I HAVEN'T CHEWED GUM IN AWHILE BUT CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WAS A KID RUNNING AROUND PUSHING A PLAYGROUND MERRY GO ROUND WITH GUM IN MY MOUTH AND YELLING SOMETHING SO THE PEOPLE ON IT COULD HEAR AND HAVING MY GUM FLY OUT OF MY MOUTH DIRECTLY INTO MY HAIR SOMEHOW...YUCK...I WOULD RUN REALLY FAST AND SPIN THE THING AND THEN JUMP ON AND GET A RIDE TOO BUT THE GUM IN THE HAIR PART WAS JUST PLAIN YUCKY AND THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET IT OUT BUT TO CUT IT OUT...SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA CUT IT OUT...CUT IT OUT ALREADY...HA HA...THE LESS PAINFUL WAY TO GET RID OF KNOTS IN YOUR HAIR IS TO CUT THEM OUT TOO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BRUSH THEM OUT OR PULL THEM APART...THE JOYS OR ANNOYANCES OF WAVY HAIR...