The Rosen '52 find

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Yeah I just chewed it. But it was so crumbly that only a tiny amount remained to chew after thirty seconds or so.

A law of physics says that matter can be converted into energy, but it cannot simply be lost. So somehow, in some way, your body must've absorbed that substance which was once gum.

[Balticfox]

I operate under the same premise upon which vaccines are based. Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger!



The above shots were taken after I chewed the gum.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I operate under the same premise upon which vaccines are based. Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger!

That works great until it doesn't! Love the shirt!

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Love the shirt!

It was one of the five Grateful Dead inspired/sanctioned T-shirts that I bought at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Here are a couple more:





The T-shirts were symbolic of Lithuania rising from the dead of Soviet rule as a country.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

On a trip to Cape Cod in 1990, a small shop in Hyannis had a box of 1978 OPC baseball for $3/pack. I bought a couple and dared to taste the gum. It was completely brittle. If I recall, it wasn't chewable as gum should be, but rather crumbled and maybe even fizzed a bit on the tongue, which prompted immediate expectoration. (Two Eddie Murray RCs, two Roses and a Nolan Ryan, in case you were wondering. Still have them, too.)

[irv]

Don't recall Zip bubble gum at all but, I assume, it was gone by the way side by the time I was old enough to chew it?
Always looked forward to the bubble gum in OPC packs, and boy, did I chew a pile of it.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by irv

Don't recall Zip bubble gum at all but, I assume, it was gone by the way side by the time I was old enough to chew it?

Were you old enough to buy the Monkees card issues or the 1967 Philadelphia Gum Super Hero Stickers? These were produced and distributed in Canada by Grant Products to which Parkhurst had been renamed in November 1963 and contained Zip gum.

(Not mine.)

Moreover as late as 1972 the Canadian wrapper of the Horrible Horoscopes cards featured a Zip Bubble Gum side ad:

(Not mine.)

Zip Bubble Gum must therefore have been sold somewhere into the 1970's though I don't remember ever seeing it.

Here's Bobby Burrell's excellent account of the history of Parkhurst:

Parkhurst Products; Bobby Burrell - Hobby News Daily