Chewing gum has been compared to a stress ball. “Bubble Gum is like a stress ball for the brain” was posted on Twitter on July 9, 2009.
“Chewing gum is like a stress ball for your mouth” was posted on Twitter on June 3, 2012. “Gum is like a stress ball for your mouth” was posted on Twitter on January 6, 2013.
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@mocha_moray
Bubble Gum is like a stress ball for the brain
9:05 AM - 9 Jul 2009
Twitter
What, you got your period on?
@Markus_Ellis
Chewing gum is like a stress ball for me. You guys don’t know how hard I’m chomping on my gum lls
5:43 PM - 19 Jul 2011
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@harrietmcculley
Chewing gum is like a stress ball for your mouth
9:41 AM - 3 Jun 2012
Twitter
Life Of A Blonde
@TopN0tchGf
Gum is like a stress ball in your mouth
1:56 AM - 29 Dec 2012
Twitter
Not Kyle
@cjdicenzo
Gum is like a stress ball for your mouth.
1:59 PM - 6 Jan 2013
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Gum is like a stress ball but for your mouth
submitted May 23, 2014 by tonemanj
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Chewing gum is like a stress ball for your mouth
submitted October 12, 2015 by rishmiester
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Chewing gum is a stress ball for your mouth
submitted January 5, 2016 by ghZ3691
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Gum is like a stress ball for your mouth.
submitted May 4, 2016 by moeycat
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Chewing gum is like a stress ball for your mouth.
submitted March 4, 2018 by Danooguy
Twitter
Navah Wolfe
@navahw
“Gum is like a stress ball, but you can chew it with your teeth, and you can swallow it, and it starts as a recatangle and then you turn it into a circle with chewing.”
--observations from my 5yo
5:16 PM - 12 Apr 2018
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Gum is like a stress ball for your mouth
submitted April 18, 2018 by slurpuffington
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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