PRIZE DRAWING: You Need Gum? I Got Gum!

Written by Marvo | June 26, 2007

Topics: General, Gum, Prize Drawing

When a PR firm sent me the Wrigley’s 5 Gum to review, I found out how much gum was too much gum. Thirty packs of it is definitely more gum than I can handle.

If I had an oral fixation, halitosis or wanted to work on my gum sculpting skillz, the three boxes of gum they sent me would’ve lasted me about three weeks. Sure, I could pass the gum to the homeless panhandlers that hangout at the 7-Eleven down the street, but that gum won’t help them buy booze.

Instead, I offer it to you TIB readers via a prize drawing. I’ve got 18 packs of gum left, six in each of the Wrigley’s 5 flavors: Rain (spearmint), Cobalt (peppermint), and Flare (cinnamon). So 18 lucky random readers will each receive a pack of Wrigley’s 5 Gum.

To enter the Wrigley’s 5 Gum prize drawing, just leave a comment for THIS post with the Wrigley’s 5 flavor you want and whatever else you would like to say.

Please fill out the email field, because I’ll be emailing the winners for their mailing addresses. Don’t worry about the shipping, it will be taken care of.

The Impulsive Buy will start accepting entries for the drawing on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 and stop accepting entries on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 (11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time). Only one entry allowed per person. The drawing is open to ALL Impulsive Buy readers.

Sometime after July 4th I’ll randomly select the 18 winners.

Good luck!

Fine Print: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to sign up for gay porn. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you information about speed dating events in your area. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or you joining Scientology.

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162 Comments For This Post I'd Love to Hear Yours!

  1. Jillian says:

    Wow…am I first, that’s crazy…Anyways I’d like the Flare cinnamon flavor gum. Also your blog is really cool and a fun read.

  2. Fridayunited says:

    Rain please :D

  3. Caroline says:

    Mmmm… Cobalt please :)

  4. Frenchman says:

    Why does it always Rain on me?

  5. Antonio says:

    I tried, and liked, Cobalt. It tasted just like the car.

  6. Chuck says:

    I’d like some pieces of Flare, please.

  7. Martha says:

    Ooh, ooh, ooh!!! Me, pick me!!
    I’m a long-time fan who doesn’t usually post anything (just lurking in the shadows), but for some gum I’m willing to come out in the light.
    I won’t even be fussy about what kind, since they all sound good to me.

  8. apronk says:

    what’s that, Sting? you have something to say?

    I dream of rain
    I dream of gardens in the desert sand
    I wake in vain
    I dream of love as time runs through my hand

  9. govtdrone says:

    I want Flare because my mother made me wear flared pants when I was a little, bitty girl.

  10. Theresa says:

    Flare please – I love cinnamon!

  11. Buddy Love says:

    Gum gum gum. Get in my mouth.

  12. Dale says:

    I NEED flare.

    I have such a lack of flare.

  13. Walter says:

    Rain, please, as in ‘Let it rain, clear it out…’

    (I hope that didn’t hurt my chances.)

  14. Danette says:

    Rain (spearmint) :) : – )

  15. Cobalt baby!

    If we asked really nicely, would you sign us up for the gay porn?

  16. Tony says:

    I’d like the Rain, myself. Cinnamon and Peppermint flavors of gum are usually just too spicy for me. Spearmint Rain is the happy medium. Thank you.

  17. I’d love some Flare, but I’d be happy with whatever I got. Beggars/choosers – you know.

  18. Domokun says:

    GUM! I’m already on a lot of gay porn, so it’d probably just be redundant.

  19. sjvod says:

    I’d like the Flare

    thanks

  20. FatYoli says:

    lindo marvo y tierno ace,

    cobalt por favor :)

  21. Lily says:

    Cobalt would be lovely :) Impressive gum structure by the way!

  22. Alex says:

    Let it RAIN in the club!
    Thank you!

  23. michelle says:

    I LOVE the Rain!
    I’m teaching summer school to a bunch of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in an stuffy building with no heat. I NEED the rain!

  24. DR says:

    I need flare!!

  25. Fred says:

    I’d like rain.

    Not the actual kind, mind you. It’s too wet here already.

  26. Stephanie says:

    Your blog kills me! Thanks for sharing it.

