01-16-2014, 01:31 PM
Nah, not gory at all. 
As for the animal parts and the gum factory, I'd guess there'd be some sort of connection.
When I was a small kid, probably four or so, I was visiting an aunt who was, hmm....nice enough, I guess, but had aspirations of being a bit posh. I was chewing gum (Dentyne, the only kind which was allowed - and mouth closed, too
) and she asked if it was bubble gum. "No", I said, "I'm not allowed to have bubble gum."
"Well", she went on, "That's a good thing, because you know where bubble gum comes from, don't you?"
"No." I replied, but I sensed an explanation about to be offered and said no more.
"You know the milkman's horse?"
"Yes."
"Well, that "thing" which hangs underneath him is what they use to make bubble gum." she offered, then shuddered and made a disgusted look.
"Oh." I replied politely. "I suppose they wash it first, though." I thought that she might pass out, but my mother, sitting across the table from me, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
I'm guessing the gum is more likely from the hooves, but, either way, it never deterred me from bubble gum in later years. :mrgreen:
Wayne
As for the animal parts and the gum factory, I'd guess there'd be some sort of connection.
When I was a small kid, probably four or so, I was visiting an aunt who was, hmm....nice enough, I guess, but had aspirations of being a bit posh. I was chewing gum (Dentyne, the only kind which was allowed - and mouth closed, too
) and she asked if it was bubble gum. "No", I said, "I'm not allowed to have bubble gum.""Well", she went on, "That's a good thing, because you know where bubble gum comes from, don't you?"
"No." I replied, but I sensed an explanation about to be offered and said no more.
"You know the milkman's horse?"
"Yes."
"Well, that "thing" which hangs underneath him is what they use to make bubble gum." she offered, then shuddered and made a disgusted look.
"Oh." I replied politely. "I suppose they wash it first, though." I thought that she might pass out, but my mother, sitting across the table from me, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
I'm guessing the gum is more likely from the hooves, but, either way, it never deterred me from bubble gum in later years. :mrgreen:
Wayne