margaret suran wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>> http://www.tinyurl.com/3xv36h
>
> Good thing I do not chew gum! )


I hadn't thought about that childhood admonition not to swallow gum in
ages, but I did hear it in childhood and may have believed it at one point.

http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.asp


I learned that the real danger in chewing gum is that I eventually get a
headache from the overworked muscles involved in chewing constantly.


--Lia