    I can’t find this gum anywhere here where I live. I’d love to try the Spearmint or Cinnamon flavour

  27. luckinflux says:

    since i’m stuck here in seattle i guess rain would be the choice for me!

  28. Rosalie says:

    rain! But anything is good :)

    Ty!!

  29. skibs says:

    I DO wanna express myself and i don’t need 37 pieces of flare to do it!

    I mean, I do need 37 pieces of Flare ;)

  30. Michelle says:

    I have such “flare”

  31. Dewey says:

    Please select me. I am not trendy, but I would like to be. I figure this new hipster doofus gum will get me halfway there.

  32. Lisa says:

    Hi Marvo! I’d like the Cinnamon. Maybe it will wake me up!

  33. Kiley says:

    I’d like to try Rain please, Marvo!

  34. Silvertongue says:

    Yum, Flare, please – as far as I’m concerned, everything should be cinammon flavored, because I am just that obsessed with cinammon.

  35. nicole says:

    Send me some Flare, bee-yotch

  36. Aaron says:

    Here’s hoping for some cobalt!

  37. g says:

    “I do wanna express myself and I don’t need 37 pieces of FLARE to do it.”

  38. smdrm says:

    Thanks for sharing. I’d like Flare or Cobalt.

  39. Matt says:

    Cobalt sounds good, but I’m not sure why they didn’t name the others “Iron” and “Nickel”. Some kind of periodic table copyright?

  40. betsy says:

    I want one, any one will do. Pick me, Pick me, Pick me!!!!!!

  41. Manny says:

    Rain, thank you very much.

  42. Marnie says:

    I think I deserve a pack of the peppermint gum because my father used to crochet his own banana hammocks and wear them in public. If that isn’t reason enough, I really don’t know what is.

  43. Kyle says:

    Cobalt, if I am selected as a lucky winner.

  44. Diana says:

    Flame please.

    And the whatever I’d like to say part…

    I will never forget the day I found TIB. I googled the name of a popular weight loss drink brand that I was doing marketing for at the time, to see if I could find any truth behind the rumors that it contains laxatives. And I found myself here!

  45. Julie says:

    Flare please. or whichever one you think suits me best.

  46. Drew Barnard says:

    Is this where I sign up for gay porn? Can you mail me more information about speed dating in my area? Also, I never did receive the info about joining Scientology.

    :)

  47. Sydnie says:

    Flare please
    i love cinnamon

  48. emmi says:

    I’d love to taste some of your Flare, Marvo…
    Thank you!

  49. Caray says:

    I’m not choosy
    I’ll take any
    please don’t pinch me
    in the fanny

    (OK, so I’m no poet, alright?)

  50. Matt says:

    Rain :O

  51. kelley says:

    Wow, all of these gum chewers out there. Personally, I do not chew gum; however my dog is a big fan of ABC gum found on sidewalks. Delicious!

  52. hawzwood says:

    Which flavor? How ever will I chews?

    Oh wait, what is that above??? You have ABC gum???

    Cobalt please.

    Or if I am third runner up, a MINTY FLAVORED CONDOM would suffice.

    If it’s good enough for Marvo, it’s good enough for me.

  53. shinie says:

    Rain. Rain would be good. This site is awesome!

  54. Ultimate Best Vamp says:

    I love gum, pick me!

  55. Ultimate Best Vamp says:

    And btw, I’d like some Flare!

  56. jenny says:

    RAINdrops keep fallin’ on my head
    And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
    Nothin’ seems to fit
    Those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’

  57. Doc Pearson says:

    me want gums plees

  58. Lisbeth says:

    Someone should care for Cobalt, so I do! We have icy breath in the Nordic countries anyway.
    - And if you send me a packet, I will def “out” your blog as one of my favourite blogs in a National Danish Newspaper come late July…(not kidding!)

  59. Scott says:

    Cobalt baby. Sounds like a chemistry experiment in your mouth.

  60. Jen says:

    RAIN! i want gummmmm

  61. Rachel says:

    You should pick me, and send some gum all the way to Missouri!

  62. Tamara says:

    cobalt! yum!

    this gum seems interesting. it is doubtful that it’ll come to canada :(

  63. Sky says:

    RAIN.

    please sign me up for all that great gay porn too

  64. Zadillo says:

    RAIN for me, because I don’t understand what RAIN has to do with the flavor or the color of the packaging.

  65. Clevegal42 says:

    Cobalt, Marvo, Cobalt!

    And is it male gay porn or female gay porn? Because if it’s male gay porn, no thanks. If it’s female gay porn, no thanks. Hmm…guess that question was pointless for me, but perhaps it might help someone further down the road.

  66. jenny says:

    Yum Cinnamon/Flare!

  67. Chris Garner says:

    mmmmmmmm Flare for me please.

  68. Ive says:

    Hi Marvo!

    Did you choose the 4th of July on purpose? I’m sure you did! And I agree : let us all greet the Transformers with minty-fresh breath!

    P.S. I’d like a pack of Rain, if you don’t mind. There hasn’t been much of that in Québec lately.

  69. ellen says:

    i’m gonna quit smoking (again).

    when i don’t smoke, i chew gum until my mouth hurts.

    flare, please!

  70. Noelle says:

    rain or cobalt.

    so basically, are you trying to tell us that you were too busy to torture your tastebuds and write us a boardline explicit blog?

    lazy.
    then again i COULD go buy a pack myself, however i’m following in your sloth like footsteps and begging you for what resources you have.

  71. sparerib says:

    Flare for me please! As for porn, you can never have enough. Or maybe that’s just me.

  72. klew says:

    I’ve always liked the word “cobalt.”

  73. Amber Gardina says:

    I love you.

    Flare please.

  74. JOSH!!! says:

    I like to wipe my ass with really fiery things and still have it smell as fresh as an Alaskan whale hunter, like oh..well I don’t know stuff: like PEPPERMINT(Cobalt) flavored gum. So Cobalt would be just awesome if you could send some out to me…

    thanks bro

    -Joshemus Awesomeus

  75. LordChaosMuffins says:

    Mm……Flare, please!

    Gum=delicious.

  76. kerbear says:

    Hey there, I’m not picky. if you choose me, I’ll take whatever you got.

  77. Drew says:

    I’d be up for some Flare gum. Thanks for the the generosity!

  78. Rhawb says:

    Cool! I could use some gum to keep at my desk. :)

  79. Lena says:

    RAIN!!! thanks!

  80. LadySpankington says:

    Cobalt if possible. Thanks!

  81. webmiztris says:

    nice! I’d like to try the Rain flavor…I love spearmint!

  82. Aarika says:

    Bring me the Rain, Marvo. Bring me the Rain.

  83. BPyser1 says:

    Pepperminty COBALT, thanks a lot!

  84. Steph says:

    Flare or rain. I just got a sandwich at subway and it tasted like cigarettes and now I have some pain in my left oblique so if I’m not dead soon, I’d like the ash taste out of my mouth and I think some gum could help.

  85. M Jarred Shelton says:

    Rain. I bought a pack of Fire last week and some girl said it looked like Axe gum with its foil pack and cool way of opening.

  86. Margaret says:

    Went golfing for a company and a pack of Cobalt gum was in the goodie bag. Our family loved it, have been looking all over to buy some more. The grand kids love it. They can chew it even with their braces on.

  87. calvin says:

    Beggers can not be choosy. I will accept with a grin any flavor of gum you care to send my way.

    also, you should review the monster m-80 energy drink.

  88. onyxpicante says:

    Spearmint. Yay random drawings.

  89. Elecid says:

    I’ll take some Flare. I like it because it reminds me of the final fantasy spell, although it’s usually considered non-elemental (not firey). Oh the nerdiness.

  90. Andrew says:

    psh, I want some rain! If I win a pack of gum I’m going to play a game of footbag freestyle with it.

  91. kash $ kristen says:

    aww, am I too late? I’d like a Cobalt if you’ve got any left. Thank you. :)

    p.s. I love your blog. I always look forward to reading the new entries and I pass the time at work by reading all your older stuff. Keep up the good work, my man. :)

  92. Brandie says:

    Hmm I’ll give this a try, just for the hell of it.

    Lemmie take a shot at the Rain flavor.

  93. Tara says:

    GUM you say!? Seriously, I have a terrible gum addiction. One sometimes two packs a day when I’m on a bender. I’ll take anything you’re willing to give away.

  94. Erika says:

    Finally! A contest in the States that doesn’t have a disclaimer barring Canadian entries :) Technically I can’t chew gum because of the braces and all, but I’m so competitive, I’m entering anyway (PS – I promise to give my gum away to some deserving soul. Or perhaps offer it to my next date).

  95. JJ says:

    If the spearmint is called “Rain”, and it usually associated with the color green….wouldn’t it make more sense to call it ACID Rain? Maybe it’s just me. Aside from that, I call Flare

  96. Ashley says:

    Cobalt please! :) Thanks a bunch!

  97. Andrew says:

    cobalt! no, wait, Rain! no, Cobalt! Damn these creative names that make no sense at all in context! Is the rain flavored gum of the tropical storm persuasion? Or flavored more like freak-wedding-day-rain-storm rain? You know what? I choose rain!

  98. Dustin says:

    Gotta go for Cobalt. Would not complain if I got a Chevy Cobalt for free but some gum would be nice.

  99. Jen says:

    Flare please. Love the site.

  100. Mallory says:

    Rain please!

    mmm spearmint.

    by the way you are hilarious!

  101. Rose says:

    Being the long time lurker that I am, I figure it’s a good time to beg for free goodies.

    I’d like the peppermint flavor, I can’t remember what it’s called, and I’m far too lazy to scroll all the way up to look.

  102. db cooper says:

    help i need gum, to get the taste of all the news about paris hilton, dick cheney, george bush,scotter libbly, well u see where i’m going with this. any flavor is ok, i got this taste in my mouth like a roll of dimes that was used in a south american bar club or worse! i will stop with this just as soon as the gum shows up.

  103. Frank says:

    Make it rain please.

  104. Roger Su says:

    cobalt FTW

  105. Dawny says:

    I want Rain!!

  106. Al says:

    I always wanted to go to Hawaii but couldn’t afford it.
    Maybe if I chew your gum I’ll get closer to my goal.
    Before you send it to me, could you show it around the island a little bit?

  107. Gina says:

    Sure, I liek gum. Why not?

  108. Al says:

    Cobalt bitte.

  109. Melissa says:

    ooh – cobalt, please.

  110. Jenny says:

    I sure could go for the cinnamon gum. I love reading your reviews, often I make my friends read them also, and although they give me a hard time, after they read the review, they realize that I was right all along.

  111. Eilis says:

    Rain or Flare for me! Mmmmm…gum.

  112. katy didn't says:

    I have a suspicion that if it were raining here, it would not be 98 degrees.

    Will you send me some rain before I melt?

  113. Lisa C says:

    In the words of Beavis and Butthead: Yes! Yes! Fire! Fire!

  114. Melanie says:

    Yumm.. Flare sounds good.

  115. Kyle says:

    Damn, I was going to make an Office Space joke, but it seems that a bunch of people already have.

    I’ll just take flare, please.

  116. Matt says:

    i live in the middle of nowhere, and the only freakin albertsons thats near me only carries damn juicy fruit and eclipse.
    but getting some of this snazzy gum would be cool.

    Cobalt yo.

  117. Toothless says:

    Can I chew gum with 4 teeth in my mouth ?

  118. Lucy says:

    Rain… Your blog rocks!!!

  119. amberglow says:

    Flare for me too, but what a dumb name — all the other fiery names were taken?

  120. saib0t says:

    Toss me some of that Cobalt, son.

    TIB4Lyfe.

  121. Cath says:

    I’m not picky! I’ll take any flavor. Your site rocks!

  122. Sunbun says:

    Southern California needs some Rain.

    Your blog is teh secks.

  123. Beccat says:

    If I’m a winner I’ll enjoy whatever flavor is sent.
    Thanks!

  124. Matt says:

    only ninjas chew Cobalt peppermint.
    toss me some yo.

  125. HH says:

    Rain. Rain.

    I don’t think we have those flavours here yet. You sure if i am picked, you’ll send it all the way to HK??? :D

  126. KaylaRose says:

    I’ll take cobalt please (those are dumb gum names)

  127. Collin says:

    I haven’t tried any of them so if you would like to close your eyes, grab one at random and stuff it in the mailer that would be fine by me.

