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1. Mary Jeys on June 26th, 2009 at 1:44 am

   It’s recent. It’s Michael Jackson.

2. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 1:51 am

   Recent but extinct.

3. Rick Neece on June 26th, 2009 at 4:52 am

   My sixth grade teacher gave a pack of this to each student in the class on special occasions. His name was Mr. Beamon.

4. Kathy HIlen-Smith on June 26th, 2009 at 6:03 am

   I’ve always been a big fan of Beemans.

5. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am

   Fizzle sticks.

   I love this term you have coined: mastic ambrosia. I will have to make sentences from it.

6. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 8:48 am

   “Mastic ambrosia” came to me in a flash of inspiration, Lucy. I am glad you like it — and wondering whether you ever indulge in fizzle stick debauches.

   Kathy, where do you stand with respect to Blackjack gum? Teaberry?

7. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am

   I’m not a frequent chewer, but those are rare and favorite treats.

8. Kelsey Parker on June 26th, 2009 at 9:15 am

   I still long for the days of smushed-raisin cookies. What were they called? My grandparents introduced me to them.

   I confess, I have no idea what this Beeman’s is. It’s clearly gum, but what makes it special?

9. Cece on June 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am

   Yum! And Clove gum. Horehound hard candy (the best name ever). But I actually like the taste of Fernet Branca, so my recommendations are known to be suspect, in general.

10. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    The aftertaste of Beemans gum has been likened to Ben Gay for the tongue.

11. Deron Bauman on June 26th, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Nutella. not that it is almost extinct, just that I love it and it isn’t always available.

12. Rick Neece on June 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    I believe Beemans is flavored with pepsin. (Isn’t that the flavor of Pepto-Bismol?)

    Pepto-Bismol. Pept…

    “Hey, y’all! This Beemans tastes just like PEP-toe BIZ-mol!”

    I just had to say it again. That was fun. Fun to look at, fun to say.

13. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    You know, Rick, that is the answer I was going to offer, but then I got to reading that maybe pepsin is no longer an ingredient in Beemans. That would be sad if it is true and doubtless the consequence of some silly FDA regulation.

    Beemans, in addition to its distinctive flavor, also has a curious texture I can only characterize as ‘old-timey’. As though it still existed in a time when they had not quite got chewing gum down yet.

14. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    So pepsi cola, that is also flavoured with pepto bismol, yes? We’re really getting down to something here.

15. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Pep! I love pep! It is one of my favorite archaic colloquialisms.

    “Lucy Foley? Brother, that gal has pep galore!”

    Also: The Pep Boys. Manny, Moe, and Jack.

    Oh. Oh. Oh. I imagine a new film — “The Pep Boys on the Lam”.

16. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Lately, I am a fan of ‘jizz’. For instance, “That Sheila Ryan? She’s got jizz”. Or as I said to my friend Adam yesterday: “I know a lot of people that would jizz over that infographic”. For example.

17. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    All That Jizz.

    Le Jizz Hot.

18. Deron Bauman on June 26th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    acid jizz.

    freeform jizz.

    jizz hands.

    light jizz.

19. Deron Bauman on June 26th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    jizz, a film by ken burns.

20. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    The thought of acid jizz just is not friendly. Light jizz is a little feeble. I think we might be onto something with the free jizz, but keep looking.

21. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Hot jizz. Well, yes. That Sheila Ryan, she sure knows her hot jizz. But people will look at us funny. So many buried signifiers.

22. Cindy Scroggins on June 26th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Jizzus Christ, y’all.

23. Lucy Foley on June 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    Yes. yes.

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