{"id":4389,"date":"2009-07-22T00:59:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T10:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2020-12-10T11:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:04:01","slug":"review-uber-bubble-stride-gum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/review-uber-bubble-stride-gum\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Uber Bubble Stride Gum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/3744795180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/uberbubble1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I was once left with a case of blue balls because a woman said to me on my college dorm room bed that French kissing me is like French kissing a dog because my tongue just hangs out of my mouth and there&#8217;s drool everywhere.  <\/p>\n<p>While I did come back with the line, &#8220;Well, how would you know what it&#8217;s like to French kiss a dog, Ms. Bestiality,&#8221; which caused her to storm out of my dorm room and making the blue scrunchy signal for my roommate on the outside door knob meaningless, it did make me wonder if my inability to properly stick my tongue in a woman&#8217;s mouth is the reason why I lack the tongue dexterity to spread out a large enough surface area to create a bubble with a piece of chewing gum.  Well, it looks like it&#8217;s time to test my tongue dysfunction with the Uber Bubble Stride Gum.<\/p>\n<p>Like frat boys who brag about having the sexual prowess of porn stars, Stride Gum proudly claims that it&#8217;s extremely long lasting.  Unfortunately, one person&#8217;s idea of &#8220;long lasting&#8221; may not equal to another person&#8217;s idea of &#8220;long lasting.&#8221;  For example, the frat boy may think three minutes of pleasure is perfect, but the unsatisfied co-ed beneath him probably isn&#8217;t happy about the quickie that lasted the same amount of time it takes for her to brush her teeth.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_top&#038;bc1=FFFFFF&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=theimpulsivbu-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;asins=B002DHDJ74\" style=\"float:left;padding-right:10px;width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>As for the Stride Gum, it took about 20 minutes or so before it lost all flavor and I had the urge to spit it out.  While that&#8217;s enough time to satisfy a co-ed and then cuddle with her, I like the flavor of the gum I chew to last a little longer than that.  In other words, a little more uber.<\/p>\n<p>The Uber Bubble Stride Gum&#8217;s initial flavor tasted like, I&#8217;m not kidding, the wood of a number two pencil, but after a few seconds it disappears and is replaced with a mellow bubble gum flavor.  It&#8217;s not as strong as Bazooka Gum, but it&#8217;s much better and longer lasting than a piece of gum that came out of a 25-cent machine or a 1986 Topps Baseball wax pack.  However, its flavor was nowhere near uber.<\/p>\n<p>While my taste buds don&#8217;t think it has an uber bubble gum flavor or is uber lasting, I was hoping I could at least make uber bubbles with a piece (or four) of the Stride Gum, but I was unable to make any bigger than an inch in diameter.  I think I was unable to do it because the gum wasn&#8217;t soft enough, like Hubba Bubba and Bubblicious, to create a good bubble.  And because my dysfunctional tongue still doesn&#8217;t have enough dexterity, despite all the French kissing practice I&#8217;ve done with my fist. <\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 1 piece &#8211; less than 5 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of sodium, 1 gram of carbohydrates, 0 grams of sugar, 1 gram of sugar alcohol and 0 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Uber Bubble Stride Gum<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $1.12<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 14 pieces<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Target<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  6 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Mellow bubble gum flavor.  Flavor lasts a decent amount of time, but uberer would be better.  Better than the gum from a 1986 Topps Baseball wax pack.  Sugarfree.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Can&#8217;t make bubbles with one piece.  Bubble gum flavor was nowhere near uber.  Initial flavor was like a number two pencil.  Three minute men.  My inability to blow uber bubble gum bubbles.  Blue balls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was once left with a case of blue balls because a woman said to me on my college dorm room bed that French kissing me is like French kissing a dog because my tongue just hangs out of my mouth and there&#8217;s drool everywhere. While I did come back with the line, &#8220;Well, how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[24,1626],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-gum","tag-stride-gum"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9932,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/12\/review-whitemint-stride-gum\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Whitemint Stride Gum","author":"Marvo","date":"August 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If snowboarder\/skateboarder\/redhead Shaun White ever forgets his name, I hope he's carrying around a pack of his Whitemint Stride Gum because it'll help him remember his name quickly since it's printed ALL OVER the gum's packaging. 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