Gum Artisanship

This evening, Daniel proudly produced a long, flat, pink piece of gum from his mouth, and displayed it. I admired it on queue, and then he asked me a highly logical question, in very technical terms:

"Daddy, does it have to have the flavor in it, in order for you to blow it?"

He was pleased to hear that you don't need flavor in your gum in order to produce a bubble. However, the actual task of creating one calls for more precision. I described the process of making a somewhat rounder, although equally flat, surface in order to lay the groundwork for a bubble. At that point, Daniel asked me if I would do it for him...

(June 23, 2011)