Hey String
Did you start this post under a fake name to relive your great Orange Peel debate? 
Kayak_Ken
Stick it on a rock
and cover it with an orange peel. Then sprinkle your coffee grounds on it.
Gum
I throw my coffee grounds into the ocean, thank you very much. Limes may be thrown in as well, depending on where I am traveling. I figure if I am in a country which grows limes, I may as well dispose of them there as well. Same goes for egg shells, and tea bags, sans the paper. The gum is something else entirely though. I may start saving it, and carry some crazy glue, and use both for repairs if need be…
My gum loses its flavor
on the bedpost overnight.
I imagine it would lose its flavor on a tentpole overnight too.
Jim
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I think it will eventually degrade, just as long as you don't use 303 Protectant. ;)
Gnatcatcher
carry in
carry out.
When your mother says don’t chew it
do you swallow it in spite?
They grow limes in Boston?
Many, I’m taking my next winter vacation there!
a bit more complex than that
The rock must be within 50’ of the water, and you must urinate on it.
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maybe take up smoking
I do the same thing,
spit mine on the highway with the thought that I’m doing my small part to help the road ways.
Chewing gum and school desks,
its forever.
Chewing gum?
A thread on chewing gum?
Oh man…
Fish hazard
So, OK, you spit out your gum and some fish grabs it and swallows it. Now, it’s stomach, which isn’t geared for that kind of intake is going to mix gum with ingested fish and it’s going to become a gooey flopping mess inside of its stomach. The fish will probably die and be eaten by a shore bird which will then ingest the gummy mess in its crop and will die, too. You have initiated Food Chain Death. I couldn’t sleep at night knowing I was the cause of FCD. Why don’t you just snap apart your paddle and tuck the gum in the hollow shaft instead? Don’t have a two piece paddle? So break the one you’re using! You don’t deserve to paddle comfortably when you are causing FCD.
Xylitol In Gum
I think I have the spelling correct, but some gum is made w/xylitol, and non sugar sweetener which can kill dogs, don’t know about sea creatures.
I once saw a list of items people would think were easily biodegradable but were not for decades, like orange peels which I’ve seen on trails when hiking. I don’t care if it’s biodegradable in years to come. I still don’t want to see it when I hike.
-Capri
Welcome, Johnysmoke.
But c’mon. Aren’t you really “Bazooka Joe?”
Let the D.O.T. know
and they might start building our roads out of used gum – just add a thin top coat to keep it from sticking to our tires…
jim
johnysmoke
I thought Johnny was spelled J O H N N Y, but I guess johnysmoke knows better. If you’re going to be a troll, learn how to spell your name right, LMAO!!!
OR, maybe he was Johnny and smoked too much and forgot how to spell his name???
-Capri
Do your roads get better for driving
in the winter because the
potholes are filled with snow?
Yep. It mixes with a chemical
in dog saliva, and the dog explodes, right before your eyes. I’ve seen it happen dozens of times. Not pretty.