Today I had an email forwarded to me by my friend May.
It had the following words emblazoned across the subject box;
“GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING. ”
They were there again when I clicked on the email, followed by the words;
“DO NOT SWALLOW CHEWING GUM”, along with an attachment to open.
I was sooo scared opening that attachment. In my head I was thinking, ‘Oh my God. What am I going to see?
Will it be some gross autopsy picture with a huge great globule of gum blocking a poor unfortunates small intestines??
Maybe it will be someone coughing up a huge gum ball, cat like, but with gum, instead of hair. Bleurghhh.
Or maybe someone has morphed into part human part gum ball machine…?’
As I waited for the attachment to open, a weird, but strangely brilliant idea that I saw being used in the nearby town of Chesterfield to help people rid themselves of gum, so preventing soiled streets and gum related injuries, came into my head. (And breath).
It was a picture, of a field, full of sheep.
Not sounding too brilliant yet right?
It looked a little something like this…
These pictures were attached to lamp posts and railings all around the town centre.
The idea was, that instead of throwing or spitting your gum onto the floor, you stuck it onto one of the little sheep, so creating a ‘lovely’ 3D effect, while helping to keep the streets of Chesterfield clean and lovely.
I remember thinking, ‘Cute’, then, ‘gross’, then, well, kind of ‘cute’, again.
Anyway, as the attachment finally flashed up a photo, I squinted for a moment – like that would somehow protect my brain from the horror ..
And I saw,
this…
Big sighhhhh.
I had to share.
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January 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
thats talent…
January 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
So hilarious
January 30th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Weird those Chesterfield folk. Obsessed with sheep, don’t you know.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
oh me oh my….jo…I don’t know which makes me smile more….your silly sheep idea…or this photo. Doesn’t matter really, I’ll take any smile you have to offer.
have a great Thursday.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Is that Dharma from Dharma and Greg? I wondered what she was up to these days.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhh, I just got it. I’m a bit slow.
They are blowing bubbles out of their behinds….well, Dharma and the rest of them are.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
lol. I got that email too. My only thought was, damn, I don’t want to be around when one of those things pops!
January 30th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Hee hee…one of my gal pals posted this today as well. Trans-continental humour…ain’t it grand?
January 30th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Okay honeychile, just where is this town of Chesterfield located? I patroled the town of Chesterfield in South Carolina for years but always ended up with gum on the sole of my boots…don’t recall any lovely little gum sheep there…there were some town drunks that could have done the job though. Do you think they would have minded? Thanks for coming by to see me…I had to return the favor and glad I did…love your bird…is he Emu or Ostrich?
Sandi
January 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
LOL!
January 31st, 2008 at 3:16 am
actually they all seem to think they are stronger for it. maybe i *should* do it, and have better biceps. i don’t know how you get better biceps, but clearly , the picture shows biceps. also, they all seem to chew the same flavor. i tend to chew grape flavor. so i would not match. that’s why i’ll never get into a picture like this, and that’s not entirely bad .
January 31st, 2008 at 3:29 am
That brought a smile to my face this morning!!
January 31st, 2008 at 6:55 am
You have been tagged!
January 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I got the same email the other day and laughed out loud!
January 31st, 2008 at 12:13 pm
My grandma always told me “whatever you do don’t swallow chewing gum or you’ll trump bubbles!”
January 31st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Jeez. What will they throw at us next?
January 31st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
That’s too funny… I am always telling my 7.5 yo son when he swallows gum he will fart bubbles…
Doing a little lunchtime blog hopping while 7.5yo is at school, 3.5 yo, Baby and mom are napping… Shhhh….
February 1st, 2008 at 6:34 am
Thanks for the laugh!!!!