Law of the Playground

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Chewing Gum Romance

Original ID   : 2533
Created On    : 2003-09-27
Last Modified : 2005-05-01


The old Wrigleys packs of chewing gum used to have 3 pictures on the back, one of a pair of lips, one of an envelope (no idea why) and one of a man putting litter in a bin. Tear the wrapper into three, mix them up and predict a friend’s romantic future.

If you pick the piece of paper with the lips on, then someone’s going to kiss you. If you get the envelope, someone’s going to write you a love letter. If you get the bin, you’re going to get dumped, which doesn’t really work if you were single, but such is the scrambled logic of the hormonal pre-teen.

Alistair G