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Retrieve valuablesOops, you just lost an earring or other small valuable down the drain. Try retrieving it with a just-chewed piece of gum stuck to the bottom of a fishing weight. Dangle it from a string tied to the weight, let it take hold, and reel it in.
Lure a crabYou'll be eating plenty of crab cakes if you try this trick: Briefly chew a stick of gum so that it is soft but still hasn't lost its flavor, then attach it to a crab line. Lower the line and wait for the crabs to go for the gum.
Fill cracksFill a crack in a clay flowerpot or a dog bowl with piece of well-chewed gum.
Use as makeshift window puttyWorried that a loose pane of glass may tumble and break before you get around to fixing it? Hold it in place temporarily with a wad or two of fresh-chewed gum.
Repair glasses.When your glasses suddenly have a lens loose, put a small piece of chewed gum in the corner of the lens to hold it in place until you can get the glasses properly repaired.
Treat flatulence and heartburnSettle stomach gases and relieve heartburn by chewing a stick of spearmint gum. The oils in the spearmint act as an antiflatulent. Chewing stimulates the production of saliva, which neutralizes stomach acid and corrects the flow of digestive juices. Spearmint also acts as a digestive aid.
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