Have you heard about the bubble gum covered wall?
Yes, I said bubble gum covered. Completely covered from top to bottom and bottom to top.
It even has a name – Bubble Gum Alley. http://www.visitcalifornia.com/
Bubble Gum Alley is located in the town of San Luis Obispo, Ca.
Carol, my sister-in-law, told me about this alley. You know when she explained that it was a wall of gum I could not imagine what this wall would/could look like. I mean GUM ON A WALL! Who would do that?
Bubblegum Alley is a local tourist landmark in downtown San Luis Obispo, California, known for its accumulation of used bubble gum on the walls of an alley. You read that right, walls…the wall is about 15-foot high and 70-foot long alley lined with chewed gum left by passers-by.
No one in the town is certain as to how this bubble gum alley started. Some say it began after WWII. Some say the gum wall began in the 5o’s but what they all seem to agree on is that it was started by a few high school kids.
Of course, it had to be high school kids. Who else would just take a wade of gum and stick it on a wall. When I was little we use to stick gum under the school desk.
The town of San Luis Obispo did try to clean up the gum off the wall, especially after complaints of how “unsanitary and disgusting” it is. Only problem was every time they did clean it up the gum began to reappear on the wall.
My sister-in-law, Carol, expressing what she thought of the gum wall…
I guess the town decided to leave all the gum and make it an attraction of San Luis Obispo…they even tell you where you can buy the gum to put on the wall. Gum ball machines are easily accessible..
Yes, the gum machine is out there specifically for those who want to add more gum to the wall… UGGGGGHHHH…Of course as we began to leave the wall I remembered I was chewing on some gum…guess where I stuck it?