A Gum Loophole!

FYI, those of you who have never been to Singapore and are inclined to want a stick of Wrigleys while you are here - I found a loophole! All of you who know me well must have known it was just a matter of time....

Young Andrew will be going to Indonesia next week for 3 days. This is an experience they call "Classroom Without Walls." He will spend the better part of next week swimming in shark infested water, stringing mosquito netting in a desolate village as a service project, exposing himself to Dengue Fever and hopefully not eating anything that will give him any dread diseases he has not had prophylactic shots for.

Just kidding! They are going to Indonesia, but he will be on the antiseptic side side of the island.

At any rate - you may be wondering what this has to do with chewing gum....

The good, astute and caring parent that I am, I went to get Andrew something for motion sickness at the local Guardian Shop (not making that up). Since the Boat Ride to Certain Doom is rather long, the last thing I want is for his last memory to be of yakking over the side. I went to the pharmacy to ask about these pills, and my eagle eye spotted a pillish looking bottle behind the glass on the opposite side of the counter. It was made by Wrigley's! I quelled my excitement just long enough to ask the nice lady..."Is that chewing gum?!?!" She said..."Why yes. Yes it is. Do you need whiter, brighter teeth?"

Well. I have always fancied myself to have nice pearly teeth, but I told her that sadly yes, my teeth were not as white as I would like. She handed the coveted gum bottle to me. She said she needed some information. Name, birthdate and Green Card number. I handed it over. Heck, I'd have given her my first born child! (Sorry Jenn.) She told me not to sell it to anyone, and charged me three bucks for 45 pieces. Happy happy.

So now I have a gum source. The gum is a little tough, not my favorite flavor, and since I was admonished not to sell it I think I will err on the side of caution and not share it either. I don't want to get on the wrong side of the law....