“Chewing gum is really gross, chewing gum I hate the most!”

The above quote taken from Johnny Depp in the wonderful Tim Burton remarke of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Yes, chewing gum. Yesterday, I bought myself my first digital camera. I know, I should get with times, but I finally have. It’s a rather cool little thing, purchased from the Currys clearance sale. It’s a Samsung PL50, in pink and set me back a rather meagre £89.99. Not bad for a 10 megapixel camera. It’s very lightweight and dinky, and best of all is very easy to use. I am also loving the ‘red-eye’ fix.

Anyway, back to chewing gum. The woman who served me in Currys was chewing gum. Not just chewing it, but chewing it with her mouth open, jaws spread wide as she chomped down hard, which added to the squelching sound effect. Lovely. It’s disgusting and it’s bad mannered and it makes Currys as a company look like they only employ idiots. Oh, wait. They DO only employ idiots. To be fair to her, she was actually very nice, but I couldn’t wait to get away from that gum chewing. That was her warranty sale for the day, out the window.

Although I personally don’t like chewing gum (I’d have it banned, myself), I understand why some people chew it. Off to an important meeting and you have coffee breath? Chewing gum helps to freshen you up. I also believe that there is evidence that it can help to make your teeth stronger.

However, is there really any need to move your jaws apart as far as possible and chew with your mouth open? I don’t wish to hear you chew gum. I certainly don’t wish to SEE your already-been-chewed gum. You wouldn’t eat with your mouth open. Well, most people wouldn’t.

So, for the good of all mankind, CHEW YOUR CHEWING GUM WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED.