how do you pop chewing gum?

[misstaken15]

pretty much what the title says. I'm the only girl in my year (except the bods) who doesn't know how to do it :( anyone know what I mean?

I don't wanna ask anyone at school coz I'd be so embarrassed...

[mibn2cweus]

Using your tongue flatten the gum against the roof of your mouth to form a round flat pie crust like shape. Slide this down to the front of your mouth and gripping the edge with your teeth blow carefully into the center toward you lips as to form a seal and then inflate to form a bubble. This takes patience and practice and when it finally works you�ll have no idea what I�m taking about, as don�t I!

[Carol Anne]

Also, chewing gum isn't much good, you need bubble gum. I was always blowing huge bubbles which would explode and stick to my hair. Yuk

[pompomfairy]

but im using chewing gum now n i blow bubbles fine bubble gum is sumtimes to thick to blow bubbles

[misstaken15]

I can already blow bubbles with it...

There's one girl who can pop it 2 or 3 times a second without blowing bubbles, that's what I really wanna know how to do... but thanks anyway. I thought people here were gonna laugh like girls at school would

[mibn2cweus]

Fold it over and seal air pockets within and pop between teeth?

[misstaken15]

as in, fold it with my tongue??

[paddy_36]

misstaken, you make as if you are going to blow a bubble by stretching it over your tongue as usual. Then what you have to do is blow air through the gum behind your teeth. That's what makes the cracking sound. Close your teeth together, imagine that you are making a 'tsssssss' sound with your tongue, but use the top and bottom of your mouth to hold the gum in place. You might have to curl your tongue a bit at the bottom and hold it behind your bottom front teeth. If you manage it from any of these explanations, you deserve a medal! Just try it for a bit until you get the hang of it.

I think it's definitely easier with chewing gum. Bubble gum is too thick, chewing gum cracks better!!!

[SpottyB84]

misstaken, ive always woundered this 2, i just thought it was me that couldnt do it when i was at school. Tho i stiill dont get it from peoples descriptions

[mibn2cweus]

The trick is to trap air inside and apply as much pressure to the trapped air as possible before it bursts through (escapes suddenly and violently). Caution: Do not under any circumstances mistake your tounge for the gum (or vice virsa if the teacher catches you and you try to swallow the evidence before they make you wear it on your nose).

[misstaken15]

lol, still not having much luck after these posts... but today I noticed I was trying with sugar free gum, does that have anything to do with my 'struggles'?

[atolhurst]

Right, I have wrigleys extra sugar free (cool breeze if you're interested). Hope this helps. Have described it as best I can.

On chewing one nugget, it seems that the amount of gum produced is not adequate. Will insert 2nd piece.

2nd piece inserted. Amount of gum still not adequate. Have gone for a third. Better.

Push lump of gum to top of mouth behind teeth and flatten using tongue.

Move flatten gum across so it is bent round the tip of your tounge. Secure ends by gently biting down on gum. Slight pressure on tongue.

Push tongue out slightly, creating a curve in the flattened gum. Ensure ends of gum are still secured by teeth (note, if teeth are clamped too tightly against tongue, pushing tongue forward to creating curve will be difficult).

Next, raise top set of teeth away from tongue and move the top side of gum infront of teeth. (note, against the bottom set of teeth should still be behind the teeth while applying slight pressure to tongue, to secure).

Next, rather than blowing a bubble out, pull one in by creating a vacuum behind the gum.This will create the beginnings of a bubble just above the tongue, in the gum that will eventually pop due to the pressure and make a little popping sound.

I am clearly v bored at work. Hmm.

[misstaken15]

You're not bored, you just like passing on your skills to the next generation ;)

[misstaken15]

yay! result! I got a tiny little pop... It sounds feeble though. how do I do it louder?

[Gef]

It should be banned.

[misstaken15]

that means you're... a teacher? ;)

[Gef]

Well spotted miss! I am a teacher and have no problem with people chewing gum if only they would dispose of it correctly. Next time you have a chance look under your desk.

[misstaken15]

ewww, lol that's what chavs do, and I ain't a freakin chav! They chew like freakin cows chew on grass. They get caught (worst part is, they never know why) and then stick it somewhere so they don't get some over-rated punishment like writing lines...

[Gef]

Nice answer miss. Good look with the "popping" but not in class. Lol.

[misstaken15]

Then perhaps teachers should stop telling me to spit it out... I don't honestly see what's wrong with just chewing (so long as its not like them chavs I mentioned before), but still most of them are like 'spit it out' blah blah blah. Even in year 7, when I didn't know how to pop it, blow bubbles with it or anything that could be done to it, it was still 'get rid', 'write lines' and so on...

If they're gonna make me spit it out anyway, I'm sure you know what I'm saying...