Nov 05, 2009

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Seattle's Wall of Gum
A 50' by 15' section of wall outside of the Market Theater at Pike's Place Market. People have been sticking their gum there since 1993. Theater staff have scraped the wall twice, but since given up. It was recently declared the 2nd germiest tourist attraction in the world, second only to the Blarney Stone :) Occasionally you can see works of art made exclusively of gum, before others come along and cover it with their own chewed gum.

Nov 05, 2009 08:58 by jenaissance

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  wow... thats amazing and a little bit wrong, however i may do it in my living room.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:00 by coco-tidan.
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  I concur with the disturbing yet fascinating assessment. How on earth does something like that get started?
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:05 by kellydna.
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  @kellydna it started with college students bored in line while waiting for tickets, and progressed from there.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:08 by jenaissance.
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  i like that it goes up to 15 feet tall.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:20 by rabbitdan.
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  I wonder how they figure out what the germiest attractions are. Do they actually measure the germs, I wonder?
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:27 by athanie.
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  Disgusting... yet I find I want to go there.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 09:34 by nonlinear_time.
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  Does it get hot there? You could never do that in subtropical Houston or Miami -- they stuff would turn to goo and run down the walls.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 11:08 by passepartout.
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  Interesting, but gross. Seriously.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 11:36 by stephie.
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  this is my favorite of all times. Made me smile:)
  thanks
  
  Nov 05, 2009 17:46 by jessicapeanut.
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  You couldn't get me within 50 feet of that thing. Ewww.
  
  Nov 05, 2009 18:20 by jennabear.
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