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Topic for today: Should Singapore bring back "Bubbleyum" and "Wriggley's" chewing gum.
It's been a long time since I've savoured the chewy delights of "Bubbleyum". Fabulous morsels of fruity flavoured gum which transform into soft globules in the mouth, and perfect spheres when blown.
Since the recently concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, I've secretly haboured hopes of seeing the brightly coloured retangular tubes back on the shelves.
Of course there are some good reasons why we as a country banned gum in the first place. I recall having some rather disgusting encounters with leftover gum and having to gingerly scrape gum of my shoes and skirt. That aside though, how many of you remember the actual reason why the government outlawed gum?
posted by dragonbreath @ 12:21 pm
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1 Comments:
i just noe tt spore banned gum when i came here for studying.. then i noe the reason why spore is so clean.. wad the government do is good enough coz we wont have to see ppl littered the gum on public places.. tt will also cause the 'aunty or uncle who needs to clean the public places' do a lot of extra work b'coz of chewing gum.. i also dun like a chewing gum stick on my shoes as wad i have often encounter it in my hometown..
ohya, i also have a joke article regarding this topic..
i guess all of u have ever read this article before..
CHEWING GUM
Do you know the reason why Singapore government
restricts the citizens not to chew gum? Here is
the story....
One day Lee Kwan Yew went to Thailand and had
lobster at the dinner with the Thai King. After
Lee finished, he asked the King.
Lee : Your Highness, what can you do with this
lobster skin?
King : We cannot do anything with it, we just
throw away.
Lee : Oh, no. In our country, we send it to the
factory and
produce some prawn cracker.
Then Lee had an orange. After he finished, he
asked the King.
Lee : What can you do with the orange skin?
King : We cannot do anything. We just throw
away.
Lee : Oh, no. In Singapore, we send it to the
factory and produce some orange jam.
Then Lee asked for some chewing gum. After he
finished, he put on the plate and asked the
King.
Lee : What can you do with the chewing gum?
King : Oh, no. We just throw it away.
Lee : In Singapore, we send it to the factory
and produce condoms send
it to Thailand.
Lee said good-bye to the King and the King asked
Lee.
King : What can you do with the condom when you
finish using it?
Lee : We cannot do anything. We throw it away.
King : In Thailand when we finish using the
condom, we send it to the factory to produce
chewing gum and send it back to
Singapore!!!
ps: Mrs Hee, if u mind me to post it here.. just tell me, i'll delete it.. ((:
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