# Fruit Stripe Gum

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747 "2000-06-27T18:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747/1 "2000-06-27T18:12:42Z")

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Why does this stuff taste GREAT…for 30 seconds? After that, its like chewing on soggy cardboard.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747/2 "2000-06-27T18:29:34Z")

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I got more flavor than Fruit Stripe Gum.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747/3 "2000-06-27T18:39:47Z")

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You’ll chew more, and buy more if the gum loses its flavour that quickly.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747/4 "2000-06-27T18:40:06Z")

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When my brother was a kid he and his friends used to go around yelling “Yikes! Stripes! Beach butt bottom.”

They would then laugh like hyenas.  
Just thought I’d share that.

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-stripe-gum/23747/5 "2000-06-28T14:58:11Z")

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If you make a Tom Collins with sloe gin it tastes just like the stuff.  
(Things I learned as an undergraduate)