The official gum of Gum Guy comes from Wrigley, and here’s the story of how William Wrigley, Jr. (that’s him above), came to Chicago in 1891 with $32 in his pocket and great talent as a salesman for Wrigley’s soap, which then led to free baking powder with the soap and then free gum with the baking powder. Read all about it and the rest of Wrigley history here:
One of the great collectors of wrappers from gum (and bubble gum) is Valery Nosal, from Russia, who has more than 21,000 images of gum wrappers… To explore his great collection of gums from around the world (complete with a variety of translations of his site), click on his name above to go to his site, chewing-gum.net.
My friend Vaughan (he of the great photography), sent me this Wordle of Gum Guy:
The current news these days is about Xylitol (it’s all about birch trees and corn cobs, at least some of the time) in gummy bears as a way to reduce the risk of cavities, but if you’re not into gummy bears, you can do it with sugarless gum made by a company called Zapp.
Here’s a great clip from Spanish television on how to blow amazing bubble gum bubbles.
Gum Tree, originally uploaded by iconomy vs flickr.
Loredana and Ornella think that’s there’s a worthy solution to discarded gum (recycle it for fertilizer). You can read all about it on their site Envyrobubble (see their product at the far right of the picture above).
Further, if you’d like to catch a virtual reality tour of the floor mounted version of their product (the two pics at the far right above), click here.
