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Chewing gum should be banned or declared a controlled substance.

  • 06-02-2011 10:52pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭


    This is one of the many, relatively minor issues that added together make life in this country a pure misery. And given that the big problems are damn near insurmountable by the semi-illiterate monkies we tend to elect, maybe it's time we start with the small things and work our way up.

    Now, I chew a lot of gum. Primarily peppermint extra but I'm partial to a stick of juicy fruit if it's on offer. So I don't come to this issue as some kind of abstinence crusader. However, I think Irish society has proved itself, taken as a whole, to be completely unable to regulate its manners and particularly its cleanliness on this issue.

    So, I propose either a blanket ban on all gum other than that as provided for nicotine and other addictions OR regulate the sale, whereby anyone wishing to buy gum will be required to present a gum license. Applying for the gum license will require providing a DNA sample, the database of which will be used to find and prosecute those spitting gum out on the streets.

    Now obviously thios doesn't help much in catching unlicensed chewers, so chewing in public without a license would carry with a hefty fine. The Gardai would naturally require a right to search the oral cavity of anyone they suspect of offending and the ability to request a stomach pumping where they beleive the suspect may have swallowed it.

    ______________________________________________________________


    No, but seriously, I fúcking hate people who spit out gum. :mad:


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭flyton5


    Another nazi control freak. :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Agree :p

    Live in Indonesia and it is.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    This is a serious issue that needs to be chewed over.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    Agree :p

    Live in Indonesia and it is.
    Pity about the blasphemy laws and whippings and the whole being populated mainly by Muslims. :(
    Still, every cloud has a silver lining!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭Im Only 71Kg


    a gum licence..are you serious? :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Ricardo G


    Everlasting gobstoppers would be a good substitute or maybe some "snosberries"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    a gum licence..are you serious? :rolleyes:
    Very. Now are you going to give a workable alternative to my plan or will I just mark you down in the "Yea" column?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭bitter_lemon


    oh jesus i know this guy who constantly chews gum. he does my head in! he is either chewing or singing - one or the other. do you know what he looks like? a cow chewing the cud!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Ricardo G


    oh jesus i know this guy who constantly chews gum. he does my head in! he is either chewing or singing - one or the other. do you know what he looks like? a cow chewing the cud!

    It just so happens we have a ban on "chewing singing people" down my neck of the woods !! Local council have put some money into a new "Chew sing" rehab centre


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Is this the new Fianna Fail policy?


    Isnt there already a chewing gum tax or something stoopid like that?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭bitter_lemon


    Ricardo G wrote: »
    It just so happens we have a ban on "chewing singing people" down my neck of the woods !! Local council have put some money into a new "Chew sing" rehab centre
    thats brilliant news. i'm gonna wrap him up, put a pink bow on him and send him down your way :p
    he is so annoying :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    chewing gum helps me think :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Well considering some adults can't dispose of chewing gum properly (under tables, on seats etc. wtf?) there should be some type of law/licence for it.

    Singapore is spotless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭omen80


    Nevore wrote: »
    This is one of the many, relatively minor issues that added together make life in this country a pure misery. And given that the big problems are damn near insurmountable by the semi-illiterate monkies we tend to elect, maybe it's time we start with the small things and work our way up.

    Now, I chew a lot of gum. Primarily peppermint extra but I'm partial to a stick of juicy fruit if it's on offer. So I don't come to this issue as some kind of abstinence crusader. However, I think Irish society has proved itself, taken as a whole, to be completely unable to regulate its manners and particularly its cleanliness on this issue.

    So, I propose either a blanket ban on all gum other than that as provided for nicotine and other addictions OR regulate the sale, whereby anyone wishing to buy gum will be required to present a gum license. Applying for the gum license will require providing a DNA sample, the database of which will be used to find and prosecute those spitting gum out on the streets.

    Now obviously thios doesn't help much in catching unlicensed chewers, so chewing in public without a license would carry with a hefty fine. The Gardai would naturally require a right to search the oral cavity of anyone they suspect of offending and the ability to request a stomach pumping where they beleive the suspect may have swallowed it.

    ______________________________________________________________


    No, but seriously, I fúcking hate people who spit out gum. :mad:

    I bet you have loads of friends.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭tony1kenobi


    Satire should be licensed. Only to be used by qualified professionals.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    omen80 wrote: »
    I bet you have loads of friends.

