallowing gum doesn't affect your body any more than giving your guts something to pass through them. No bigger boobs, no fart bubbles, no big wad of gum to be discovered later. If youi're worried about swallowing your gum, then don't do it and spit it out in a trash can. I don't want gum on my shoe, bike, or car. Thank you.

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Practicing the ancient Chinese art of double flushing... because sometimes, a single flush just isn't enough.

Dumster-- My mom used to sing that gum song to me any time we were driving and I was rifling around trying to find something in which to deposit my used gum.

She told me how poor she was as a kid, and if she got a piece of gum, she'd keep it on the corner of her nightstand overnight. She'd chew the same piece of gum for DAYS, until it would just give up the gummy ghost and disintegrate. Talk about thrifty!

The origins of this "urban legend" are thoroughly discussed (and debunked) in this article on Snopes.com.

I've always swallowed my gum (unless I spit and kick it at something) and NEVER had any problems. Why I swallow it you ask? (you probably didn't ask but anyway......) 1. I'm lazy and can't be arsed to find something to put it into. 2. I like to piss people off who say its bad for you and yell at me for doing it.

I swallow my gum sometimes by accident, and afterwards I always feel sort of funny. and always afterwards I fell terribe that I swallowed it.. Also, I saw this thing on another website about sugar free gum leading to diareaha. i only chew sugar free, and sometimes i have periods of time where i chew 3 pieces a day, and now i'm worried that something will happen to me from sugar free gum. help?

So stop buying it.

Swallowing gum does not make you sick (unless it's scraped off the underside of a table), does not make your boobs bigger, does not hang around, and does not give you bubble farts. It is simply passed harmlessly whenever you take a dump. If gun worries you that much, see GottaGoGirl's comment above this one.

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Um, yeah. My sig. So, about that... I'm not doing one this week.

dude. i'm more constipated than i've ever been in my life. i mean to the point of sticking my finger up my ass and pulling shit out and i definitely found a HUGE wad of gum because i always smallow my gum. this wad of gum has caused my asshole to bleed and i hate gum forever now. it's not normally a prob to swallow gum but i have to mention that it really can lead to some problems when you're a little low on the fiber. so don't do it kids. i'm in a lot of physical pain right now due to that damn gum.

As a kid I was always swallowing my gum. I stopped when I leaned that it wasn't the best thing for me. ML, I remeber the old myth about gum collecting in a person's stomach.

Spit out your gum people, and not on the damn sidewalk. AND DON"T EVEN THINK OF STICKING YOUR USED GUM UNDER A DESK OR TABLE, THAT DRIVES ME ALSOLUTLEY NUTS!!!
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Born to clog your bog, with a giant log.

I swallow me gum, lol, though it seems a lot of people do; I swallow a lot, like around ten peices or so a day, but I'm really okay with that, it kind of makes me feel full and curbs my appetite for 'real foods'.

hahahaha jeez my friend is afraid to swallow her gum now, because of 2 comments i copied and pasted from here to her. :P

people,people,people..........it is chewing gum!!.......not swallow gum.......

I buy gum at the bulk food store by the pound and usually eat it within 1-2 days. I am a gum-junkie. Chicle Chew is the best.

I stumbled upon this website b/c my boyfriend was trying to prove to me that swalling gum is not harmful. Who cares! This webpage is facinating...go poop!

I was (pleasantly)surprised to stumble upon this crappy website and i'm happy to know that swallowing gum will not kill you. thanks poonurse!

My 3-year-old just ate a whole pack of minty-fresh and a couple of band-aids. i can't wait for this crap.

In fact swallowing gum is harmful to the digestive tract and is related directly to ASS CANCER. Cumulative swallowing of chewing gum can act as an aphrodesiac or "Spanish Fly". STOP before it's too late!!!

B (doc?), we would love to see references. There are a few pervs on the site, and I bet after reading your post, they are already on the way to the store to stockpile all the Juicy Fruit in aisle 6.

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

i eat bubble gum tout le temps! and i mean ALL OF THE TIME.. i just ate two packages of "rain-blo" and a huge halloween bubblegum jawbreaker type thing and im not dead so.. out of curiosity, i googled the urband legend of gum swallowing and was brought to this very page! happy to know that i will not die. im going to eat some more gum now.. bye

Yes, I remember that song about the chewing gum on the bedpost overnight. I haven't heard that in over 25 years!

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Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!

I am 60 and have been swallowing gum since I started chewing it when I was under 10. I'm alive, healthy, and my digestive tract is fine. The only thing wrong with me is that I am even on this site!!

I am doing a science project on if you swallow your gum, does it degest into little pieces and come out that way or does it stay in one big clump and just pop out whole??? this website helped me answer my question a tad bit..THANKS!!

I Love To Shit And Chew Gum, Those Are My Favorite Things To Do...Seriously

Reminds me of a joke...

A man goes to a doctor because he's hopelessly fat and desperately wants to lose weight. His life is going downhill and he feels totally overwhelmed with his inability to get in shape.

The doctor takes his hand and says, "Fear not. I have a diet for you that should work. Everything will be OK."

The large man responds, with tears in his eyes, "What is it? I'm almost afraid to hope."

The doctor tells him it's simple. "Just eat everything with your ass. Don't use your mouth. Stuff everything up your butt, and you'll lose weight in no time."

It was crazy; but this poor man was so desperate that he decided to take it on faith. Over the next few months, he lost 200 pounds and grew in confidence, got a girlfriend, and began to live a real life. It was wonderful.

Two years after his initial meeting with the doctor, the man returns for his final visit. They shake hands, and as the doctor begins his final round of questions, he notices the man's right leg is going up and down on the edge of the chair on which he's sitting. Up and down, up and down, goes the man's leg, while the rest of him remains still.

Perplexed, the doctor inquires, "What are you doing?"

"Oh," the man replies. "I'm sorry. I forgot I was chewing gum."

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

When i found out that swallowing gum isnt as bad as my mother used to tell me i was releaved that gum i had swllowed in the past wasnt going to come back and haunt me

THROW A WAY YOUR GUM AWAY DUMB SHIT I DONT WANT JUICY FRUIT ON ON MY SHOES