ALL ABOUT GUM WRAPPER CHAIN
Good evening everyone!
In this beautiful evening, I’d like
to write all about gum wrapper chain. Well, many Indonesian people don’t know
what is gum wrapper chain? Now, we’re going to know what gum wrapper chain is.
Before we go to the gum wrapper
chain, let’s discuss bout what is gum and the history behind it.
GUM AND HISTORY BEHIND
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Well, i suppose our ancestor really
worked hard to find something to be chewed! So gum is not something that is found in the twentieth century, but it has been chewed by
various ancient people in the world.The ancient Greeks chewed mastiche -
a chewing gum made from the resin of the mastic tree. The ancient Mayans chewed
chicle which is the sap from the sapodilla tree. North American Indians chewed the sap from
spruce trees and passed the habit along to the settlers. Early American
settlers made a chewing gum from spruce sap and beeswax. Wrapped gum was first introduced in 1848. Chewing gum is made from the sap of spruce,something that
was bitten by Native American. John Curtis and his brother cultivate this gum
and called State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum. Although it tasted bitter;however,
it was sold as the price was really
cheap. Then Curtis gave a sense of paraffin.
Then gum was getting more famous, in 1871, Thomas Adams received a patent
for the manufacture of chewing gum. 1890s, William Wrigley Jr. initially
reacted with the invention, Fruit Juice and Wrigley's Spearmint and were first
launched in 1893. In 1906, Frank Fleer created bubblegum, although gum was still
very wet and it just came out easily from the mouth when chewed. In 1928, the
company's accountant, Walter Diemers kept updating recipes and finally found
the right recipe for chewing gum that we usually chew right now!
Now, we will go to the next discussion, what is gum wrapper chain? And
who has the longest gum wrapper all around the world.
GUM WRAPPER CHAIN AND THE WORLD RECORD BREAKER FOR THE LONGEST GUM WRAPPER
CHAIN
Gum wrapper chain is chain made of gum wrappers. Each set
of chewing gum wrapper chain can be used
to create a two-link
chain. This
method will create thin links that can easily slide over one another. It is
possible to use an intact wrapper, but this creates a bulkier link.
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| SOURCE: http://www.gumwrapper.com/gary.htm |
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, USA -- Gary Duschl created a gum wrapper chain, measured at
61,988 feet (on Dec 11), using 1,462,066 gum wrappers and setting the world.
Duschl,
originally from Canada, adds links to the Longest
gum wrapper chain while he's watching football, hockey or
baseball on TV. Gum wrapper chains were popular with teenagers in the
1960s and Duschl said he was no exception. On March 11, 1965, at age 14, he
decided to make a chain that would be the longest in his class.
"Then my competitive nature kicked in," Duschl
said. He decided to make the longest chain in the school and then the
longest one in Waterdown, Ontario.
After seeing lengthy wrapper chains on TV, he decided to
make it the longest one in the world. He achieved his goal in 1995 and
every March 11, Duschl has the chain measured by land surveyors.
A gum wrapper chain is a paper chain of any length
that is made of discarded wrappers from sticks of chewing gum. Each wrapper
can be used to make two chain links.
This method will create thin links that can easily slide
over one another. It is possible to use an intact wrapper, but this creates
a bulkier link.
On his site, Duschl posts the lyrics to the
song Chewing Gum Wrapper by Jonathan Richman. The song describes the joy of
finding discarded chewing gum wrappers and taking them home.
Gary Duschl already
had made it onto the Guinness list of top 100 records for the decade and
into the 2010 Guinness World Records.
The previous Guinness world record for the Longest
gum wrapper chain was set by Leo Franzen from West Union, Iowawith a 16,670
feet gum wrapper chain.
He has received e-mails and visits to his Web site and his video
posted on YouTube where he talk about the chain and teach
others how to make one. "I try to encourage
competition," Duschl said.
Duschl says he doesn't much chew gum anymore. He
has help with that and asks people to send him wrappers (only Wrigley's,
please) from all over the world (Gary Duschl Box 65464, Virginia Beach,
Virginia USA, 23467).
His new goal, he said, is for the Longest
gum wrapper chain to grow to 26 miles. "It's the
length of a marathon," Duschl said. He also said he expects more gum
wrappers to arrive in the mail to add to the chain, which grows daily.
HOW TO MAKE GUM WRAPPER CHAIN
1. OPEN wrapper.
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2. RIP in HALF along length.
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3. FOLD
in HALF along length.
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4. OPEN and FOLD lower HALF
into middle.
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5. FOLD
upper HALF in towards middle.
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6. FOLD
in HALF along length again.
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7. FOLD
in HALF
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8. FOLD
ends in HALF towards middle.
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9. Now with two links, fit the 2 PRONGS into the SLOTS
of the other.
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10. Add additional links to
construct your own WORLD RECORD gum wrapper chain. HAVE FUN!
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