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> 2 years in jail for selling gum What do they have against gum?
by non-entity 6y ago
> 2 years in jail for selling gum
What do they have against gum?
- detaro 6y agoPeople sticking their used gum in random places, locks etc and breaking stuff with it instead of properly disposing of it.
- fencepost 6y agoEver wondered what those black spots on city sidewalks are? That's gum. All of it is gum that's been spat out then walked on until it acquires a top embedded coating of city grime.
- koheripbal 6y agoIt's extremely hard to remove from sidewalks and gets on people's shoes, and was a big problem in the 80's when they adopted the law.
- dathinab 6y agoThey are very fixated on clean streets, train etc. Gum tends to end up everywhere and is super hard to relive once dried. But there are other high penalities for dirting the streets/parks/houses related offenses. But then it's a city where you could (theoretically) walk barefoot in the streets without worrying about dirt it similar. Through it's probably not legal either and you do have to worry about burning you feed on the hot asphalt ;=}