spit or swallow?

BaconMD
BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
edited November 11 in Chit-Chat
I was just curious if most people spit or swallow their gum when they're done chewing it? I usually spit mine out, but sometimes I swallow it if I'm not near a trash can. How about you?
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  • KJVBear33
    KJVBear33 Posts: 628
    Swallowing gum is gross I think........plus, doesn't it stay in your stomach for like 7 years or something?
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    No, that's a myth.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I swallow it most of the time. It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Swallowing gum is gross I think........plus, doesn't it stay in your stomach for like 7 years or something?
    For goodness' sake, I didn't believe this in second grade.
  • YMark
    YMark Posts: 65 Member
    It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.

    Or a penny. Either one isn't getting digested.
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    If you're going to chew gum, you may as well get all of the calories. I swallow my gum.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.
    Or a penny. Either one isn't getting digested.
    I've never swallowed a penny, but I'd imagine gum is a bit easier to pass.
  • KJVBear33
    KJVBear33 Posts: 628
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Confession..........me too..........thought processes are funny this way! :)
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Oh please, as if it wasn't meant that way.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Of course it was.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    *caught with my mind in the gutter* :sad:

    I spit my gum in the trash.
  • qkidney
    qkidney Posts: 258
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    ^^ This!
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    lol ;(
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    So I'm not the only one.......
  • yp77
    yp77 Posts: 25
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    whoopsie... me tooo :blushing:
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    I'm a spitter.

    Then again, I'm not a chewing gum person. I like chewing, certainly, but the whole sticky gummy mess doesn't belong in my mouth really.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    So I'm not the only one.......
    It was sort of the idea.
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    What?? It really doesn't stay in your stomach?? Then why is it such a big deal to swallow it???
    Omg, I feel like a fool.... but no, I don't believe you guys, I still think it gets stuck in there and takes forever to dissolve lol - I'm seriously looking it up now...
    and I spit btw... cause it stays in you!!... :p
  • lumina0o0
    lumina0o0 Posts: 498 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    whoopsie... me tooo :blushing:
    me too lol
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Spitting is rude. Just sayin'. :wink:
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    Swallow. the answer is always swallow.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    There is a time and place for everything. Sometimes I spit, sometimes I swallow.... my gum.
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    This thread is a total let down
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    this topic is not what I was hoping for.

    *walks out*
  • rob_v
    rob_v Posts: 270 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...
    x2 :laugh:
  • oberon0124
    oberon0124 Posts: 10,524 Member
    Swallow. the answer is always swallow.

    My hero!
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    There is a time and place for everything. Sometimes I spit, sometimes I swallow.... my gum.

    Yes!!! Spice it up!!
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    ok fine... so you were sort of right... http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/digestive/gum-seven-years.htm
    but s*** can still go wrong if you swallow a lot :p
    hahaha
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