# Dissolving Bubble Gum

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573 "2000-04-01T16:55:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573/1 "2000-04-01T16:55:00Z")

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I was chewing a piece of Bubble Yum once, and suddenly it just spontaneously dissolved into nothing. I’ve heard that this has happened to others as well. Any explanations? It was really strange–one minute I had a wad of gum in my mouth, and the next I had nothing.

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573/2 "2000-04-02T06:26:00Z")

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Cecil sort of covered this one:

[urlhttp://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_201.html

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**Author:** ![Brymo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Brymo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brymo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573/3 "2000-04-02T06:28:00Z")

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Were you horny?

"Does passionate kissing cause your chewing gum to disintegrate?  
URL: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_201.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_201.html)  
Sorry, the URL didn’t paste

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573/4 "2000-04-02T06:28:00Z")

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Grrr.

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_201.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_201.html)

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**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-bubble-gum/9573/5 "2000-04-01T19:38:00Z")

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I went down the list of what some of the Teeming Millions suggested was the cause of disintegrating gum syndrome, and here’s the results:

Was I sexually aroused? No.  
Making out? No.  
Do I have unusual tooth fillings? No.  
Was I eating chocolate? No.  
Was the gum under heat or sunlight? No.  
Was I nervous? Possibly.  
Was I angry? No.  
Was I at a concert? No.  
Was I experiencing adrenaline surges? No.  
Eating butter? No.  
Lipstick? Please.  
Excessive chewing? Yes.  
Was I exercising? No.  
Did I have a hot mouth? I don’t think so.  
Was I eating something greasy? No.

So my conclusion, based on Cecil’s column, is that it was possibly excessive chewing and/or nervousness. YMMV. Thanks for the link, guys.

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“Facts? Facts are useless. You can use facts to prove anything that’s even _remotely_ true!”  
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