What happens if you swallow gum?

[Randomguy]

I think you poop it out.  That thing you heard as a kid stays with you, though.

Isn't it strange how beliefs repeated become ingrained, even when they are total BS?

[Guest]

Isn't it strange how beliefs repeated become ingrained, even when they are total BS?

just turn on any news channel

[maddmaxx ★]

Fart bubbles.

[Dottleshead ★]

4 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Fart bubbles.

You beat me to it. Only they're filled with pudding.

[MickinMD ★]

" If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't stay in your stomach. It moves relatively intact through your digestive system and is excreted in your stool. On rare occasions, large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have blocked intestines in children."

- Mayo Clinic, https://www.mayoclinic.org/digestive-system/expert-answers/faq-20058446

[Ralphie ★]

5 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Fart bubbles.

This is the only reasonable explanation.

[sheep_herder ★]

12 hours ago, Randomguy said:

I think you poop it out.  That thing you heard as a kid stays with you, though.

Isn't it strange how beliefs repeated become ingrained, even when they are total BS?

That is like when I was told that I'd get worms from eating raw cookie dough.  I did not let that stop me from taking a bit now and again.

[Tizeye]

When you swallow gum, I don't get it on the bottom of my shoe.

[Tizeye]

Swallowing gum is nothing. You should try a watermelon seed!

[Randomguy]

8 minutes ago, Tizeye said:

Swallowing gum is nothing. You should try a watermelon seed!

No thank you, my gut is big enough without having a whole watermelon patch growing inside me!  heh heh...

[Randomguy]

1 hour ago, sheep_herder said:

That is like when I was told that I'd get worms from eating raw cookie dough.  I did not let that stop me from taking a bit now and again.

I had never heard that one before!  It wouldn't have stopped me, either.

[Ralphie ★]

46 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

I had never heard that one before!  It wouldn't have stopped me, either.

I always heard salmonella from the raw eggs.

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

[roadiejorge]

The stomach acids infuse amino molecules into the gum and a strange mutation happens. This process then forces the powers of creation to form a new life form in your belly. You may not like the results, so DON'T DO IT.

 

[donkpow]

I have been told that a squirrel will die as the result of eating Double Bubble bubble gum.

[Road Runner]

20 hours ago, Randomguy said:

What happens if you swallow?