  128. 00000000 says:

    Rain please! I will chew it during my quest to purchase those amazing Fr00t L00ps straws. Science.

  129. John Higginson says:

    Rain!!

    I likes gum….its good…..

  130. Ldy says:

    Hm… which might taste best: Rain, Cobalt or Flare?

    Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, silver-grey metal. While small amounts are essential to life, it sounds less than tasty.

    Rain seems pleasant enough, especially since I just hopped to the FAQ and noticed you were from Hawaii. Very little smog and acid rain there, I’d expect. But still, who wants a gum that tastes like water?

    I’ll have to go with Flare. Flare is intriguing, as I’m not quite certain what, precisely, they mean by Flare– does it taste like a burny thing you put in the road when your car has broken down? Or does it taste like the singular form of a pair of bellbottoms? I’m personally hoping it tastes like the breakdance move, myself.

    Whatever it tastes like, I’m willing to try it. *nods*

  131. Karen says:

    So, I guess saying any flavor doesn’t count? Cobalt!

  132. Sam says:

    Cobalt or whatever you have. Thanks for the drawing, Marvo!

  133. liz says:

    PICK ME PICK ME!!

    i like ur site. its my favorite kind reviews of misc. foods. and i want the cobalt flavor! =)

  134. jacksplat says:

    treat me like pacman jones and make it RAIN

  135. Sara A. says:

    Oh RAIN sounds like my kind of gum! Thanks for sharing your loot with us! ;-)

  136. kenny says:

    #136???
    I barely tried this gum, cuz the package looked tight, n I actually liked it more than any gum I have tried, hope I get picked, cuz im going to eat it all n fast, hehe

  137. Cait says:

    I like to read your reviews! Down to business…I choose Cobalt.

  138. Robyn says:

    Send up the emergency FLAREs :)

  139. MAC Dodge says:

    Flare is my first choice but any flavor will do.

  140. Mike932 says:

    Cobalt sounds good.

  141. Kirsty says:

    I would love to try Rain please. Kudos to you for having such an informative and interesting site!!! I cannot tell you how great it is to read about these new products. You have like the “Coolest” job in the world!!!

  142. GIGI says:

    I would love some rain!! I have the biggest oral fixation ever. I chew 6 packs of ORBIT a day, this would be a GOD SEND if you picked me for some free gum! I probably spend way over 200 or maybe even 300 dollars annually on gum, maybe even monthly! HA, I am pathetic, that is why I think I would be an amazing person to be chosen! Thanks!!

  143. Angie Dore' says:

    omg! You dont even know, I lovee trying new gum. I chew gum way too much. but this one is more expensive then my current favorites which are stride and bubblegum orbit. there even better mixed together. and Im too lame to spend my money on a new kind just yet. you should totally send me one, and Id love you forever! I say flare.

  144. Mad Cow says:

    I could use some Cobalt, if you want to toss it my way.

  145. Rain is pimpin’ … I’d love to get some of that

  146. Alex says:

    cinn-uh-mon!

  147. Jay says:

    My chew hurts when I chew…gum…yes, when I chew gum! But I love it’s sweet and yet spicy “kick.” So bring it on!

  148. Jill says:

    Rain, please. Like the kind that falls incessantly in my heart. Or something.

  149. LP says:

    Rain Rain Rain. ;o)

  150. James says:

    I’m only happy when it rains.

    I’m going down in a blaze of glory.

    Cobalt – I got nuthin’.

  151. Natakie16 says:

    Flare me please!

  152. NickW says:

    I could be choosey but if your given I would like to be taken some of that gum from you.

  153. taikog says:

    I need more Flare

  154. Audrey says:

    Not sure if someone from Europe can enter as well but just in case they can: I would love some rain!

  155. grob says:

    I’d like some Flare in my life as well.

  156. Ali says:

    rain please!

  157. strcrssd says:

    I’d like to try the Flare. Thanks for the fun blog.

  158. Ana says:

    mmmmmmmmmmmm……..spearmint……I love it!

  159. Erick says:

    MEEMMEMEMEMEMEMEME…
    Anything will do, baby.