+949 You dont believe that gum lasts seven years in your digestive system. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*lasts

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It actually doesn't

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/digestive/gum-seven-years.htm

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If that was true, I would have died from my digestive system being stopped up by gum, unable to digest any food.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

meee toooo :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well it's not like it's gonna get stuck on the interior of your small intestine and stay there forever...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It doesn't :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's a myth

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is like saying "You don't believe in Haeckel's Embryos." Well yeah, because that's false. You might as well say "You believe in quarks, amirite?" Well obviously you have too, even though many people don't know whether or not they exist.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've known people who actually believed this myth, though. So the scenario is much different.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A few years ago, nobody knew what a quark was. So a belief in them would be unwarranted, but you'd be correct. Basically this post just wants reassurance of a fact. Well, reassurance isn't the correct word, but you know what I mean.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it lasts two days, actually.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it digests and comes out in your shit just like any other food

by Anonymous 13 years ago

All I believe is that I'm probably going to shit it out within a week.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's only 24 hours

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Since people shit out coins, jewelry, and other small swallowables after, like, a day, I sincerely doubt that gum would take any longer than that. Metal > Gum.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I had some hardcore vomitting one time and threw up like 5 pieces of gum

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The Magic School Bus taught me that, so I still believe it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago