Thursday, March 4, 2010
Why I will never go to Singapore
I read last night with some amazement that chewing gum is illegal in Singapore. It is a punishable misdemeanor offense that is supposed to deter littering. Now I'm not a big gum chewer but we're a much, much bigger country and I know lots of people that chew gum regularly and I haven't noticed that we have a particular problem with used gum. If you want to talk about coffee cups, cigarette butts, newspapers and myriad other things then I'll agree that litter can be a problem. I don't recall ever having to modify my walking path, needing to make an unplanned trip to the car wash or not having my 9 iron approach shot land where I want because of chewing gum. Have any of you experienced significant problems or inconvenience directly caused by gum? And remember Mike Fay? In Singapore they cane people for misdemeanors like littering! I don't think that would be fun. I'll pass on the Bazooka until I get home, thanks.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Maybe gum would be more of a problem in the U.S. if it wasn't priced at close to $2.00 a pack. I, personally, stopped chewing it because I was going broke. :)
Perhaps in Singapore you can still get a pack of gum for the good ole' 25 cents? Must be nice.....
Post a Comment