Adam_666 Posted March 23, 2006 #1 Share Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) Bubble Yum( which is of course.bubble gum) apeared in the year 1976. Many kids loved to go to their stupid market and buy a pack of Bubble Yum just to look cool when they chewed it. On spring that sam year sales had fell for the bubble gum because kids kept saying there was spider eggs in it. tales say thata girl woke up with webs all over her face9 even though that could just mean there was spider's already in their house), even stories saying that kids died after swalloing gum Heres a quote from a web site telling the story isn't true, 'But in one bizarre case, the manufacturer felt it had no choice but to put the issue before its customers as conspicuously as possible. The manufacturer was the Life Saver Co., and the problem was an unfounded rumor that spiders' eggs had been found in Bubble Yum, a Life Saver product. The rumor hit just when Bubble Yum was going through 'almost a breakthrough in sales achievements,' recalled Robert Denny, Life Saver's vice president of product management. Within 10 days, company surveys showed that "well over half" of the children in the New York area had heard the rumor, according to Denny, "and despite recommendations by some public relations people to ignore the rumor and talk about the positive benefits of the product, we chose to run an ad in all the newspapers. 'Somebody is telling very bad lies about a very good product,' the headline proclaimed." give your oppinion Edited March 23, 2006 by Adam_666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoom7500 Posted March 23, 2006 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2006 that was on an episode of the simpsons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted March 23, 2006 #3 Share Posted March 23, 2006 The parent company spent over $100,000 battling this rumor. Full-page ads were run in fifty different newspapers. Confidence in the product was restored, although to this day it's difficult to find anyone who grew up in that era but hadn't heard the rumor bruited about as fact. False. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otaku Posted March 24, 2006 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2006 chekin egs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacies Posted March 24, 2006 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2006 what an odd urban legend...nifty though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobot37 Posted March 26, 2006 #6 Share Posted March 26, 2006 oh god.....I was chewing bubble yum when I saw this title...... Oh well, I still am chewing...just more carefully.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmedFan3 Posted March 28, 2006 #7 Share Posted March 28, 2006 well that is odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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