    What? :confused:

    I agree, put the **** in a piece of paper and put it in the bin FFS. I smoke and I top my filter and put it in the next bin I find. Gummers should do the same. Gummers are worse than smokers because it needs to be fecking scraped off the ground. Burn 'em, burn 'em all


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    I agree OP, it's disgusting to see in all over the streets.
    Put it in the bin or under your chair or something just don't lob on the road for someone to walk on!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    I agree OP, it's disgusting to see in all over the streets.
    Put it in the bin or under your chair or something just don't lob on the road for someone to walk on!

    :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭bobsoice23


    Im losing faith in humanity....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 645 ✭✭✭dagdha


    Ricardo G wrote: »
    Everlasting gobstoppers would be a good substitute or maybe some "snosberries"

    Snosberry? What's a snosberry?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭LambsEye


    Oh.My.God. I'm sorry, I absolutely hate chewing gum. I abhor chewing gum.

    Like, I obviously hate other things in the world; racism, paedo-priests, rain, ignorance etc.

    But seriously whenever I see or smell chewing gum I go insane. The sound and sight of people chewing gum makes me want to rage-vom. It's my super, super pet peeve. Chewing in general. People chewing with their mouths open too. God, GOD..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    LambsEye wrote: »
    Oh.My.God. I'm sorry, I absolutely hate chewing gum. I abhor chewing gum.

    Like, I obviously hate other things in the world; racism, paedo-priests, rain, ignorance etc.

    But seriously whenever I see or smell chewing gum I go insane. The sound and sight of people chewing gum makes me want to rage-vom. It's my super, super pet peeve. Chewing in general. People chewing with their mouths open too. God, GOD..
    I hate the noise of some people eating. It makes me want to suicide bomb them. They chew with there mouth open and slurp it around their mouth. I can't even think about it without getting grossed out!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Metallitroll


    oh ted.. you old nazi ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭LambsEye


    I hate the noise of some people eating. It makes me want to suicide bomb them. They chew with there mouth open and slurp it around their mouth. I can't even think about it without getting grossed out!

    My old housemate used to chew with her mouth open. Masticating away like a little piglet. She would actually smack her lips with each bite, it was so loud. I actually couldn't even understand how it was comfortable for her to eat like that.

    My stepdad chews gum really enthusiastically and I have to shout at him. I just can't stand it. Once, on the subway I was in the car with about 9 people, and they were all chewing really loudly. I genuinely felt like it was an intentional set-up.

    I'm mostly laid back about everything else. But chewing. My God. Chewing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    oh ted.. you old nazi ...
    Ich bin beendet von replaying selbst sagen.:mad: Ich bin nicht noch habe ich jemals eine nazi, und es gibt keine Hinweise auf nichts anderes nachweisen. :pac::pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Ricardo G


    dagdha wrote: »
    Snosberry? What's a snosberry?
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZyRTWlBV_UFbtZlsFP6VGoZ6Tga9KyivRWNjivpW3N6iEv9p1&t=1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Nevore wrote: »
    This is one of the many, relatively minor issues that added together make life in this country a pure misery. And given that the big problems are damn near insurmountable by the semi-illiterate monkies we tend to elect, maybe it's time we start with the small things and work our way up.

    Now, I chew a lot of gum. Primarily peppermint extra but I'm partial to a stick of juicy fruit if it's on offer. So I don't come to this issue as some kind of abstinence crusader. However, I think Irish society has proved itself, taken as a whole, to be completely unable to regulate its manners and particularly its cleanliness on this issue.

    So, I propose either a blanket ban on all gum other than that as provided for nicotine and other addictions OR regulate the sale, whereby anyone wishing to buy gum will be required to present a gum license. Applying for the gum license will require providing a DNA sample, the database of which will be used to find and prosecute those spitting gum out on the streets.

    Now obviously thios doesn't help much in catching unlicensed chewers, so chewing in public without a license would carry with a hefty fine. The Gardai would naturally require a right to search the oral cavity of anyone they suspect of offending and the ability to request a stomach pumping where they beleive the suspect may have swallowed it.

    ______________________________________________________________


    No, but seriously, I fúcking hate people who spit out gum. :mad:

    So what we have is classic case of displacement, avoiding/denying what we are currently encountering in this country, or you have such a poor picture of you own ability to stop this behaviour you need a nanny state to faciliate this.

    You are an adult start taking responsilility for changing your own behaviour and stopping lookink for a an external body to dicate your life.


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