From: Susan Humphrey <sjh@dunromin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Disgusting....
Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 08:14:33 GMT

magd0168@sable.ox.ac.uk (Nik Henson) writes: Um, yeh - and apologies too to whoever caught the full force of my chewing gum as it flew from my mouth in one particular moment of frenzied madness. I really should keep my mouth shut when larging it. Or stop chewing gum (that seems the more sensible option at the moment - even now my jaw is still complaining *badly* about it's recent chewathon!)

Uuuggghhh - this reminds me - ever since EfS at the Brixton Academy I have been meaning to start a thread about this.

All the chewing gum on the dance floor really pisses me off :( At one point at the academy I was dancing with about 20 sticky strings joining my shoes to the floor..... Some people had sat in it too - yuk - I mean it is just _impossible_ to get out of your clothes....

Why oh why don't people wrap their gum before chucking it????

Or am I the only one that it bothers?

Grouchily,
--
Susan 'H?ODSNO'SNLAGCEOWI London

Newsgroups: uk.music.rave
Subject: Re: Disgusting....
Date: 9 May 1996 11:11:07 GMT

Yeh, I noticed that too! Not on the dancefloor, but on the sloping chill-out area just in front of it. I sat down there at one point, and managed to plant my arse in at least half a dozen chewed-out lumps of the stuff. It took bloody ages to peel the offending items off, and meant I had to miss vital seconds of prime dancing time :( ! Perhaps, I should just look more carefully where I sit in future...

Why oh why don't people wrap their gum before chucking it????

I get through packets of the stuff, but I usually just swallow mine when finished. I've got a sneaky suspicion though, that such a tactic is not particularly stomach-friendly...

Or am I the only one that it bothers?

I agree it's bad. Anything dropped on the floor is annoying, especially beer bottles (anyone wanting to experience a back-flip, just try treading on one of those...). And banana skins :) ...

Nik (making a mental note to dispose of his current piece of gum carefully. Somewhere in the floppy disk drive should do)

From: Mike Slocombe <mike@urban75.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 15:11:14 +0100

I agree it's bad. Anything dropped on the floor is annoying, especially beer bottles (anyone wanting to experience a back-flip, just try treading on one of those...).

Yep. I managed to break into what probably looked like a Michael Jackson 'Thriller' dance break when my foot made contact with a rolling bottle on the dance floor.

Probably the best dance I managed all night :)

Mike

From: ejbuck@plym.ac.uk (ed buck)
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 14:25:14 GMT

The gum problem is clearly caused by leightweights. One stick is plenty to last all night, otherwise your jaws wont ache properly in the morning.

A couple of spares are often handy though for giving out or for replacing the ones that get accidently inhaled or sent flying during lengthy periods of huff and puff stomping.

Ed