Gummy
Bubble Gum Alley is an otherwise innocuous alley in San Luis Obispo, where in the 1960s people started sticking their gum. There was no organized call-to-arms for gum chewers. The gum just started to appear. And appear. And appear some more. These days, the gum is everywhere, and the alley has become a small tourist attraction. It’s gross, but oddly compelling at the same time. The detrius of so many gum chewers — it’s a weird example of the human need to shout “I was here! I exist! I made a mark!”
November 10th, 2004 at 2:56 pm
Ok, how do you find all these cool little odd bits of trivia? I loved this piece about the wall of bubble gum (disgusting as it was…)
November 11th, 2004 at 9:33 am
I sit at my desk and think “what is the weirdest thing I could write about today?” and then I hit google. I don’t always end up writing about what I thought I would write about, because the bunny trails lead to unexpected places.
Also, I’m trying to make a subtle point about how disengaged I am politically right now. It is perhaps too subtle, but making it entertains me — and I need all the chuckles I can get right now.