Comments on: Please don’t chew your gum near my baby

By: K8

K8 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:26:38 +0000

I can’t do without my schwing gum. It’s a great invention if I can remember not to smack it! Tinnitus does seem to be a sign of a life well lived, enjoy that harmonic while it lasts. It must’ve been a good note for you. :)

By: Baino

Baino — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:04:29 +0000

Shit. I chew gum all the time. All the time. Just found out that my favourite Wrigleys 5 contains Sorbitol, Glycerol, Aspartame, and Acesulfam and I’ve developed a mild case of tinnnitus over the past 3 months . . then that could be years of listening to live music without earplugs.

By: K8

K8 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:20 +0000

Unstranger; Skin is a funny organ though, homoeopathy’s yer only man for that.

Holemaster; It describes life in general perfectly, doesn’t it?

Jo; I was a previous sugar-free squash whore, my family must be riddled by now.

This Limbo; :( I’d be an astrophysicist by now if my parents had’ve forked out for that pony.

Vicky; Dentists recommend Diet Coke, or at least mine did! That’s mad. It’s not the sugar but the poison in the stuff that kills your teeth? I refused, I can’t go without my five-sugared tea in the afternoon and diet coke is mank anyway.

Kitty-cat; It does taste rotten, but they’ve a clever way of disguising it in unsuspected ways as I just found out during a cupboard scan! My bin’s overflowing with sugar free stuff.

Granny; Just don’t go putting any Canderel in that Guinness, mind.

Jefferson; Chime away, dude! The things we’ve been eating for the longest are the best… honey, grains, fruit… Earl Grey! I’m dubious of rice-cakes, but I bet they make great boiler insulation?

Holemaster; Sizzly Fizz. Yum.

Nick; Therein lies the bus theory. Memo to self – don’t eat buses.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:50:42 +0000

Well, I’ve reached the grand old age of 63 without contracting any nasty disease and having consumed thousands of dodgy substances for many decades. So I’m not too worried by the latest health scare, unless someone knows for certain I’ll drop dead if I eat a small portion of substance X.

By: Holemaster

Holemaster — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:22:18 +0000

Hang on. Diet Coke with Bacon?

By: Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:35:29 +0000

If you all don’t mind me chiming in here, my grandfather worked for Coke for 25 years. When I was still knee high to a grasshopper, I remember him coming home to my grandparents place one day yelling that they went ahead with distribution of the then, new to the world, Diet Coke. They knew it could be harmful but went ahead with it anyway. He told everyone to avoid it like the plague even though he worked for the company.

Processed foods are bad, period! My mother, thus our family, has been on a diet of some sort since I was little. It was tough trading rice cakes for candy bars at school though! :)

Thanks for the info, K8. I’ll stay away from the gum. :)

By: Granny

Granny — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:37:54 +0000

Your Granny O’C used hermesita or somfin like
that,in fact there is still a little tin of it
in the drawer! I never went down that route,a glass of guinness is your only man…..

By: Kitty Cat

Kitty Cat — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:52:30 +0000

Aspartame scares me. I hate diet drinks because of it and also because they taste weird anyway. It’s all so very shady.

By: Vicky Rogers

Vicky Rogers — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:53:52 +0000

i have to say this is a great blog. I for one dont drink diet coke i always get into a coughing fit everytime i drink it. But i can say this i do have a high diet and i try my best to eat the right foods. But after reading this i will be avoiding diet coke and chewing gum. i cant however give up my weekly treat of eating a buttery roast chciken dinner and my year session of eating half a cow. though i do try and my best and my heart is somewhat in the right p;ace at times. theres something for you to think about now my friend who is doing the itec anatomy and physiology course has now to get 4 fillings over her diet coke habit. i think that i will be avoiding diet realted products from here on in

By: This Limbo

This Limbo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:49:14 +0000

I think I shall now blame Diet Coke for my kidney failure. Thus far I had been blaming my parents, but they’re already heavily burdened with blame for my trust issues, the fact they didn’t enrol me into a performing arts school and make me a star, etc.