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Would a Free Lousy Pack of Gum Bring Down Wrigley’s?

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I’ve chewed more gum this past six months while losing weight than my previous 180 years of lifetime.

Yes, I chewed a lot of Bazooka gum as a lad. Next to Bazooka, my favorite was Juicy Fruit, usually a whole pack at a time because the flavor didn’t last as long. Of course Bazooka’s flavor lasted about the same, but when the flavor was gone, there were always the awesome bubbles.

I’m chewing sugarless gum now because it does help reduce the snack cravings I used to have and the rest of my teeth won’t fall out.

I’ve settled on Wrigley’s Extra because the flavor really does last a long time.

So where’s my friggin’ free gum?

Ya see, they have this website to visit and plug in some super-secret code (something akin to “Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine.”)

Instead of announcing right away, I am a LOSER. They send me an email. (See Above)

I’ve probably entered 50 times and haven’t gotten as much as a COUPON for a pack of Extra gum. Stop entering? Oh, you don’t know me well enough to know better? Dangle free in my face with an entry form on a website and you have me hooked until the sponsor cries “Bazooka!”

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Would a Free Lousy Pack of Gum Bring Down Wrigley’s? — 9 Comments

  1. Wrigley’s used to send annually about ten packages of gum to its stockholders. My father was on the receving end, and they always sent Juicy Fruit when I was young. They switched to Extra in recent years. Then the free gum stopped when Wrigley sold out to Mars in 2008.

    Gum chewing is a nasty habbit. My brother used to drive me nuts with his loud “chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp.”
    .-= Catch Her in the Wry´s last blog pithWhy not to rely on spellcheck =-.

  2. @Catch Her In The Wry: Yay! You are easing back into the “after-taxes” world! Believe me, I don’t “chonk” my gum (Nancy’s word) she would never let me get away with it!
    (BTW: you didn’t spell check! – I guess I need to add that “edit” plug in for comments. I’ll go look it up.)

  5. Forchunatly, I dont knead to be editted.

    FYI: If you ain’t chonkin’ yore gum, you’re missin’ half the enjoymint.

    When I was a little kid, I found that Bazooka was always best for helping remove loose teeth. But you had to chew very carefully, because you didn’t want to deprive the tooth fairy of her booty.
    .-= Larry Wallberg´s last blog pithPseudo-cuckoo =-.

  7. Going:
    You’re a gum swallower aren’t you!

    Most decidedly not. I limit my swallowing to nutritive things like Entenmann’s Chocolate Donuts and — here in Kentucky — my anger.
    .-= Larry Wallberg´s last blog pithPseudo-cuckoo =-.

  8. I was a Bazooka and Juicy Fruit lover as a kid too…BIG TIME. My Aunt use to work for Wrigley’s for years and would always have loads of Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, Beamons, etc. to give me….NIRVANA! I still chew gum a lot, but try to get the sugarless kind when I can. I like Extra too; but when I happen to see Bazooka, I’m SO tempted to get it….my favorite. Darn, if my Aunt were still alive….you’d get your free gum Mark. ~Joy

  9. @Joy: I forgot about Beamons! Yes, I liked that too. Still don’t like Doublemint, but can’t get the twins out of my mind.
    Double the pleasure, double the fun with Doublemint, Doublemint, Doublemint gum. (I think it was the tight sweaters and the cone bras I remember.)

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